Is there a better option than PowerLine or WiFi to "bridge" two networks together?
I live in a rental, and can't run cables through walls. I want to move my servers out into the conservatory so the noise doesn't bother me.
Problem is that I don't know how to connect back to the rest of the network that lives in my home office room, where my internet connection also comes in.
The distance is only around 30m point to point.
Anyone have any suggestions?
@mhamzahkhan if you have walls where you have power plugs on each side you can open them and run the cable through that.
Did that as well in my old flat with a 40m flat ethernet cable.
Depends on your layout though.
@mhamzahkhan What a bummer.
I did use a flat ethernet cable. It's a good amount of work to route through doors but it worked like a charm for many years!
Hot glue is your friend on doors since it is easily removable and there are plastic hooks with nails for near the ground fixation on the wall.
Helped a friend with WiFi mesh since he did not want to do cables.
Every time someone goes in the corridor the signal drops hard and sometimes interrupts streaming/video calls. 😅
So if you end up with WiFi point to point or mesh:
1. Do it up high so a person or animal does not block the signal.
2. The signal is best when both endpoint can see each other.
That improved the WiFi drastically but cable will always win.
@mhamzahkhan Back in my old apartment I used this about 8 years and closed the door regularly. No problem on my side. Depends on the tolerance though.
And there are also really flat connectors if you want to make sure it works:
https://amzn.eu/d/hLtAL9a
M. Hamzah Khan
Andrej