I'm looking for some help trying to figure out the best option on how to get a good signal into my new studio. Currently, our wireless set up is centered in our home and the studio is about 50-60 yards in the back of the house. The house itself is fairly open without many walls to get to the outside. It has to go through the kitchen and the large pane windows above the sink to get signal heading in the direction of the studio. However, the studio is going to be solid and sealed with lost of insulation and sound wave proofing(not sure if internet waves get blocked the same as audio waves when using special sound dampening products like Green Glue and Rockwool. Doing some studying, it seems the only stable option I have is to dig a ditch from the house to the studio and run a hardline. This poses a problem though because I would then need to rout it into the house and to the router, which is not easy because I have a concrete path that goes all the way around my home and a full basement, so no crawlspace to go through and pop up into the wall where the router is. I used to run comcast cable and phone for a living, so I know how to find routes and this house will be a bitch if I have to do that. Talking multiple wall fishes. So My search for a serious wireless booster is not really giving me clear answers on whether I can get a reliable signal. I do know there are x factors preventing a solid, black and white, yes or no, but Im struggling to find reviews and testimonials of anyone in a similar situation. All I find is wanting the signal to get out to the yard of someones home. or carport, etc. I spoke to our IT tech at my company and he suggested Orbi(Obri?) but he isnt an interne tech as much as he is a software programmer, so he is not as up to date on the latest and greatest routers. This one came up as a great product, but Im so ignorant on these things, I dont really know or understand the lingo they speak to know how to properly set them up and adjust them to work most efficiently to get the most out of them. It seems to read that I need two of these? One near my router I run a hardline to/from and then a second in the studio, I also run a hardline to/from my PC there? Plus get a wireless signal for bandmates phones, ipads, etc? Any advice on a device that would solve my problem would be fantastic. I'm hoping the answer isn't dig a ditch....Id either have to dig around the driveway ( another 20-30 yards worth of digging) or dig through hard compact gravel.
No you don't need a ditch. But what is the source of your internet signal you are trying to route? From cable? Or Phone carrier, such as Verizon?
Orbi is a mesh network, which is basically what you will need. Way better than repeaters. Orbi is great, but Google Home works well and is a lot cheaper. Buy one at costco and see if it works, if it doesn't return it. I do think they sell Orbi at costco, so probably get that if they have it. One option if its truly blocked is to build some sort of outdoor weatherproof housing to put the router into just outside of the "studio" (we all know its your personal jack shack), then you can use the HDMI to put a cable through to the inside of the studio and put another mesh repeater in there.
Run a Cat5 cable from your current router to the point that is the easiest to reach toward your building where you want the access. Set up and Access Point at that location. Power it via the Cat5 cable with an adapter (can't remember the name of this item). I have a regular Linksys AP wrapped in plastic sitting under the over hang eaves, it has been there working away for 7 or 8 years. Perhaps you can then pickup the AP from your building. If not, then run an external antenna from outside to in your building to your client receiver/router. An oudoor Client could be used on this end also, they often provide long range capability with a 10db directional antenna. I use one on the boat, to pick up AP perhaps a few miles away.
Since you don't want a ditch for 60 yards, that is a bit too far for most of the standard gear used in the house. Cat5 cable is good for 300' but that's out, no ditch. So, I think you need a pair of point to point over the air, Access Point outside connected to your router, cat5, which beams the signal to it's partner client at the back building, 60 yards down stream. The unit I have in the boat can operate as both, a USB client and an AP for Wifi. Fire stick can pick up the Wifi. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2000mW-Indoor-Outdoor-Wi-Fi-USB-Adapter-14-dBi-directional-antenna-RV-Marine/111304322809?_trkparms=aid=555018&algo=PL.SIM&ao=1&asc=57476&meid=3d0c81ead87a425bbe1a7d05e1200a77&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=12&mehot=pp&sd=131476323757&itm=111304322809&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
You might be able to do it, Cat5 from the router to a signal amp to an outside Yagi antenna, to a receiving yagi at the cabin, for an AP. Probable cost more though but one less electronic box.
If your studio is insulated with aluminum backed insulation...you might not ever get a good signal because it's effectively shielded..my question is.."Why would you ever want to go wireless in a recording studio? I'd use high end cable myself and in the case of bass I'd use a direct box to the board. I wouldn't trust wireless systems to record anything....I want that direct cable line to the master board
These work nicely too. MiFi 7730L. Just take it to where you need it. https://www.verizonwireless.com/internet-devices/verizon-jetpack-mifi-7730l/ I use both on the boat, the 7730 to get internet straight from Verizon and Wifi in the boat for phones to use. With dual external antennas I can get internet access 25 miles at sea on the entire west coast. The long range client to pick up APs in Marinas or Camp ground, Parks, where ever. Save the Verizon data that way. Saves phone call time either way.
The internet is only so guys can have a decent signal on their phones and for when i need to do updates on my mixer or pro tools. I dont surf the web on my recording computer. I just need a signal out there for devices.
All of that is alot of wallfish work though. I just got done doing two for my cousin. Lol. This house is older with lathe and plaster upstairs still. If i were to do all of that i might just entertain sending the line right back out and digging the ditch. I have a line shovel from my underground days. If there isn't a device or devises i cant just plug in near the router and again in the studio Nd have the wireless work, id probably just dig the ditch and go for the more consistent signal. Getting it into the studio wont be an issue.
I think i will try this and if it doesn't work, ill return it and sig a ditch. Any grave robbers around here with nothing to do? Hit me up.
We have 2 brick walls between the office where the internet comes and the rest of the house - wifi does not like brick walls. The solution we found when we decided we did not want to throw ethernet lines through the attic was powerline connection with an access point on the house part. https://www.techradar.com/news/networking/powerline-networking-what-you-need-to-know-930691 Something like this should get the job done:
My studio is a separate building with a separate breaker panel though. Not sure this would work for my set up?
well I thought this was about wireless musical applications...not internet..cordless guitars and microphones and shit....my son piggy backed two cheap internet signal boosters to play his Xbox out in our bungalow and it worked great.not sure what brand or how he did it ..he's a computer wiz...builds his own systems..before he did that you could stream online but not game online...
Well then, that 7730 is your easy ticket. Just take it out there, Tether it to a computer and set it to be a hotspot. For phones and what ever needs internet. Works very well, especially with two external antennas.
