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    How to get WiFi in my shed ????

    I'd like to get my WiFi to work in my new shed, but with the router too far away in the house i need to come up with a solution.
    The below diagram is a basic picture of what I have in place.
    The Cat6 cable runs right from the router in the house to the PC in the office at the shed (Approx 90m) and is plugged straight into the back of the PC.
    The cable is exposed in the shed and the office, so it's easily accessible.

    My question is, is there a WiFi repeater, or other device, which can be installed in the shed by splicing into the cable.
    I can install RJ45 plugs, but I'm just not tech savvy enough to know if something can be installed mid stream of the cable.

    Any advice appreciated.

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    If you've got power to the shed from the house as I have, then a Wi-Fi over power line system will fix your problem. My shed is about 60 metres from the house and the wi-fi works very well, in fact I can walk from house to shed with open laptop and there is enough signal for me to maintain the connection from one system to the other.

    Top five power line adapters: When Wi-Fi fails you - CNET

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don 130 View Post
    If you've got power to the shed from the house as I have, then a Wi-Fi over power line system will fix your problem. My shed is about 60 metres from the house and the wi-fi works very well, in fact I can walk from house to shed with open laptop and there is enough signal for me to maintain the connection from one system to the other.

    Top five power line adapters: When Wi-Fi fails you - CNET

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    Thanks Don,
    Yes, I have power from the house to the shed so I'll look into the power line adapters.

    Cheers, Murray
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    Easy one Murray - as long as you're not too fussed about staying connected seamlessly when transiting from shed to house. Just set up a separate wireless access point in your shed.
    Take the CAT6 cable where it goes through the shed, cut and reterminate, plug into a wireless router and configure wireless on that router.

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    What steve said

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    Yep, Steve and Vern have it.
    I have a crimper and plugs if you wish to use them.

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    I just bought a wifi range extender for $50, plugged it into the power next to the router until it read the signal, took it down the other end of the house and plugged it into a power point, waited until the light came on and 'Hey presto' - range extended.
    The particular one I bought was on sale in the post office, but Office Supplies and similar places have a range of them for up to about $90. No wiring required - just plug it in to the power.
    I see no reason why you couldn't use more than one and extend the range even further.
    Dead easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh View Post
    Yep, Steve and Vern have it.
    I have a crimper and plugs if you wish to use them.
    Thanks for all the quick replies,
    I have a crimper kit and plugs, thanks Mick, and I have a couple of old WiFi routers, one of which is less than a year old, so I'll try what Steve suggested and set it up as a WiFi access point in the shed. This way it will cost me $0 so it's worth a try, and I'd guess it would be a more efficient setup than power adapters as it will be wired directly to the primary router in the house via the Cat6 cable.

    Thanks again for the help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    wife range extenders...
    I thought this was why the shed was a long way from the house already...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    I thought this was why the shed was a long way from the house already...
    That's what our landies are for.
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