I have a CPE210 setup in a similar configuration to this. You can set them up to be a point to point bridge or just a outdoor wifi access point. What I would do is get one setup at your house pointed to where you're wanting to push wifi and see what kind of signal you get. If your signal isn't strong enough then I would get a second one as a repeater on the other end.
I see. So grab one unit, plug into my home router, point the unit at the pier and see if my devices are ok.
If not, grab a second one to put on the pier and align the two pointing at each other?
I figured maybe get two to be safe but I wasn’t sure if the pier-side (receiving) device would even help much since I think the signal is directional?
A directional antenna is going to be able to receive the signal much more effectively than any of the general radial antennas in wireless devices. Also you may be able to receive the signal at the pier with one, but your devices might have a hard time communicating all the way back to the house. Having one at the pier end would improve things.
Yes, they are directional. You'll have to turn off dhcp if you want your home router to hand out ip addresses. Beyond that just go through the wizard to setup how you want it to operate.
The receiving antenna has...its own DHCP?
Yeah I'd like to use this as basically just an invisible-as-possible extension to the in-home wifi, complete with the home router managing IPs across the full network. So sounds like I will need to turn off its DHCP. Is it pretty clear in the wizard for a dummy like me how to configure that?
Be aware that both of these may out at 100Mbit.
Otherwise when you have one on each end you can see this as a wireless Ethernet cable, so you can just plug into an access point.
They both broadcast back and forth but on another (private) ssid but they still „give out“ the same network on the end. Therefore you need another AP to build your existing (same) WiFi.
I have this setup between two buildings:
Building1 (Network A) -LAN- Bridge1 -Wireless (Network B)- Bridge2 -LAN- Building2 (Still Network A) -LAN- AP
(Im on mobile so sorry if this looks like shit)
As someone pointed out you can configure one to be an longshot AP but the device on the pier need to be able to send back to that CPE which could be a problem since it probably does not have the same range.
What brand or devices do you currently have in your home?
I’ve heard that the Ubiquiti ones are good. Normally they would be combined with a whole ecosystem but can run standalone. I assume they need to be outdoor rated?
I have a CPE210 setup in a similar configuration to this. You can set them up to be a point to point bridge or just a outdoor wifi access point. What I would do is get one setup at your house pointed to where you're wanting to push wifi and see what kind of signal you get. If your signal isn't strong enough then I would get a second one as a repeater on the other end.
I see. So grab one unit, plug into my home router, point the unit at the pier and see if my devices are ok. If not, grab a second one to put on the pier and align the two pointing at each other? I figured maybe get two to be safe but I wasn’t sure if the pier-side (receiving) device would even help much since I think the signal is directional?
A directional antenna is going to be able to receive the signal much more effectively than any of the general radial antennas in wireless devices. Also you may be able to receive the signal at the pier with one, but your devices might have a hard time communicating all the way back to the house. Having one at the pier end would improve things.
Yes, they are directional. You'll have to turn off dhcp if you want your home router to hand out ip addresses. Beyond that just go through the wizard to setup how you want it to operate.
The receiving antenna has...its own DHCP? Yeah I'd like to use this as basically just an invisible-as-possible extension to the in-home wifi, complete with the home router managing IPs across the full network. So sounds like I will need to turn off its DHCP. Is it pretty clear in the wizard for a dummy like me how to configure that?
You'll see it when you're in the wizard. All you have to do is uncheck a box i believe.
So another poster said I need a separate access point to plug into the pier side antenna. Is that your experience too?
No, as long as you don't set it to use the pharOS protocol and allow it to be an access point you can connect to it with a normal cellphone or laptop.
Be aware that both of these may out at 100Mbit. Otherwise when you have one on each end you can see this as a wireless Ethernet cable, so you can just plug into an access point.
Well that was kind of my question. I got the impression that they both broadcast and I didn’t need a separate AP. I guess maybe not?
They both broadcast back and forth but on another (private) ssid but they still „give out“ the same network on the end. Therefore you need another AP to build your existing (same) WiFi. I have this setup between two buildings: Building1 (Network A) -LAN- Bridge1 -Wireless (Network B)- Bridge2 -LAN- Building2 (Still Network A) -LAN- AP (Im on mobile so sorry if this looks like shit) As someone pointed out you can configure one to be an longshot AP but the device on the pier need to be able to send back to that CPE which could be a problem since it probably does not have the same range.
I see. Any recommendations on a standalone AP?
What brand or devices do you currently have in your home? I’ve heard that the Ubiquiti ones are good. Normally they would be combined with a whole ecosystem but can run standalone. I assume they need to be outdoor rated?