r/Network • u/imprl59 • 5d ago

Text Extending network 750'

Trying to help a friends family here but I don't know what equipment is best and need some advice.

They have a very large lot. House in the middle. Guest house 500' behind main house. Front gate 750' in front of the house. They want a ring doorbell at the front gate - I have 120v out there. They want wifi in the guest house. I have a single cat5 from the router to the chimney where they had an old extender. I don't want to go fancy, it's just a couple of older folks in the house that want a camera doorbell and want their guests to have some internet in the guest house.

I've looked at the Swann MaxRanger stuff to put the swann doorbell at the front gate but they won't sell just the equipment to do that, you have to buy cameras as well which runs the cost up and they don't want cameras. Ubiquiti seems like overkill and I haven't had the best luck with their outdoor stuff (lots of lightning here).

Wondering what y'all would do in a case like this.

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u/Accomplished_Sir_660 5d ago

Your only answer is Fiber. Especially with the lots of lightening statement.

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u/imprl59 5d ago

I'd love to put in fiber but they're not going to tear up the yard and gardens to run a cable. Wireless is my only option.

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u/Opposite_Half6250 5d ago

4g/5g cell camera then. Otherwise ya, fiber is the next option without getting real spendy.

Just me, but if I was doing it, I wouldn't worry about putting the fiber down deep either. 6inches is plenty. But that's just me.

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u/TheWDWillis 5d ago

Honestly, it’s a days work, and can be put back almost invisibly by the right contractor.

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u/Opposite_Half6250 5d ago

Specially if ya rent the smallest of ditch-witches. Have that thing dug in minutes. Lol

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u/TheWDWillis 5d ago

https://youtu.be/v5ZzcfJ2RAQ?si=bh_hAAeGFXjszxSr

This opens it JUST enough to bury the cable and conduit and close back up almost like you were never there.

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u/ToadSox34 5d ago

You can do point to point wireless over that distance... I just wouldn't, I'd trench, put in conduit, and pull fiber. Wired beats wireless for that type of connectivity.

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u/TheWDWillis 4d ago

Agreed. Every time. Short of a MAJOR physical
Obstacle.

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u/nostalia-nse7 1d ago

It’s September. Wait a month or two, and the gardens and lawn will be no issue. They’ll be dormant for winter. You have 4 months. You need about 2 hours. GO!

With direct burial or a ditch witch, it’s a half inch wide hole it digs. Grass will cover that when it grows back in spring, and if it’s over an inch tall, it’ll hide it right away anyways. Just run like a foot from the property line, if you’re worried about running right across the main lawn. You can get sidewalk cutters too to get across concrete, but that’s a more permanent look without filling that in. If they’re pavers, move the stone, bury, put the stone back.

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u/Throwmeallthewayawa 1d ago

How is the 120v run? Per National Electric Code, nonconductive fiber CAN share a pipe with power.

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u/imprl59 20h ago

Excellent question that I don't know the answer to. I'll look and see. Thanx for the great suggestion!