On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:43 AM Paul M Foster <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 04:43:38AM -0400, Michael Grant wrote: >[...] > > To be clear, the wifi is the part that is at your property. There are > > some providers termed WISPs (wireless internet service providers) that > > use wifi (not 4G/5G) to connect you to the internet. Just being clear > > here that even if they do this, we're not talking about extending that > > wifi signal. That signal (whether it's really wifi or 4G or 5G or > > even adsl or fibre or cable), it gets terminated at or just before > > your router in your house. So I'm not talking about that side of your > > connection at all. > > I've heard of 5G internet providers, but I'd rather avoid them. There's > only one of those in the area we're moving to.
You also have Starlink if you are too rural to get traditional broadband service. Starlink sends you the satellite dish and the wifi router. Also see <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmgwkKgZaGk>. Amazon is getting ready to launch satellites for Project Kuiper, which will compete with Starlink. > > So if I understand properly, you have some devices around your home > > that don't have built-in wifi and you are not going to string ethernet > > to them. > > To the contrary, I *do* plan to string cat 5/6 to those devices, just not > all the way to the modem/router, which will likely be in the garage. This is probably a mistake. You want "home runs" back to the router or modem. Since you only need two wireless base stations, take the time to pull the drops for ethernet backhauls. Or hire someone to do it. (Your on-prem cable service is most likely already pulled this way). If you use wireless backhauls, then that robs you of bandwidth for device data since it is being used for the backhaul. And one other comment based on my experience... don't use the service providers wifi modem. Disable the wifi in the service provider's modem or router, and use two base stations that you purchase. The base stations that you purchase will perform much better, and give you better coverage on your site. Jeff
