I need to bring internet access the street and am currently using a router running openwrt connected to my network access the street. I am thinking about getting a second router or outside ap to create a dedicated network for bringing internet across.
Is there a “best practice” to do this? Currently there is a high latency and it is unstable to to the limited range of my main network. I want to have a dedicated network to bridge the connections that only has one device connected. Is there a setup that works best for that?
Edit: I did it and it works OK. It really depends on how much interference there is. My connection is high latency but decent most of the time. The problem is that around dinner time it gets very slow and cuts out a bit which I assume is due to interference. It worked the way I needed it to but I think I’ll just get a dedicated line for 30 USD a month (200mb/s bring your own hardware)
Ugh I forgot the product name, but Ubiquity has devices specifically for this kind of networking. You can get two nano things outside to bridge the network directly to a single machine or a switch. They also have bigger dishes for even longer distances, but the cheapest ones would be perfect for shooting across the street.
It would be more expensive than a router; but it would work way better than just doing a wifi bridge between two routers that weren’t meant for that range or through both sets of walls
100% do this.
https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/nanobeam-5ac
I fought this battle at every price point and the nanobeams are absolutely the way to go. Extremely easy and reliable.
I wish I’d started with them!
It’s the building to building bridge. I usually recommend Mikrotik wireless wire for better cost and throughput.