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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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I want my internet and TV to work in the garage now that the coax cable is obsolete.
So I need a roku/firestick to receive signal out there. My wifi drops off about in the door way of the shop, so thats not working.
Should I use a booster or another router? My mobile has metal siding and my shop has metal siding so I worry about using a "booster".
Im leaning towards running a cat5/6 cable out there and adding another wifi router for the shop to get signal.
Any reason not to go this route? Or other suggestions?
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:38 pm |
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hartcreek
Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1722
Real Name: Randall Knapp
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Is you TV a smart TV and does it have a cat5 port? If so you could just direct cable the TV.
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:44 pm |
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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I dont have a new TV yet.
So I can just get a TV with a cat5 port and just plug the internet into the TV and thats all I need?
Id rather spend the router and roku money towards an nicer tv if possible!
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:48 pm |
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RocketScott
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Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11084
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I'd run a 5e wire and add a wireless router
That's what I have in my shop. It's got hardi siding and 30 feet away from the house but the WiFi signal doesn't carry between the two
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:15 pm |
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hartcreek
Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1722
Real Name: Randall Knapp
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Ask the sales person to show you how to do it with your cell phone.
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:15 pm |
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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You want to get a 5 port gigabit network switch or wireless access point for your garage (hooked up to the house via Cat5e cable). That way you can add a laptop or something else out there with the TV. I buy these 5 port switches, keep a couple in my truck for customers. $17 on Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A128S24For deals on TV's check out Bens Bargains. Sometimes you can finddeals on new TV's for 50% off retail. But you have to hurry, sometimes they only last a couple hours. https://bensbargains.com/categories/tvs-58/
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:18 pm |
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Greenecho
Location: Auburn, WA. Joined: Sat Sep 2, 2017 Posts: 533
Real Name: Steve
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Guntrader wrote: You want to get a 5 port gigabit network switch or wireless access point for your garage (hooked up to the house via Cat5e cable). That way you can add a laptop or something else out there with the TV. I buy these 5 port switches, keep a couple in my truck for customers. $17 on Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A128S24For deals on TV's check out Bens Bargains. Sometimes you can finddeals on new TV's for 50% off retail. But you have to hurry, sometimes they only last a couple hours. https://bensbargains.com/categories/tvs-58/That's what I did but using PoE switches for PoE IP Cams. I'm an Ethernet cable kind of guy.
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:55 pm |
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mcyclonegt
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Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817
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I have the exact same problem. One day I will conduit out to the shop for cat6, an airline to the house, and a 4 wire Romex for hard wired smoke detectors. Until then I use an Wifi extender. It works as long as my shop door is open, but since it’s cold out my internet is shit. I am going to cut a hole up high and cover the hole with lexan, and mount the extender behind it in the shop. I am doing this in a few days. I’ll let you know how it works out.
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Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:56 pm |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38307
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mcyclonegt wrote: I have the exact same problem. One day I will conduit out to the shop for cat6, an airline to the house, and a 4 wire Romex for hard wired smoke detectors. Until then I use an Wifi extender. It works as long as my shop door is open, but since it’s cold out my internet is shit. I am going to cut a hole up high and cover the hole with lexan, and mount the extender behind it in the shop. I am doing this in a few days. I’ll let you know how it works out. What's the distance from Shop to House?
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:43 am |
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lamrith
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Location: Tacoma/Puyallup Joined: Tue May 8, 2012 Posts: 4340
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I had same problem at my place. Detached Gar is 45 ft away from house. I had to run a new power line as well, so when I ran conduit I ran a second one and pulled some cat6 shielded. I would recommend you go with the higher rated cat 6 while you are doing it. That way you are at least up with current tech cable wise and fully support gigabit. Then I put a little switch like Guntrader linked. Not sure many TV's these days have an actual ethernet port on them, so you will still need an accesspoint, but the mini switch is still worth it as it gives you flexibility if you add more later and they are sill cheap. In my installation I am already using 3 ports on the switch as I went firestick (FYI they were $24 last I looked for a 4K version) and ethernet adapter, plus wifi access point plus my stereo tuner has internet abilities. FWIW I would recommend Firestick/TV over the Roku. Be it built into TV or a separate device. Roku is not able to be jailbroken, and I have found a few times it cannot play certain media file types. With Fire you can load other apps on them that will let them play pretty much any file type you can imagine, plus other streaming programs to be able to go find movies, etc to play so you are not stuck just with what netflix, pandora and spotify have to offer. If you use a stand alone device fire also has an ethernet adapter so you can get a nice fast hardwire hookup for it and not have any loss with wifi lot cheaper than a wifi access point too. Firestick 4KEthernet adapter
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:26 am |
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mcyclonegt
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Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817
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Massivedesign wrote: mcyclonegt wrote: I have the exact same problem. One day I will conduit out to the shop for cat6, an airline to the house, and a 4 wire Romex for hard wired smoke detectors. Until then I use an Wifi extender. It works as long as my shop door is open, but since it’s cold out my internet is shit. I am going to cut a hole up high and cover the hole with lexan, and mount the extender behind it in the shop. I am doing this in a few days. I’ll let you know how it works out. What's the distance from Shop to House? 80 feet. About 100 from my WiFi router.
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:34 am |
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Brujah
Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2014 Posts: 143
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If possible I'd recommend you go the Cat6 route. If you need wifi in your shop from there you could add a small switch and an access point and a cable to your TV. If you decide to add an additional device to control the streaming I'd recommend looking at the google Chromecast ultra. I think all the major streaming apps have Chromecast functionality built in. If you want I've got an old ubiquiti access point laying around you could have for it.
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:20 am |
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Ya go with CAT 6. Guess I'm showing my age. Hahaha Although I've ran miles of cable before, I haven't ran cable myself in years. Usually just have a contractor do it.
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:12 am |
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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I went and got a TV and router last night.
Couldn't find a 24" or 32" tv with an ethernet port so brought home a router to. The tv has Roku built in so that's done. 75 feet of cat6 was enough to get out there with no issues.
So to work so far.
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:22 am |
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funugy
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Location: Whidbey Is Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2013 Posts: 172
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If your shop/garage power is powered via the house breaker panel something like this may work as long as both outlets are on the same leg/phase https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0778 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:54 am |
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