I just wanted to stop in and say, YOU SIR.....ROCK!! I have been trying to figure out a way to get my existing wifi into my metal workshop for 12 years and everything I tried and researched was a bust. I was kept being told there wasn't an (inexpensive) way to do it without burring a cable or getting a separate service. But I KNEW there had to be a way to make it work. Technology has come too far for something not to work. I stumbled on this video last week, I then ordered the powerline adaptors and a wifi router and I now have internet in my shop. THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of Powerline 2000. I followed your guidance and have barn internet over the electric lines. I also followed your guidance to make an old router into an access point. You have excellent skills which you used to explain everything so that I could understand it. Thank you so much!
This saved me a ton of money. I called my internet company and they wanted to come and add another line. Which meant an additional service. I didn’t need the router, but the extenders worked fantastically. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
They want to do me dirty like that too. Hopefully this works or it's another $75 a month! Didn't think getting internet in my detached garage would be this big of a deal.
After watching the whole video you gave so much detail information to even do it without that extra router thank you very much for this video you are a very big help for people like me that didn't know and don't know and don't have a husband anymore.
Thank you so much for this video! This information coupled with the how to video to configure the router as an access point, FINALLY got me internet in my backyard shed! My connection now works great!!
God Bless you! I can’t believe how simple and inexpensive this was to do! It worked! Now I can check on my horses throughout the night without having to gear up and head out into the snow. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
It's the first time I've run across your channel cuz I needed to look up how to do this I watched several that really did not give me the complete information that I needed you on the other hand was amazing not only did you show exactly what all we needed besides the extender little thing you explained everything we needed not just a little extender thing but everything including a second router you did a great job explaining everything thank you and your little girl tell her she did a fantastic😊❤
I would like to say thank you for sharing this video. We have a detached garage and I contacted our ISP about getting internet service to our garage. They informed me it would cost $60/mo. and $150 install fee. I bought one of the Netgear powerline adapters and followed your instructions for connecting an old router and it works great! By the way we have multiple panel boxes on our home including one that runs to a standby generator and out to our garage to another panel box. Our garage is about 70ft from our home. Works great with download & upload speeds of 50 Mbps. Thanks again.
Thank you! I am pretty computer illiterate, and I have been trying to get internet in my barn for two years. But I recently found your videos. Thanks to your clear, simple, easy to follow instructions in this video and the linked one, I finally have internet in my barn! Answer to prayer!
What a great video. Extremely useful that will conquer our issues here in N. Idaho. Whee 3 WiFi providers jus wanted to add another service When they said there new system would work. None of the 3 did. And this was just a guest house 80' from home. Thank You
hey...I must admit...that I had no hope in this...but it actually worked. I have tried repeaters and all kinds of junk. was getting ready to order another dish for the farm/home....nope....thanks to you I dont need to...buffers a bit...but then no problem.....thank you so much
Great Video. You just might be my life saver today. For years I have wanted to have internet service out in my Pole Barn that is about 150'-200' away from my house but didn't know of anyway to do it other then run ethernet cable underground out to my barn. That I could of done being I have buried plastic Electrical conduit under ground that carries power from the house to another electrical panel out in my Pole Barn and a separate plastic conduit carrying a landline phone line and cable out there going back to 1991. I left a extra pull string in the conduit so I could pull another line out there but I never got around to doing it. Most recently I purchased one of those Flat Panel Wi-Fi Antenna's and was going to use that to try to bring Wi-Fi from the house out to my Pole Barn but didn't mount anything as of yet when I found your video doing a search of my best outside internet options for my Pole Barn. Your way looks like the easiest and possibly the best way for me to go with so I am going to give it a try and place a order for 2 Power Ethernet Adapters on Amazon. I do have a Question though. You mention that I could use a old Wi-Fi Router out in my barn. Do I need to configure the Router in any special way or can I just plug a Ethernet Cable from the old router to the Power Ethernet Adapter in the barn when I place one out there to have Wi-Fi in the barn? That is the only thing I am not sure of here to do . Thanks ahead of time for any help you can give me here with answering this question.
You can use any old router out in the barn but in order for it to work best you will need to configure it as an access point. You could just plug it in like you said and it will probably work but you are basically isolating yourself from the house network that way and having two routers doing some internal thinking that can slow things down a little. I did a video on extending a network with aold router if you search my channel page for it you should find it.
SSLFamilyDad Took your advice and made my Linksys E1200 WiFi Router a access Router yesterday after talking with you here. I just replaced it a month ago with a Linksys EA8300 Max-Stream AC2200 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router with 4 outside Antenna’s. The E1200 Router with a internal Antenna was at least 5 years old or better and we were noticing buffering while streaming and it wasn’t working very well with our new Ring Doorbell that needed a stronger WiFi. The newer Linksys EA 8300 blew it out of the water. Still the Linksys E1200 wasn’t a bad router and I believe should work fine in my 2500 Sq.Ft. Morten Pole Barn. My main concern is the Internal Antenna in it but there are no walls in the Pole Barn for it to have to pass through. Just ordered a Netgear PowerLINE 1200 Kit to install one in the house in my computer room and the other one to a wall outlet in the barn at least 150’-200’ back from the house. Hopefully it all works out. Should have the Netgear Kit today Friday. Will let you know how it goes hopefully sometime this weekend.
@@jamesdepace2783 I just saw your reply here this early morning. I guess I forgot to come back to this video to say how I have been making out with my set up in my 2500 sq.ft. Pole Barn with my Inernet service. It works very well I even stream TV out to my barn. Although I have cable out to the barn I got tired of having to pay for extra cable boxes I really didn't need and this project help eliminate having to have one out there and paying the rental on a Cable Box that wasn't be used much every month. Years ago you didn't need a cable box until they went digital. As most older folks know you were able to get the basic cable channels by just screwing the cable into your TV. You just needed one for Premium channels. You are better off buying a Roku or Firestick today and streaming it outside. The only other thing I changed was that I purchased a better Router for in my barn. The LInksys E1200 worked ok but the newer TP-Link AC1750 Wireless with 3 Outside the box Antenna's works even better being the Links E1200 isn't equipped with outside antenna's on it. I am happy Family Dad made this video a while back and I found it. It made all the difference in the world to how I get decent internet service out to my Pole Barn. Makes it real easy to bring my iPad out there when working on a car or my i Phone for internet related things having to do for say upgrading software for instance to one of my vehicles or watching a You Tube Video on a repair. Before I could of never done so.
Great vid. It helped a lot, trying to get internet in my church from end to end, and I came across your video, I was asking myself, how did I find you like so easily? Huh! Until I saw your Scripture John 14:6, I then knew how Amen God is Good All the Time... be strong, be blessed. May God continue to bless, protect and bring joy to you and your family, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
Good solution. Good vid. One comment ... make sure your external access point's electrical circuit is the same one that feeds your base router. If that is not the case, the copper magic cannot work. In which case you will need to consider a wireless extender.
your video was excellent....everything i needed as far as info to get my internet into my shop out back.......every step easily explained.....thanks again and keep up the good informative videos.....
Cute little helper you have there! Reminds me of my little daughter and I back when she was that age! Enjoy it while you can, they grow up so fast! Some day another boy going to get her attention then Dad becomes chopped liver! Sorry to say!
Seriously great video. Thanks for making it. An update would be great given how technology has evolved since you made this. PS. Your little helper is wonderful in the clip.
Great solution! I had it installed and up and running inside of 10 Min.. I had an old router just like you and Boom... I have a great Wireless Network in my outbuilding that was too far to reach with a wireless extender. The netgear was plug and play. Love it!
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Thanks so much for the help. I finally got it working with your advice. Even my internet provider tech couldn't get me set up. But your suggestions and the equipment did. Thanks again sooooooo much
This is great thank you! We have a mare that is going to foal in a couple of weeks and I need a camera so I don’t have to keep running out to the barn all night to check on her. Thanks again!!
Thank you so much!!! I just finished setting up! It was easy peasy!! Your video was so straight forward and easy to understand! Thank you for that!! Now for all the questions that I and many others had. My garage is approx 110 feet from the house, it runs on it's own breaker box from the main pole. There are lines that run from pole to house, pole to barn, and pole to garage. Out in the sticks, the very best internet is a max of 50mbs. Hubby did not want to drill holes in our house and the $1200.00 (Canadian) Orbi set- well, no. So if you're not sure, try it. You have nothing to lose except a bit of time. I took the advice of naming the SSID the same as my original internet connection (router) Thank you for that tidbit! I seamlessly transfer WIFI from the house to the garage. No logging in- no logging out from location to location. I watched your video on how to set up an old router. This won't work without the router. So again, thank you so much!! When I first fired it up, I had no internet. To the post(er) who couldn't get internet, make sure you are on the correct WIFI network and give it time to run through it's start up. I am running anywhere from 15 - 18.5mbs. The Sirus satellite draws about half of that when on. How, I don't know. I'm not sure how this works, but it just works! I have full bars where I would be lucky to have one, mayyyyybe two. This video saved me and hubby time, lots o' money and more holes in our walls.
We are researching how to get internet in our all metal shop building and came across your video. We were considering a wifi extender which requires us to drill a hole in the side of the shop for an antenna to hone in on the home router. Shop is about 30 to 40 feet from the house. I'm hoping this will be a better way, because we weren't too sold on the wifi extender.
Powerline is GREAT... But if your Barn has it's own panel (100 Amp) different from the House panel (200 amp) then it doesn't work! Using the Old router is the alternative!! Great videos!!
@SSLFamilyDad Dude Thank you so much. My Fiance and I are getting married and are hosting the reception in her barn. I've been looking for alternative solutions than a wireless bridge(very expensive) and running a cable, (absolutely rediculous) so that we can stream the reception to family and friends outside. Much appreciated video, Looking forward to using the product. Thanks again
Hope this works as it will be an easy solution to add wifi to my detached carriage house. Just ordered the powerline ethernet adapter thru your link. Thanks!
Great video. I was trying to figure out how to get a wireless camera out to my barn. fortunately I have an old lyncsis wireless router, so all just spend money on the PoE and the camera. Thanks
I was cringing when she was balancing on the iron rail in the background! lol Yes, she was too funny! And did hold up the right gear to show what her dad was speaking about. Too cute!
Love it ! thank you for sharing this......we have recently been adding security products to our out buildings barn/shop/wellhouse as well as smart devices for block heaters, temperature monitoring etc.......I had been playing with wifi extenders, but this powerline module appears to be a superior solution.....much appreciated!
One major issue you're not mentioning in your video is the fact that in North America we typically have 240 volts in our panel. Split into two lines in the panel line one and line two that will be flowing throughout the house. Breakers on each line, giving 120 volts to your plugs. You're destination power link adapter must be on the same line as your first one. They cannot be on line one and one online two, they will not connect.
Just a quick note: In some countries (like Germany) you get 3 phase power to the house, which is then split to different sections/rooms. In that case you can get problems (no connection/reduced range) but it can also work.
Thanks so much for this video. This is just what I am looking for. I'll let you know how everything goes as I have just ordered it. I ordered the Netgear powerline 1000 with wifi.
Yay! Thanks to this tutorial, the old shed/new office is up and running with a 5 bar signal! I plugged in the old router, connected it to the TP Link AV1000 via the ethernet cable, and Ta Da! i was able to walk out onto the street and still had a signal! And better yet, it somehow still works when it's not plugged into the TP Link. Thank you so much!
Dude I use to have that T-shirt!! Had it when I was in high school and finally had to throw it away because I wore wholes through it from wearing it too much. Loved that shirt for some reason.
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Great video! I went to your link, to Amazon, and read some of the reviews. One person wrote that he could not get his setup to work, because of a sub panel in his out building, that he was trying to connect to. I may have this same problem. I live on a farm, where our electricity comes to a pole, with a shut off on it. I have our house hooked up to this, and machine shed hooked up to it also. All the wires are hooked together, on the pole. My house has it's own breaker panel, and my machine shed has it's own breaker panel. Am I not able to use this setup, or is there something else I can do, without trenching wire? Thanks!!!
loved the video. bought everything and followed the instructions you gave. when I take my phone to the barn to jump onto that wifi it comes up with the name i gave that router(now access point) but it doesn't connect. just stayes with that spinning "thinking" circle. Help!
Great idea and great presentation. I'm going to try it to get wifi to my shop. Only one QUESTION: If the power to the shop is on a separate meter from the house, will this method still work? If not, what do I have to do?
Good video. This is what I've been looking for something like this. My shop is about 80 feet from my house and I want the internet in my shop so I can get information on troubleshooting car problems. Right now, I have to have my laptop or phone in front of the window to pick up a signal. If this works, that would be great. I just have to find out if an old router is cheaper to buy than the second option that you showed. Thanks for sharing. I will let the world know if it really worked. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍🍁 By the way, your daughter is very cute. You are very blessed to have her.
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I have a 36x48x18' pole barn with a cupola that I will actually be dropping Internet into directly as if it were a home (because it's basically being used as such sporadically). The climate typically varies from 30°F to 86°F and is rarely below 13°F or above 92°F. The barn itself has R13 insulation currently in the form of a vinyl wrap. The router will be ~13' high internally and, just to be safe, I will probably position the router as close to the cupola as I can. Do you think this plan will work for hardwired and wireless Ring cameras year-round or should I spring for an industrial router that is guaranteed to handle some environmental adversity (no heat but cupola)? I have a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 that I could drop into the barn, which has an operating temperature of (32º to 104ºF) with a 90% maximum relative humidity (noncondensing). Think it would suffice and definitely never run the risk of a structure fire? The ISP also may have some options for me but I've yet to check.
I'm guessing this wouldn't work if my pole barn is hooked up on its own power supply. My pole barn and house electric are two separate accounts /billing/supply.
Thanks much for the video. My out building is on a separate circuit (a "home run" is what the electricians called it) from my main breaker box. I got the PLW1010 from Netgear, which is able to use the electrical ground wire to run data. One of the two circuits in the out building was wired for a refrigerator, and the Netgear device worked just on that particular circuit out there. The indicator light on the device shows the data rate being under 50Mbps (we have 120Mbps in the house). Whatever, it is strong enough to run Netflix and UA-cam videos simultaneously on two devices. Quite good enough. You saved me from running Ethernet underground and drilling holes in two buildings.
I see this video is 5 years old, however it was very helpful. I am wondering if these would be the same products if the barn is 300 feet away and the barn is fully insulated. I actually use Netgear in my home which is good. We would like to be able to put internet in the pole barn without digging a line if possible. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you Nancee
What about multiple power circuits? Is the Barn and the house running of same circuit? I’m a little ignorant when it comes to all of this, I’m still learning how this all works.
Hey there! I just came across your video and I have a question. So I'm having issues getting a signal in my garage, I bought an extender but it still won't transmit the signal. If I connected a router out there, would the extender work?
I have the Netgear PowerLINE 1000 installed in my house and the receiver box works great anywhere in the house but when I move it out to the barn it won’t pickup the internet signal through the wiring. Electrical is run to the barn via a 60 amp double breaker on the main breaker panel in the house, through dual aluminum heavy gage lines (approximately 150 feet) buried underground to a sub panel in the barn. The circuits in the barn are 20 amp on copper 12/2 wiring. The barn wiring is new. Is there a problem because of the aluminum power lines between the house and barn, the long distance or both?
Hey there I bought a set of powerline adapters and they work great inside the house. However, they do not work in the barn. My barn has a separate 100 amp service panel. I thought maybe this was the issue, but I even tried running a receptacle off of a 3-way exterior light switch that connects through the panel in my home (where my modem is). Any ideas why the signal will not reach my barn? Could it be there is a copper wire length limitation?
I believe your problem is from exactly what I have read with using power line adapters! In order for the power line adapters to work both have to be plugged into the same circuit. So if your turn off a breaker and the power goes off in your home and garage at the same time. then that's the same circuit. But if the power off in either the house or barn and on in the other area then it's a different circuit and unfortunately won't work! think of it as having a long ethernet cable running to your barn, it works! But if that ethernet cable cut in the middle and ran to another location suddenly you won't have no wifi in your barn then! If that makes any sense? Another way to put it I guess, different breakers are on different circuits and the wires running to each circuit are not connected together. so you have to use a circuit that's on the same breaker to work!
I like the video, My question is if I have a seperate power meter going to shop, than i do to the house, will this still work or not ? thank you in advance for your answer
Thank you so much for this video! After 17 years, we finally have internet in our barn thanks to you. :) Do you have any recommendations for cameras that we could put in our barn to monitor the animals? Thank you again!!
Great video! Would you know if you get faster speeds setting your router as access point, I currently have it set up as its own connection with a different router, since I don’t necessarily need the internet to be on same network as home, I’m currently getting 25-30 mbps, which is decent for what I need. Thanks
Just want to make sure...the power circuit that my home router is plugged into and the power circuit to my barn (500 ft. away) come out of the same circuit breaker panel located in my home, but each power circuit is on its own circuit breaker in my home circuit breaker panel. For purposes of the wi-fi distribution through the "power wiring system" will this suffice? Thanks for the great video!
Thank you, sir. My question is, will wifi/Lan over power lines work through my main panel to my 3 different sub-panels. 2 subs goto main, 1 sub is a pass though, 3 panels have ground rods, neutrals feed back to main???
I’m just trying to get internet from my house to my shop outside & I totally know nothing about this kind of stuff. Which would I need, “Powerline Ethernet Adapter” or “Powerline Adapter with wireless”? Also, if I don’t have a old router could I buy a cheap router & that do the trick? Of all the videos I’ve watched, I understood yours the best but still need some help. Thank you for your help
I know this comment is older now, but others may see it and have the same question. This will only work if it’s on the same main panel OR a sub panel of the main panel. If you have a separate meter or something it won’t work. I have seen high speeds as high as 300mbps using these type of devices and as low as 5 mbps. I’m sure it all depends on many variables like the age and type of your wiring. I’m sure it’s the same with anything. The newer and the more direct the route, the better the connection will be. I hope this helps someone.
@@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio I know this comment is older now, but others may see it and have the same question. This will only work if it’s on the same main panel OR a sub panel of the main panel. If you have a separate meter or something it won’t work. I have seen high speeds as high as 300mbps using these type of devices and as low as 5 mbps. I’m sure it all depends on many variables like the age and type of your wiring. I’m sure it’s the same with anything. The newer and the more direct the route, the better the connection will be. I hope this helps someone.
@@nickbotostech Thank you. In my case, I still haven’t gotten around to this project, so your reply does help! The subpanel in my workshop I put in myself off a 60 amp breaker from the main panel, with about 25 feet of new wiring run in a conduit underground. So theoretically it seems like it could work pretty well. Or at least well enough to give me a decent connection, even if not super high speed, which is better than what I have now.
@@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio yea that sounds great. I personally used this for my office inside my house but on a sub panel quite a distance away and I get about 300mbps but I have a friend I just put one in their barn and it’s about 70 feet out and it gets 6mbps but it’s older wiring. It really depends. I hope it works well for you.
Thank you, very informative. We put a TV in our garage. We don’t want to rent another box because we already have 6 boxes from our cable provider. The cable guy said we could use our WiFi in the house to watch TV in the garage. I’m going to buy a Fire stick but would also like to have some cable news out here or another channel from our cable from inside. Is this possible to do from our WiFi without a box? Thank you.
@SSLFamilyDad We have a broadband provider on a pole/tower in our yard. The service comes hard wired to the house, but the router is in the downstairs. The signal reaches all of the house fine, but once you walk outside the front yard, nothing. If you could suggest an option that would extend the signal, I would like 150-200 feet to ensure a strong signal to our metal shop (45' x 110'). I'd like to use my laptop while shooting photography work in the shop and a rustic shed next to it. Happy to exchange contact info should you need more detail to make suggestions. Thanks, Mikel M. Louder, MML Photo
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Not on the same circuit just the same electrical service from the pole. It will work across all circuits in a home including subpanels
Excellent, Thankyou!
Hey bro, i wanted to get a netgear but my father gave me a brand new TP-Link, do you think it will still work or should i invest on a netgear?
I have not used the tplink brand but it is the same idea. Should be fine
@@SSLFamilyDad sweet thanks. Your videos are very helpful😀
Good info. I do have to say the kids fashion sense is timeless. Rubber boots with a full length dress is classic.
I just wanted to stop in and say, YOU SIR.....ROCK!!
I have been trying to figure out a way to get my existing wifi into my metal workshop for 12 years and everything I tried and researched was a bust. I was kept being told there wasn't an (inexpensive) way to do it without burring a cable or getting a separate service. But I KNEW there had to be a way to make it work. Technology has come too far for something not to work. I stumbled on this video last week, I then ordered the powerline adaptors and a wifi router and I now have internet in my shop. THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of Powerline 2000. I followed your guidance and have barn internet over the electric lines. I also followed your guidance to make an old router into an access point. You have excellent skills which you used to explain everything so that I could understand it. Thank you so much!
Man - we followed your instruction to the T and now have wireless out in a cabana about 150 fr from the house. So grateful for you
This saved me a ton of money. I called my internet company and they wanted to come and add another line. Which meant an additional service. I didn’t need the router, but the extenders worked fantastically. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
They want to do me dirty like that too. Hopefully this works or it's another $75 a month! Didn't think getting internet in my detached garage would be this big of a deal.
After watching the whole video you gave so much detail information to even do it without that extra router thank you very much for this video you are a very big help for people like me that didn't know and don't know and don't have a husband anymore.
Thank you so much for this video! This information coupled with the how to video to configure the router as an access point, FINALLY got me internet in my backyard shed! My connection now works great!!
God Bless you! I can’t believe how simple and inexpensive this was to do! It worked! Now I can check on my horses throughout the night without having to gear up and head out into the snow. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
Doesn't it reduce the speed due to all the conversions and reconversion of the signal?
One of the best and most informative video I've viewed trying to resolve one of my issues . Excellent !
Your daughter is so cute. Such a good helper!
It's the first time I've run across your channel cuz I needed to look up how to do this I watched several that really did not give me the complete information that I needed you on the other hand was amazing not only did you show exactly what all we needed besides the extender little thing you explained everything we needed not just a little extender thing but everything including a second router you did a great job explaining everything thank you and your little girl tell her she did a fantastic😊❤
I would like to say thank you for sharing this video. We have a detached garage and I contacted our ISP about getting internet service to our garage. They informed me it would cost $60/mo. and $150 install fee. I bought one of the Netgear powerline adapters and followed your instructions for connecting an old router and it works great! By the way we have multiple panel boxes on our home including one that runs to a standby generator and out to our garage to another panel box. Our garage is about 70ft from our home. Works great with download & upload speeds of 50 Mbps. Thanks again.
Thank you! I am pretty computer illiterate, and I have been trying to get internet in my barn for two years. But I recently found your videos. Thanks to your clear, simple, easy to follow instructions in this video and the linked one, I finally have internet in my barn! Answer to prayer!
What a great video. Extremely useful that will conquer our issues here in N. Idaho. Whee 3 WiFi providers jus wanted to add another service When they said there new system would work. None of the 3 did. And this was just a guest house 80' from home. Thank You
Got the Netgear 2000 going from house to metal shop building today. Works like a charm. Thanks very much.
hey...I must admit...that I had no hope in this...but it actually worked. I have tried repeaters and all kinds of junk. was getting ready to order another dish for the farm/home....nope....thanks to you I dont need to...buffers a bit...but then no problem.....thank you so much
Thank you! This is the first real solution I found for our barn which is about 250 feet from our house.
Great Video. You just might be my life saver today. For years I have wanted to have internet service out in my Pole Barn that is about 150'-200' away from my house but didn't know of anyway to do it other then run ethernet cable underground out to my barn. That I could of done being I have buried plastic Electrical conduit under ground that carries power from the house to another electrical panel out in my Pole Barn and a separate plastic conduit carrying a landline phone line and cable out there going back to 1991. I left a extra pull string in the conduit so I could pull another line out there but I never got around to doing it. Most recently I purchased one of those Flat Panel Wi-Fi Antenna's and was going to use that to try to bring Wi-Fi from the house out to my Pole Barn but didn't mount anything as of yet when I found your video doing a search of my best outside internet options for my Pole Barn. Your way looks like the easiest and possibly the best way for me to go with so I am going to give it a try and place a order for 2 Power Ethernet Adapters on Amazon. I do have a Question though. You mention that I could use a old Wi-Fi Router out in my barn. Do I need to configure the Router in any special way or can I just plug a Ethernet Cable from the old router to the Power Ethernet Adapter in the barn when I place one out there to have Wi-Fi in the barn? That is the only thing I am not sure of here to do . Thanks ahead of time for any help you can give me here with answering this question.
You can use any old router out in the barn but in order for it to work best you will need to configure it as an access point. You could just plug it in like you said and it will probably work but you are basically isolating yourself from the house network that way and having two routers doing some internal thinking that can slow things down a little. I did a video on extending a network with aold router if you search my channel page for it you should find it.
SSLFamilyDad wow what a quick response. I will check out your other video. Thanks.
SSLFamilyDad Took your advice and made my Linksys E1200 WiFi Router a access Router yesterday after talking with you here. I just replaced it a month ago with a Linksys EA8300 Max-Stream AC2200 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router with 4 outside Antenna’s. The E1200 Router with a internal Antenna was at least 5 years old or better and we were noticing buffering while streaming and it wasn’t working very well with our new Ring Doorbell that needed a stronger WiFi. The newer Linksys EA 8300 blew it out of the water. Still the Linksys E1200 wasn’t a bad router and I believe should work fine in my 2500 Sq.Ft. Morten Pole Barn. My main concern is the Internal Antenna in it but there are no walls in the Pole Barn for it to have to pass through. Just ordered a Netgear PowerLINE 1200 Kit to install one in the house in my computer room and the other one to a wall outlet in the barn at least 150’-200’ back from the house. Hopefully it all works out. Should have the Netgear Kit today Friday. Will let you know how it goes hopefully sometime this weekend.
I'm about to try the same set up in my recently built pole barn...getting ready to order equipment.
@@jamesdepace2783 I just saw your reply here this early morning. I guess I forgot to come back to this video to say how I have been making out with my set up in my 2500 sq.ft. Pole Barn with my Inernet service. It works very well I even stream TV out to my barn. Although I have cable out to the barn I got tired of having to pay for extra cable boxes I really didn't need and this project help eliminate having to have one out there and paying the rental on a Cable Box that wasn't be used much every month. Years ago you didn't need a cable box until they went digital. As most older folks know you were able to get the basic cable channels by just screwing the cable into your TV. You just needed one for Premium channels. You are better off buying a Roku or Firestick today and streaming it outside. The only other thing I changed was that I purchased a better Router for in my barn. The LInksys E1200 worked ok but the newer TP-Link AC1750 Wireless with 3 Outside the box Antenna's works even better being the Links E1200 isn't equipped with outside antenna's on it. I am happy Family Dad made this video a while back and I found it. It made all the difference in the world to how I get decent internet service out to my Pole Barn. Makes it real easy to bring my iPad out there when working on a car or my i Phone for internet related things having to do for say upgrading software for instance to one of my vehicles or watching a You Tube Video on a repair. Before I could of never done so.
Thanks! I've been looking for the best way to get wifi to my barn. Very informative.
Great vid. It helped a lot, trying to get internet in my church from end to end, and I came across your video, I was asking myself, how did I find you like so easily? Huh! Until I saw your Scripture John 14:6, I then knew how Amen God is Good All the Time... be strong, be blessed. May God continue to bless, protect and bring joy to you and your family, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
Really interesting solutions.
I knew about Etherner over Power line, but I never thought about using it so!
Thanks for the video!
I even used one of those tp link powerline adapters at the end of a 100 ft extension cord and it still worked.
Thanks mate! Also thanks to your assistant!
Good solution. Good vid. One comment ... make sure your external access point's electrical circuit is the same one that feeds your base router. If that is not the case, the copper magic cannot work. In which case you will need to consider a wireless extender.
You had yourself a beautiful little helper today! She definitely stole the show!! XOXOXOXO
Great video. Appreciate how you have scripture text at the end of each video. Keep up the good work.
Enjoyed the video and the information you provided will be helpful in the near future. Thank You Very Much
your video was excellent....everything i needed as far as info to get my internet into my shop out back.......every step easily explained.....thanks again and keep up the good informative videos.....
Thanks for this! I set this up in my barn with an old router, to be able to use wifi security cameras and it's working great.
Cute little helper you have there! Reminds me of my little daughter and I back when she was that age! Enjoy it while you can, they grow up so fast! Some day another boy going to get her attention then Dad becomes chopped liver! Sorry to say!
Seriously great video. Thanks for making it. An update would be great given how technology has evolved since you made this.
PS. Your little helper is wonderful in the clip.
Great solution! I had it installed and up and running inside of 10 Min.. I had an old router just like you and Boom... I have a great Wireless Network in my outbuilding that was too far to reach with a wireless extender. The netgear was plug and play. Love it!
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I went with the router and it works great. The config took a bit of time but it works great! thanks
Actually a directional antennae works great, [ 5:25 ]easier than a buried cable for the ‘bridge’. Nice video
Thanks so much for the help. I finally got it working with your advice. Even my internet provider tech couldn't get me set up. But your suggestions and the equipment did. Thanks again sooooooo much
This is great thank you! We have a mare that is going to foal in a couple of weeks and I need a camera so I don’t have to keep running out to the barn all night to check on her. Thanks again!!
Ah, such a relief to find this video. You just saved me so much time and money. Thank you so much for information!
Thank you so much!!! I just finished setting up! It was easy peasy!! Your video was so straight forward and easy to understand! Thank you for that!!
Now for all the questions that I and many others had. My garage is approx 110 feet from the house, it runs on it's own breaker box from the main pole. There are lines that run from pole to house, pole to barn, and pole to garage. Out in the sticks, the very best internet is a max of 50mbs. Hubby did not want to drill holes in our house and the $1200.00 (Canadian) Orbi set- well, no.
So if you're not sure, try it. You have nothing to lose except a bit of time.
I took the advice of naming the SSID the same as my original internet connection (router) Thank you for that tidbit! I seamlessly transfer WIFI from the house to the garage. No logging in- no logging out from location to location. I watched your video on how to set up an old router. This won't work without the router. So again, thank you so much!!
When I first fired it up, I had no internet. To the post(er) who couldn't get internet, make sure you are on the correct WIFI network and give it time to run through it's start up. I am running anywhere from 15 - 18.5mbs. The Sirus satellite draws about half of that when on. How, I don't know.
I'm not sure how this works, but it just works! I have full bars where I would be lucky to have one, mayyyyybe two.
This video saved me and hubby time, lots o' money and more holes in our walls.
We are researching how to get internet in our all metal shop building and came across your video. We were considering a wifi extender which requires us to drill a hole in the side of the shop for an antenna to hone in on the home router. Shop is about 30 to 40 feet from the house. I'm hoping this will be a better way, because we weren't too sold on the wifi extender.
Thanks, great info. I'm going to need this information in a couple of months. Moving out to a rural area with a barn that I'll be working in.
thanks for the info. I was frustrated with no internet in the barn. Gonna try this. Wish me luck!
Bless you and thank you. Really looking forward to trying this extender method to get WiFi in the kitchen!
I so happy when dad let us bring a radio to the barn.
Powerline is GREAT... But if your Barn has it's own panel (100 Amp) different from the House panel (200 amp) then it doesn't work! Using the Old router is the alternative!!
Great videos!!
Great tutorial! How do I find the link with detailed step-by-step on reconfig of old router to become WAP? Thanks
@SSLFamilyDad
Dude Thank you so much.
My Fiance and I are getting married and are hosting the reception in her barn. I've been looking for alternative solutions than a wireless bridge(very expensive) and running a cable, (absolutely rediculous) so that we can stream the reception to family and friends outside. Much appreciated video, Looking forward to using the product. Thanks again
Hope this works as it will be an easy solution to add wifi to my detached carriage house. Just ordered the powerline ethernet adapter thru your link. Thanks!
Great video. I was trying to figure out how to get a wireless camera out to my barn. fortunately I have an old lyncsis wireless router, so all just spend money on the PoE and the camera. Thanks
I'm sorry what did you say? I was to busy laughing at your daughter Hamming it up. You sure have been blessed.
I was cringing when she was balancing on the iron rail in the background! lol Yes, she was too funny! And did hold up the right gear to show what her dad was speaking about. Too cute!
This worked great!!! Thank you so much. I have been watching so many videos and came across this one and all my internet issues are resolved. 😊
Love it ! thank you for sharing this......we have recently been adding security products to our out buildings barn/shop/wellhouse as well as smart devices for block heaters, temperature monitoring etc.......I had been playing with wifi extenders, but this powerline module appears to be a superior solution.....much appreciated!
This is fantastic. I am going to use your affiliate link, I need to get this set up! Glad you took the time to make this video:)
One major issue you're not mentioning in your video is the fact that in North America we typically have 240 volts in our panel. Split into two lines in the panel line one and line two that will be flowing throughout the house. Breakers on each line, giving 120 volts to your plugs. You're destination power link adapter must be on the same line as your first one. They cannot be on line one and one online two, they will not connect.
I was just thinking about boosting signal to the garage. Many thanks for the info.
Just a quick note:
In some countries (like Germany) you get 3 phase power to the house, which is then split to different sections/rooms.
In that case you can get problems (no connection/reduced range) but it can also work.
Thanks so much for this video. This is just what I am looking for. I'll let you know how everything goes as I have just ordered it. I ordered the Netgear powerline 1000 with wifi.
Yay! Thanks to this tutorial, the old shed/new office is up and running with a 5 bar signal! I plugged in the old router, connected it to the TP Link AV1000 via the ethernet cable, and Ta Da! i was able to walk out onto the street and still had a signal! And better yet, it somehow still works when it's not plugged into the TP Link. Thank you so much!
This is sick LOL. We are tech addicted no doubt.
Great job, Dad! Keep up the good work!
Dude I use to have that T-shirt!! Had it when I was in high school and finally had to throw it away because I wore wholes through it from wearing it too much. Loved that shirt for some reason.
Thank you so much!! I'm immediately sending this video to my husband's inbox so he can get right on this. :-D
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Great video very useful and your assistant cheered me up 👍
2:57 Why not? Are they going to create two different LANs?
Great video! I went to your link, to Amazon, and read some of the reviews. One person wrote that he could not get his setup to work, because of a sub panel in his out building, that he was trying to connect to. I may have this same problem. I live on a farm, where our electricity comes to a pole, with a shut off on it. I have our house hooked up to this, and machine shed hooked up to it also. All the wires are hooked together, on the pole. My house has it's own breaker panel, and my machine shed has it's own breaker panel. Am I not able to use this setup, or is there something else I can do, without trenching wire? Thanks!!!
I was able to get Netgear 2000 Powerline Adaptors to work. I have a subpanel that the power goes through. I had no problem.
I've had good luck with older tp-link adapters. Haven't had any experience with the 1Gbit or faster powerline ethernet.
loved the video. bought everything and followed the instructions you gave. when I take my phone to the barn to jump onto that wifi it comes up with the name i gave that router(now access point) but it doesn't connect. just stayes with that spinning "thinking" circle. Help!
Great idea and great presentation. I'm going to try it to get wifi to my shop. Only one QUESTION: If the power to the shop is on a separate meter from the house, will this method still work? If not, what do I have to do?
I'm hoping you could recommend a Wi-Fi access point. I have been using an old router but I think I need a new access point.
Good video. This is what I've been looking for something like this. My shop is about 80 feet from my house and I want the internet in my shop so I can get information on troubleshooting car problems. Right now, I have to have my laptop or phone in front of the window to pick up a signal. If this works, that would be great. I just have to find out if an old router is cheaper to buy than the second option that you showed. Thanks for sharing. I will let the world know if it really worked. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍🍁 By the way, your daughter is very cute. You are very blessed to have her.
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I have a 36x48x18' pole barn with a cupola that I will actually be dropping Internet into directly as if it were a home (because it's basically being used as such sporadically). The climate typically varies from 30°F to 86°F and is rarely below 13°F or above 92°F. The barn itself has R13 insulation currently in the form of a vinyl wrap. The router will be ~13' high internally and, just to be safe, I will probably position the router as close to the cupola as I can. Do you think this plan will work for hardwired and wireless Ring cameras year-round or should I spring for an industrial router that is guaranteed to handle some environmental adversity (no heat but cupola)? I have a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 that I could drop into the barn, which has an operating temperature of (32º to 104ºF) with a 90% maximum relative humidity (noncondensing). Think it would suffice and definitely never run the risk of a structure fire? The ISP also may have some options for me but I've yet to check.
This is great. Hopefully I can do this! I really want to use a wireless camera and I couldn’t do that in my new metal barn!!
I'm guessing this wouldn't work if my pole barn is hooked up on its own power supply. My pole barn and house electric are two separate accounts /billing/supply.
Correct, that will not work
THANK YOU! this is exactly what I need
Does the barn have to be on the same electric power line as the home for these to work?
Alright, now I've watched 2 of your videos that were useful. That is a rare occurrence. subbed
Thanks much for the video. My out building is on a separate circuit (a "home run" is what the electricians called it) from my main breaker box. I got the PLW1010 from Netgear, which is able to use the electrical ground wire to run data. One of the two circuits in the out building was wired for a refrigerator, and the Netgear device worked just on that particular circuit out there. The indicator light on the device shows the data rate being under 50Mbps (we have 120Mbps in the house). Whatever, it is strong enough to run Netflix and UA-cam videos simultaneously on two devices. Quite good enough. You saved me from running Ethernet underground and drilling holes in two buildings.
You have a great helper.
Thanks for this video was a big help.
I see this video is 5 years old, however it was very helpful. I am wondering if these would be the same products if the barn is 300 feet away and the barn is fully insulated. I actually use Netgear in my home which is good. We would like to be able to put internet in the pole barn without digging a line if possible. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you Nancee
What about multiple power circuits? Is the Barn and the house running of same circuit? I’m a little ignorant when it comes to all of this, I’m still learning how this all works.
Hey there! I just came across your video and I have a question. So I'm having issues getting a signal in my garage, I bought an extender but it still won't transmit the signal. If I connected a router out there, would the extender work?
I have the Netgear PowerLINE 1000 installed in my house and the receiver box works great anywhere in the house but when I move it out to the barn it won’t pickup the internet signal through the wiring. Electrical is run to the barn via a 60 amp double breaker on the main breaker panel in the house, through dual aluminum heavy gage lines (approximately 150 feet) buried underground to a sub panel in the barn. The circuits in the barn are 20 amp on copper 12/2 wiring. The barn wiring is new. Is there a problem because of the aluminum power lines between the house and barn, the long distance or both?
Hey there I bought a set of powerline adapters and they work great inside the house. However, they do not work in the barn. My barn has a separate 100 amp service panel. I thought maybe this was the issue, but I even tried running a receptacle off of a 3-way exterior light switch that connects through the panel in my home (where my modem is). Any ideas why the signal will not reach my barn? Could it be there is a copper wire length limitation?
I believe your problem is from exactly what I have read with using power line adapters! In order for the power line adapters to work both have to be plugged into the same circuit. So if your turn off a breaker and the power goes off in your home and garage at the same time. then that's the same circuit. But if the power off in either the house or barn and on in the other area then it's a different circuit and unfortunately won't work! think of it as having a long ethernet cable running to your barn, it works! But if that ethernet cable cut in the middle and ran to another location suddenly you won't have no wifi in your barn then! If that makes any sense? Another way to put it I guess, different breakers are on different circuits and the wires running to each circuit are not connected together. so you have to use a circuit that's on the same breaker to work!
@@ghostridergale plz make this it’s own comment because you are so helpful right now!
I like the video, My question is if I have a seperate power meter going to shop, than i do to the house, will this still work or not ? thank you in advance for your answer
It will not
Thank you so much for this video! After 17 years, we finally have internet in our barn thanks to you. :) Do you have any recommendations for cameras that we could put in our barn to monitor the animals? Thank you again!!
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Thank you!😊
Hello. Will this work if the separate building has a different meter box Meaning it’s not on the same power supply. Thanks
Great video! Would you know if you get faster speeds setting your router as access point, I currently have it set up as its own connection with a different router, since I don’t necessarily need the internet to be on same network as home, I’m currently getting 25-30 mbps, which is decent for what I need. Thanks
Love your channel
Good info. Your tutorial must have been so much easier with your smiley assistant.
Just want to make sure...the power circuit that my home router is plugged into and the power circuit to my barn (500 ft. away) come out of the same circuit breaker panel located in my home, but each power circuit is on its own circuit breaker in my home circuit breaker panel. For purposes of the wi-fi distribution through the "power wiring system" will this suffice? Thanks for the great video!
Thank you, sir. My question is, will wifi/Lan over power lines work through my main panel to my 3 different sub-panels. 2 subs goto main, 1 sub is a pass though, 3 panels have ground rods, neutrals feed back to main???
I’m just trying to get internet from my house to my shop outside & I totally know nothing about this kind of stuff. Which would I need, “Powerline Ethernet Adapter” or “Powerline Adapter with wireless”? Also, if I don’t have a old router could I buy a cheap router & that do the trick?
Of all the videos I’ve watched, I understood yours the best but still need some help. Thank you for your help
What about if your metal outbuilding doesn’t have have grid connected power?
If my shop is on a subpanel of my house will this work?
I have the same question. From the reviews I’m reading I think the answer is no! But I’m not sure if that is correct.
I know this comment is older now, but others may see it and have the same question. This will only work if it’s on the same main panel OR a sub panel of the main panel. If you have a separate meter or something it won’t work. I have seen high speeds as high as 300mbps using these type of devices and as low as 5 mbps. I’m sure it all depends on many variables like the age and type of your wiring. I’m sure it’s the same with anything. The newer and the more direct the route, the better the connection will be. I hope this helps someone.
@@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio I know this comment is older now, but others may see it and have the same question. This will only work if it’s on the same main panel OR a sub panel of the main panel. If you have a separate meter or something it won’t work. I have seen high speeds as high as 300mbps using these type of devices and as low as 5 mbps. I’m sure it all depends on many variables like the age and type of your wiring. I’m sure it’s the same with anything. The newer and the more direct the route, the better the connection will be. I hope this helps someone.
@@nickbotostech Thank you. In my case, I still haven’t gotten around to this project, so your reply does help! The subpanel in my workshop I put in myself off a 60 amp breaker from the main panel, with about 25 feet of new wiring run in a conduit underground. So theoretically it seems like it could work pretty well. Or at least well enough to give me a decent connection, even if not super high speed, which is better than what I have now.
@@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio yea that sounds great. I personally used this for my office inside my house but on a sub panel quite a distance away and I get about 300mbps but I have a friend I just put one in their barn and it’s about 70 feet out and it gets 6mbps but it’s older wiring. It really depends. I hope it works well for you.
Thank you, very informative. We put a TV in our garage. We don’t want to rent another box because we already have 6 boxes from our cable provider. The cable guy said we could use our WiFi in the house to watch TV in the garage. I’m going to buy a Fire stick but would also like to have some cable news out here or another channel from our cable from inside. Is this possible to do from our WiFi without a box? Thank you.
Will this work if your shop has its own electric meter and is not connected to the power from the house?
Do they have to be on the same breaker panel? Our barn is on a different panel to the house.
@SSLFamilyDad We have a broadband provider on a pole/tower in our yard. The service comes hard wired to the house, but the router is in the downstairs. The signal reaches all of the house fine, but once you walk outside the front yard, nothing. If you could suggest an option that would extend the signal, I would like 150-200 feet to ensure a strong signal to our metal shop (45' x 110'). I'd like to use my laptop while shooting photography work in the shop and a rustic shed next to it. Happy to exchange contact info should you need more detail to make suggestions. Thanks, Mikel M. Louder, MML Photo
Can you give any advice on trying to extend the wifi from my house to an outbuilding that has its own breaker box?
I need to know this also
as long as you have power, doent matter where it comes from