Find a way to send internet signals across roughly one mile to your neighbor's property.
Find a way to send internet signals across roughly one mile to your neighbor's property.
Currently I don’t have internet or phone access at my home in Jacksonville. We’re working from home and depend on constant connectivity. Right now we stay in a neighbor’s guest house with our three kids and my wife’s aunt. Here we have fast speeds. We’re constructing a new home next door, but no internet service is available yet. Everything—from lights to outlets—is wifi enabled, and I’ve installed fiber throughout the house to every bedroom. We use Comcast for internet but the telephone line runs through a marsh on her property, roughly 200 feet from the road. That means we can’t use her pole since it’s about 300 feet away with a six-car garage, and over 400 feet from the closet pole near my place. My wife is a medical director who needs 24/7 connectivity for work, and I spend most of my time at home when not on the job site. We intend to move into our new home on July 1, but we need internet soon. Ideally, we’d like to extend a signal from the guest house to ours until service arrives on my street. Could you help me set this up? Like your new offices? Thanks ahead.
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Technically, you might opt for a cable, but wireless seems simpler. You could purchase a 1000ft spool of Ethernet and connect it to a VDSL2 converter... it functions up to 1.5 miles: For instance, https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-110V...002CLKFTG/ A similar item is available under another brand: https://www.amazon.com/Tupavco-Ethernet-...B01BOD8C9W. It supports speeds up to 300 mbps, though you'd likely see around 100mbps at 1000ft... a review mentioned 45-72 mbps at roughly 2.5k feet. Ethernet can reach about 100 meters (~328 ft), meaning you could also use PoE injectors and switches with PoE to extend the distance, amplifying the signal each time. You'd need protective enclosures for the equipment. For example, a suitable switch is https://www.amazon.com/Gigabit-Power-Ove...B07RRBJ6VJ and an injector like https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PoE150...B001PS9E5I. If you choose the two-switch method, opt for pure copper cable instead of the cheaper CCA type (aluminum-copper), adding roughly $100-150 to your costs. The VDSL2 converter works with standard Ethernet cables too.
If you need to extend the run outside, choose "direct burial" or at least "duct grade" cable. Regular cables aren’t as resistant to moisture and rain as they seem, and they’ll absorb water, causing your "twisted pairs" to become damaged within six months in wet conditions. Even with protection, expect failure after two years of UV exposure unless you select the appropriate grade.