ARW was thinking very hard :
I think those wifi sockets use mains signalling, so unlikely to work outside the same property.
Make a pair of these -
then modify a suitable pair of wifi routers, to use the yagi antennas in place of the built in antennas and you will have a system able to provide a link over several miles LOS.
From their FAQ
"How does a Wi-Fi range extender socket work?
By positioning the Wi-Fi socket halfway between your router and the area of poor reception, the range extender will relay the signal to further spread coverage."
which implies it's a wifi repeater, not a powerline device
Andy Burns expressed precisely :
OK, but seems a very poor way to attempt to extend wifi, by wifi - using potentially poorly located sockets low down on walls.
They would be halfway sensible if they used mains signalling to link the sockets.
with metal backboxes, or foil-lined plasterboard ...
Put them in the floor sockets ustairs
They should be okay without backboxes in wood skirting :-)
Owain
Ah but they are out of sight. No nasty box with distracting flashing lights up on a shelf with sticky up things and a wire running across the wall to a wall wart.
The fact that in most houses they could cover the whole house with a single properly placed AP doesn't come into it. Not helped of course by the predominance of the "single box" containing, the modem, firewall/router, network switch and WiFi AP. This single box being again stuffed out of the way somewhere.
It will be my internet service. It's for the gf's lad so that he will stop and his grandparents more often and leave us in peace.
He uses it ATM but the signal is weak in the house.
Actually in this case the socket in my computer room is about horizontal to their sockets on the kitchen worktop. And that is the shortest distance between the two houses and is in direct line of sight.
In which case a simple LAN extender with better aerials will likely do the job. You might get away with just one.
I don't think I'd go for the socket one. With a plug-in one, you can easily move it round trying to optimise the position.
I see Lidl have one at £14.99 coming up soon. No idea as to how well t hat model works.
And why would you want to be left in peace ? ;-)
Owain
+1
The router is in the loft. its WiFi has been turned off. I put a Unifi AP in the centre of the house which is the hall ceiling....
If it has a metal backbox, or you have aluminium lined insulation, might not be so good in a socket.
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