Wi fi extender or mesh network for ADU?
Hi all, Wondering if anyone has recommendations for a device that would allow us to share wifi with the cottage in our backyard. Seems like these extenders are designed for larger houses rather than separate structures but wondering if anyone has experience with it working in a backyard cottage. Lot is only about 4500 sq feet total, so the distance from house to cottage is pretty short. Thanks!
May 8, 2021
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Hi, when the pandemic started it became immediately clear that our WIFI system wasn't going to work. I invested in the Amplify system https://www.amplifi.com/amplifi-hd
it extends from the middle room of my 1300 sqft house to my driveway where i have a trailer as my office. There I am able to Zoom with perfect clarity! I bought the whole system and a new modem at Best Buy.
We used Eero Pro 6s for this type of thing and they worked well. You may need to buy extra in order to place one at the closest point of each building.
Not exactly what you asked, but we were in a similar situation, switched to Sonic (without an extender), and the issue went away. We were originally using Comcast.
We too have a backyard cottage. We never found an extender that was able to work through the walls and distance. Ultimately we found we either have to pay for to pay for 2 accounts to have 2 modems or run an eithernet cord outside. I am curious if anyone has found an extender that works well enough as we haven't tried in a while.
We have an Eero that extends our home's wifi to our pool house. Got it at Costco awhile back. We just plugged one extension into the wall closest to the pool house and plugged another to an outlet in the pool house that was situated nearest the main house. There is a main unit and three plug-in extenders. The wifi isn't perfect in the pool house because it's on a lower level than the house, but I'm happy we're getting anything down there without running wires. I'm sure your experience will be much better.