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No signal escaping shed!
No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-06 02:42:27 - last edited 2019-09-06 03:05:01
Model: CPE210  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: V3

Hi all,

New member and first post so excuse my lack of technical knowledge. I have set up two wifi security camera's in my 60x30 iron clad shed and have the wifi NVR in my home some 20 meters away. I also have one wifi camera outside in my rear yard some 10 meters from the wifi NVR.

The outside camera is working well but as you would expect the two inside the shed are having their signals blocked due to the iron. I have tried a $30 repeater from the back of the house and it barely pics up one camera. If I open one of the 10 foot sliding doors I get nearly full signal from both camera's.

 

So if I purchase a CPE210 and mount that on the outside of my shed and point it at my house, and run a LAN cable from the PoE to one inside camera will this work?

My camera's can be used as repeaters so I can connect the other camera via the first one..

I'm new to all this so it maybe thats what the CPE210 is designed for. I guess I would still need to set it up using a computer first. Would that be correct..?
I have looked on line and I can find lots of info on getting wifi into sheds/out buildings but I get lost with all the technical side as its not for a router/computer but a wifi NVR.

 

Cheers Sponge.  

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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-06 11:41:21 - last edited 2019-09-06 11:42:13

CPEs are designed for long-range directional links. You could also use it for a wireless link to your house, but CPEs perform best if used pair-wise. Albeit CPEs can connect to other APs over short distances too, the maximum range then will be limited to the range of the other device (your wireless NVR). What's more, expect interferences and reduced throughput if using several devices on the same WiFi channel as required in repeater mode.

 

Personally, I would use an outdoor cable and an outdoor switch to connect security cameras to the NVR over a short range of just 20m, not any wireless device.

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Re:Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-06 14:17:20
Thanks R1D2 for the reply. I shall look into running a cable and if that proves to be too difficult I will rethink my options. Cheers Sponge.
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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-10 03:44:01

Hi again,

I just purchased a TL-WA5210G mainly because thats all my local store had to fix my shed problem. Joys of living in a rural area!

Running a cable was impossible due to structrural problems, so Im back to my original idea, but obviously with a different unit. 

So as you see in my very bad drawing, I am going to run a cable from my wireless cam in my shed to a POE then outside to the TL-WA5210G which will be on a pole.
Then that should beam back to the wireless NVR in my house (I do have 50% signal from the NVR standing outside my shed).

Hope I am correct so far... All I need to know is what setting do I need to have the TL-WA52110G in? Would it be Bridge?
Would the camera pass through the unit without any password ect? Sorry again for being a pain but this sort of thing is above my pay grade.
I do have a screen shot of my NVR's wireless settings but didnt know if it was ok to post that here or not..

Cheers..Sponge 

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Re: No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-10 07:03:37 - last edited 2019-09-10 07:14:54

Set the TL-WA5210G to client mode. It behaves the same way as your cameras, smartphone or tablet in client mode: it just connects to you NVR. You will have to set the WPA2 key of your WLAN in the TL-WA5210G once, that's all. Then connect the camera to the TL-WA5210G by wire as shown in your picture.

 

Note that the »G« in TL-WA5210G stands for WiFi mode g, meaning that the unit supports only 802.11b/g. This limits the wireless speed to 54 Mbps under ideal conditions (i.e. with no obstacles in-between the WA and the NVR!). Protocol overhead is ~50%, so max. data speed will be ~27 Mbps in theory, which is ~22 to 24 Mbps in practice.

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Re: No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-11 00:44:11 - last edited 2019-09-11 00:48:41

Thanks R1D2. Ill give it a shot over the next couple of days (Time permitting) and I will come back and report my success or failure for others that may be having or wanting the same sort of set up.. Cheers!

 

I also notice this post was moved to "Wireless Broadband" but if I click the link on the top of the page it just comes up with "Data not found" and there does not seem to be a catagory for that on the main page?

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Re: No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-11 15:02:54 - last edited 2019-09-11 15:04:34

 

Sponge wrote

 

I also notice this post was moved to "Wireless Broadband" but if I click the link on the top of the page it just comes up with "Data not found" and there does not seem to be a catagory for that on the main page?

 

Hello @Sponge,

 

seems that a moderator moved the thread into this subforum. I could find it under "Wireless Broadband" now. The link to this subforum is under "Forums" in the SMB community.

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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-15 13:24:05

@Sponge 

 

Well I have given up!  After 10+ hours of trying to get anything out of the  TL-WA5210G I admitted defeat. I did manage to get a ssid broadcast (Using Vistumbler to see)

but still no joy connecting to the wireless NVR. Probably more the fact I still have no idea what I'm doing. The NVR's camera's had IP in the range of 172.20.14.xx Well according to the NVR screen, but using the same range IP like 172.20.14 50 didn't connect the TL-WA5210G.

I know what I should have done (And may do) Is hook a camera up to my computer and get into its set up system and look at the settings. Hey! Im a slow learner.

Anyway out of shear frustration I took the $30 repeater from the half way point I tried, and screwed it to the outside of the shed and what do you know I got a perfect signal from the camera inside.

So allthough I failed basic networking, I did manage to resolve the problem.

 

Cheers!

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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-15 16:01:57

 

Sponge wrote

Well I have given up!  After 10+ hours of trying to get anything out of the  TL-WA5210G I admitted defeat. I did manage to get a ssid broadcast (Using Vistumbler to see)

but still no joy connecting to the wireless NVR.

 

This seems to be the problem. You do not have the TL-AW5210 broadcast a SSID! It should use client mode (not AP mode) to wirelessly connect to the NVR. The cams should be connected by cable, not wirelessly (else you would need to set the WA5210 in repeater mode, but repeaters are not recommended for security cams - expect frame drops with a repeater).

 

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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-16 01:26:39

@R1D2 

Thanks RID2, I did try it in client/router mode but still had no joy, probably didnt help that I was trying to set the system up in my room with a camera with non detachable antenna.

Yes, it was connected via cable. I think I was looking at it from the wrong end. Instead of worring about the NVR I should heave been just looking at the camera. And yes, the camera's dont have any visible SSID as my other camera does not show up using Vistumbler.  
I haven't given up completely, just need to step away from it for a few days and then try again.

 

Cheers!     

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Re:No signal escaping shed!
2019-09-16 13:50:40

@Sponge

 

You're welcome. Yes, you could either place the TL-WA5210 at the cameras (then it needs to be in client mode) or as an extension of the NVR's WLAN when TL-WA5210 is wired to the NVR (then it needs to run in AP mode). Anyway, you need to know the IP assigned to the NVR (static? DHCP?) and need to decide which IP the TL-WA5210 should use (static? DHCP?).

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