Extending Wifi signal from Archer AX11000 to front gate CCTV Camera (80 metres away)

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Extending Wifi signal from Archer AX11000 to front gate CCTV Camera (80 metres away)
Extending Wifi signal from Archer AX11000 to front gate CCTV Camera (80 metres away)
2023-10-19 11:25:53
Model: Archer AX11000  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.3.4 Build 20230906 rel.74809(4155)

I just upgraded my Fritzbox 4390 router to a TP-Link Archer AX11000 router and also bought a TP-Link AX3000 EA650 Outside Access point. The router is installed inside my home and the Access Point is installed outside the house roof at the highest point facing the front gate. Except some trees, no other obstructions.

 

I need to install CCTV cameras at my front gate that is 80 metres away. With both router & Access point, my bandwidth is only hovering around @15 MBPS near the gate, from the @100MBPS at router site. From articles I read that AX3000 EA650 has a range of above 200 metres, not sure if thats true here?

 

Can anyone help me with the best way to extend the wifi signal string enough to connect a wireless solar 4K wifi camera 80-100 metres away (without hard cabling on the ground).  

 

Some of the options I could read from Internet:-

 

. Install a directional Yagi antenna - But can we connect this to AX10000, if so how? How can a coaxial cable connect to the router. The antenna socket seems different?

. Is there any other way?

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Re:Extending Wifi signal from Archer AX11000 to front gate CCTV Camera (80 metres away)
2023-10-20 23:33:53

  @SimpleMan_Auz 

 

Hi,

 

I am not sure if connecting other antennas to the AX11000 would solve the problem.

If the router was placed near a window and the cables to the antennas were really short, then it might work. But if many meters of coax cable were required from the antennas to the router, then the higher gain of Yagi antennas might be offset by the higher impedance of the long cables.
Besides, the AX11000 is a 12-stream wireless router. Since apparently only 8 antennas are external, there must be 4 more antennas inside the housing, which could turn out to be the one's used for the connection the camera requires. Also there is no way for the user to control which antennas of any band are used at any given time to connect to a certain client device, so the whole thing would only make sense if all 4 antennas belonging to the same band are replaced with high gain antennas.

 

A better option might be to get an access point with already built-in directional antenna(s) and whose Wi-Fi specifications match that of the wireless camera.

Do you have the exact Wi-Fi specifications of that 4K Wi-Fi camera at hand? (i.e. 2.4 GHz single-band or 2.4GHz/5 GHz dual-band?, one or two or more antennas?, 802.11ac or 802.11ax wireless standard?)

 

As far as trees in the line of sight are concerned. Even trees can affect the transmission of signals in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range substantially.

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