Extending WIFI signal through steel wall.

[johnnyb58]

I’ve been trying to get an answer to this question for over 4 years and I just know there is a solution using all my existing WIFI from a class I had 20 years ago.

So anyway, I have a steel shipping container 100ft from my house router that I want WIFI inside. I have a WIFI signal right up to the door, but it’s gone as soon as I step inside. I have been leaving my tablet outside the door and using blue tooth while inside with the door open. This becomes a problem if I have to shut the door due to cold or rain and I would also like to use my laptop inside.

Before anyone asks, it has to be WIFI because I can't run a ethernet cable across the road.

 

[johnb35]

The metal of the container kills the wifi. There is no other way but to run a cable inside, no other way around it.

 

[johnnyb58]

I think the last time I asked about this, I was going to mount a router outside the steel container and drill a small hole through the wall for a short ethernet cable to a computer inside.

The problem I was having was connecting 2 WIFI routers together through WIFI. 10 to 15 years ago I found some settings in the routers to tie them together with WIFI. I don’t remember the terminology for the settings and can’t find them in on the internet. I kind of remember that not all routers can connect like this, but not sure.

 

[Intel_man]

I don’t remember the terminology for the settings and can’t find them in on the internet. I kind of remember that not all routers can connect like this, but not sure.

Wireless bridging. Most current asus routers that I'm aware of would be able to do that.

 

[voyagerfan99]

You could also get a Ubiquiti LiteBeam or NanoBeam depending on how far away it is.

 

[johnnyb58]

You could also get a Ubiquiti LiteBeam or NanoBeam depending on how far away it is.

That won't work because I don't have access for a cable from the router to this, but thanks anyway

 

[johnnyb58]

I was looking at a repeater setup on YouTube that's promising, I can't see how to set it up as WIFI so I can move my laptop or tablet around without a cable.

 

[Okedokey]

Bolt this bad boy on your container, drill a small hole, bog it up with silicone. Attach to standard wifi router inside your container.

 

[johnnyb58]

Bolt this bad boy on your container, drill a small hole, bog it up with silicone. Attach to standard wifi router inside your container.

Oh WOW, Thank you very much. I discovered that my computer does pick up the WIFI outside the steel container, but it's 110°F outside. I'm not really using my computer out there, but I do want to use my tablet to play music on my stereo. Even if I set the tablet outside in the heat with the door open, my stereo doesn't have Bluetooth. Today I put my tablet in a plastic cooler outside and it worked but I would rather not keep the door open in this heat.