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How to extend Google Mesh WiFi to a garden building wirelessly?

Marzipan71
Community Member

Hi - I have a Google Wifi Gen 1 mesh set up with 7 hockey pucks around the house - thick walls, but its working fine and delivering wifi all around the home. I'd like to extend the wifi network to a garden building approx. 100m from the main house. I don't need to extend any further than this. We are in the country and only have 30Mbps. I'm not very good with networking and would very much like to avoid having to use LAN cables. What I have in mind is that a device could be attached to the outside of the house (I have power, but not LAN cabling) that could connect to the mesh network as a 'transmitter' and 'beam'/ repeat (?) that signal to the garden building. I have power at the garden building and can install an antenna on it if necessary. So my ideal situation would be router > wireless 'transmitter' > wireless 'receiver' that allows phone/ tabled to connect and use the wifi. I've looked at lots of repeater/ point to point combos but I confess I don't understand them and the LAN cabling is a deal breaker for most. Is there a simple system that is compatible with the Gen 1 Google mesh network that can solve my scenario? Thanks for any help!

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Marzipan71
Community Member

Just to add the drop down options on my original post say Gen 1 but I believe the devices I have are second generation - these (I'm in Italy) - https://store.google.com/product/google_wifi_2nd_gen?hl=it

olavrb
Platinum Product Expert
Platinum Product Expert

Regular access points, like Google Wifi and Nest Wifi, are not directional. So 100m outdoors to another building is not going to work.

See these older threads about viable alternatives.


I don't work for Google.

Thanks @olavrb - sorry I didn't search for these answers, so thanks for posting the links! Sounds like I need the building to building solution mentioned in the threads. I will check out TP Link and see if there's something suitable that they manufacture.

AbigailF
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey folks, 

Thanks for lending a hand, @olavrb.
@Marzipan71, I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks,
Abi

AbigailF
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hello Marzipan71,

Checking back in should you still have some questions here. Let us know by replying to this thread. 

Best, 
Abi

LovelyM
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi there Marzipan71, 

Due to inactivity, I'll go ahead and lock this thread in 24 hours. We'd be glad to help you further so if you still need assistance, feel free to start a new thread.

Kind regards,
Lovely