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Won't need wifi if you can put the RJ45 end (DOH, I knew that) on that cable correctly
How many feet to the shed?
 
DNK said:
Won't need wifi if you can put the RJ45 end (DOH, I knew that) on that cable correctly
How many feet to the shed?
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About 540, how big of a hammer do I need to put the end on? :hammer:
 
The wifi I had would work on either end, you just couldn't use two of them together.
 
Did you go in and change the address as Doc suggested?
What's the wifi unit?
 
Netgear 7550 and I don't have the other one anymore so no, I didn't change anything.
 
What's the "jelly" cable? Is it a CAT-6? If so, you can fit an RJ-45 plug at each end. It should have four pairs of twisted wire: Green, Orange, Blue and Brown, each made of one solid-color and the other corresponding one with a colored stripe.

If you have CAT-3, it'll only have six single strands. Standard telephone cable. It can be used, but you will need to isolate each white wire and ID at both ends... I wouldn't even try to use that. Too much fiddling.

To try and use the second WiFi router at the end of the existing cable, first connect the router to a computer with a short CAT-5 cable, open a browser and type in the address: 192.168.1.1 and you should get the sign-in page for the router... asking for user name and password. Once logged in, you can poke around and find the place to reassign the IP addy.

EDIT: DISABLE the house router before you do this just in case you mistakenly get THAT admin page!
 
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Billy said:
Netgear 7550 and I don't have the other one anymore so no, I didn't change anything.​
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So tell me again what we're s'posed to be doing?
 
Doc, I dunno what this stuff is. Old phone guy gave it to me. This is the stuff they buried underground to your house if they don't fly wires in; four heavy solid copper strands and comes on a 1000 foot roll.
 
That comm wire is kinda "old school," Billy. And the AT&T guys are essentially right. Without that second router we'll never know. Something tells me there's more to this than I know ATM. Do you have TWO devices in the house? A modem AND that Netgear router? I'm ~assuming~ you're using DSL and not broadband there.

My suggestion is to get a spool of CAT-6 (shielded) and run that from your in-house router (out of one of the LAN ports) to an out-house router.

Is the existing cable in a chase? If so, did you provision for "pulling" another cable? The CAT-5(or 6) cable ain't cheap but I can't see how you can do this any other way. 500ft is likely outside the range of average consumer WiFi routers and trying to set up an access point would be frustrating and spotty at best, IMHO.
 
I think this went round and round when he put the big wire in
 
All I am trying to do is hook up to anything to the other end of the cable-out line that will work with the house wifi still in place , be that a wifi, regular modem or if I can just plug straight into my computer. The out line is hooked straight into where the main phone line runs into the house. (that plastic box on the outside)

Doc, I had two identical ATT netgear units at one time. All I have is the one now, I had to send the other back. There is nothing at the other end of the out-house line now and I don't know what to get that will work with the house wifi still in place, thus my problem. If I take my house wifi out there with me and plug into the other end of the out-line it'll work fine. The problem is dragging that crap backl and forth. When I had two wifi's, (one inside and the other out) neither would work while the other was plugged in. Running new wire isn't an option in any way, shape or form. Getting and running what I have now was a big enough PITA as it is.
 
That Netgear thingie is commercially available. Get one from EBay or a flea market and do what I suggested in post #26. Changing the IP addy and making the "second" device will (or should) give you a chain to allow comm over a DSL LAN.
 
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K, will do but I can do the same with a cheaper hard wired modem, right? I don't have to have wifi out there.
 
So all you really need is a long Cat 6 cable with standard plugs on the ends. Plug one end into your Router in the house and the other direct into your laptop. With the distance you need to cover high quality Cat 6 cable is going to be the best option - Not cheap. You other option is to purchase a WiFi range extender which *might* push your signal far enough.
 
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500 feet at about10 cents a foot for raw wire.
Pricey.
 
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