WAVLINK AC1200 Outdoor WiFi Access Point for the Ranch. LONG RANGE WiFi for Homestead Outbuildings

A Metal Building BARNDOMINIUM means no Cell Signal inside without an expensive Cellular Booster. It also means no WiFi outside without a wired outdoor access point. Metal Buildings act as a giant Faraday Cage and block all electromagnetic fields. We needed a way to not only get our WiFi signal outside the metal building, but to also have a strong enough signal to reach longer distances so we can hook up cameras and other wifi smart devices to out buildings like the Chicken Coop and Horse Barn.

In this video I install the WAVLINK AC1200 Outdoor Wired WiFi Access Point which gives us a 600 foot radius WiFi range around the building. The App I use to test the Wi-Fi signal is called Wi-Fi Sweetspots

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[bugpatrol]

Odd how the folks that sell this thing can't make a good video, but you blasted it out of the Park! Thank you sir.

[jakemitchell]

Excellent video, sir! I install these solutions for a living, and I thank God for the design characteristics of newer homes and shops like this man is describing. My living Hell is when I'm asked to implement wifi solutions to buildings and properties built 50-75 years ago.

[Henrymichaelball]

Well done. I installed one of these. Lasted 6 months as heavy rain killed it. Highly recommend getting protection plan. Rain loop on cable also recommended at mounting point.

[KPlife]

Need to ground your exterior or you’ll be resetting it every thunderstorm. You may even have to replace it. I use the same extender they work great. But had to replace one that’s when I figured out grounding it works a lot better. There is a screw next to the cat6 port it says ground on it you can simply put a small piece of wire on it and connect it to your mounting pole.

[johnlmaloney]

Nice video. The Wi-Fi signal will reach much further if mounted higher above the building on an extended post. Wi-Fi signals travel outward and downward, hence the higher it’s mounted the further it will travel.

[franksaverino]

Great video. You saved me a lot of money from having my internet provider put in an extender and charging me $10.00 a month for it.

[letsroll]

Okay, I had the same problem. I build a 32x72 shop in 2007 which sits about 120 ft from my home. The construction consist of 2x6 framing, R30 insulation, aluminum bubble wrap radiant barrier and 12g steel siding. Needless to say, no radios or phones worked inside.
...leap forward to 2023. I'm now retired and decided to put a Ham radio room in said shop. Checked with some local Radio Shack & geek types and they said the only solution would be to have a "bridge" system installed. The two quotes I got from them were $750 and $900. Then I talked to one of my nephews who's a school IT guy and he suggested a WAVLINK-600. Did some research and ended up purchasing the WAVLINK-1200 for under $120. Mounted it just inside one of my shop windows and now have nearly 100Mps internet service inside my entire shop...

[Maxxeven]

Wow this video is so informative I want to do this at my dad’s church to reach all the buildings at the church, thank you for all of this information.

[reasoningtruth]

THANK YOU!!!! That's the one I'll get! I have half of that distance to cover in line of sight. I was worried about buying one that wouldn't reach, now I'll sleep with one less worry. Thank you again!!!!

[duaneafields]

Thanks for making this video and putting the links in. I've only watched 10 videos on how to extend wifi and they are not clear or want to sell you their version. thanks for making it clear for us. nice land. subbed.

[prunetoe]

Well made, very informative video. I'm unboxing my own AC1200 now for the same setup. Although Wavlink has videos, yours is far more detailed. Thank you very much.

[wimbledondoctor]

thanks for taking the time to share this informative and excellent video!

[GoodTimesHomestead]

Oh man I remember our first month in Arkansas we used all our data and bought a Hot Spot and added minutes. Phew! I feel this video. Good to meet ya! We are by the Buffalo!

[stevemurch]

Extremely informative, thanks for recording/editing/publishing.

[miloulondon]

Very interesting. Thank you from Morocco. I will try to install it next week

[balamstudios]

Great video because you actually showed the physical isntallation. Most videos only show that you need to instal things but they dont show to instal to jsut extend the signal

[jimbuckley]

Great video. So many units hard to pick out one, but Amazon has sale on this one and that combined with your great video, will take the plunge. Thank you

[rumlad]

your video helped me a lot to convince me to buy this and understand how to set this up, thank you very much man

[Jkpan]

Great introduction video. Excitied to doing the same. Your property is beautiful.

[juliasanchez]

Couple of your antennas are facing half sky half ground, if you want long range towards the horizon they should have the sides of the antennas aimed at the target area.

A donut escaping in a ring from the sides of the antenna, follow that donut straight out perpendicularly and you'll see where the strongest signal is.

With the stationary ones on top I would angle the secondary ones slightly more towards the ground, but not by much, then I would radially rotate the adjustable antennas each about 15-30 degress clockwise to give a varied and consistent throw and angle of reception which may help a bit with fighting through the trees as well.

Just random thoughts, great video!