Providing internet to steel barn
Hi all,
I am trying to get internet and wifi to our barn. It doesn't need to be fast, it will mostly be for a few cameras and possibly the ubiquiti environmental sensor for the chicken coop. The barn is 200' nearest corner to nearest corner but over 300' to run wire from the house, so ethernet cable is out. I realize I could run fiber, but honestly I'm not excited at poking holes in our new house.
I currently have a dream router 7 and a U6 in-wall doing a great job of providing internet throughout our two story house. The house is wired with cat5e in every room.
The barn is 200' nearest corner to nearest corner from the house. It is steel with wooden framing. Outside the barn my cell phone gets ~-70 dbm from the house wifi which seems to be enough, but 3' away inside the barn with the door shut it drops down well below -90 dbm.
What I would like to do is put some manner of bridging wifi in an upstairs room faced out the window and connect to another unit mounting under the eave of the barn. They will have LOS. I could then run ethernet into the barn and do the regular switch/wifi access point thing. However, the product list/website is leaving me really confused for the bridging portion.
I know I could buy the UBB but it is out of stock and expensive. It seems like people are doing this with airmax nanos, but those aren't directional antennae so I don't know if that would work for me. I <think> I can do this with two airmax powerbeam 5ac aimed at each other? A directional antenna should have more gain, but I am not sure I need that gain. The website really doesn't make it clear why I would choose one product over another.
The other question is, since the wifi is ok outside the barn, is there another product that could grab the wifi and bring it inside without needing a separate transmitter inside the house? Maybe I could simply add an extender and being so close to the barn, the wifi signal would penetrate enough?
Sorry, maybe these are dumb questions, but most of the youtube videos I find are bridging much closer buildings and are mounting both units outside. Thanks.