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Starlink and a metal building
Posted on 9/30/25 at 8:12 am
Posted on 9/30/25 at 8:12 am
Just installed Starlink at my dads new place. He has a metal building with his office he works out of next to the house. Obviously WiFi signal is weak inside the building. The Starlink Router is about 60 feet away from the shop, inside the house.
I am looking at adding a WAVLINK AX1800 to the outside of the shop. Anyone with experience in this being enough? Or does there need to be another router plugged into it inside the shop? I am a tech idiot. Thanks.
I am looking at adding a WAVLINK AX1800 to the outside of the shop. Anyone with experience in this being enough? Or does there need to be another router plugged into it inside the shop? I am a tech idiot. Thanks.
This post was edited on 9/30/25 at 9:02 am
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Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:09 pm to Fachie
For a mere 60 feet, I'd be tempted to run a direct buriable ethernet cable from the Starlink router to inside the shed and hook to a wifi router.
A Wavlink is a possibility, but even good wifi sometimes has trouble penetrating metal sheds.
I installed a Starlink/Wavlink set up to cover closer to 100 yards. Here is what I posted in a similar thread that you may want to check out. LINK
When I posted this, Lemmy acted like I was suggesting some super technical idea. It's not. See my bolded comment below.
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I recently installed a Wavlink AX3000 Wireless Outdoor Repeater. I drilled a hole in the wall of the house to run an ethernet cable from the indoor Starlink router to the outdoor Wavlink. That one cable gives the Wavlink internet signal and power (uses POE).
I set the Wavlink as an access point, and it is blasting 5.0 and 2.4 wifi into a house about 100 yards away, with plenty of signal (up to 200+ Mbps in some rooms, less in others) to stream videos. The whole large backyard area and that house now have good wifi.
You can also set the Wavlink as a repeater to wirelessly catch the signal from indoors and repeat it, but that is going to be a reduced signal as it passes through the wall of the house. And you will still need to get power to the Wavlink. Direct ethernet wire through the wall is the better solution.
There are a lot of good YouTube videos out there with rural owners installing Wavlinks and showing their setup and results.
I am no IT person. Had never even set up a wifi router, but I was able to do this fairly easily.
Most models you see have external antenna sticking out, but I got a newer model with strong internal antenna. It works fine, and it looks cleaner.
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I just went to the property where I installed the Wavlink to broadcast WiFi to a mobile home a good distance away. Put a TV and Roku in the mobile home, and all the streaming services are working great. Roku said signal was strong.
A Wavlink is a possibility, but even good wifi sometimes has trouble penetrating metal sheds.
I installed a Starlink/Wavlink set up to cover closer to 100 yards. Here is what I posted in a similar thread that you may want to check out. LINK
When I posted this, Lemmy acted like I was suggesting some super technical idea. It's not. See my bolded comment below.
***
I recently installed a Wavlink AX3000 Wireless Outdoor Repeater. I drilled a hole in the wall of the house to run an ethernet cable from the indoor Starlink router to the outdoor Wavlink. That one cable gives the Wavlink internet signal and power (uses POE).
I set the Wavlink as an access point, and it is blasting 5.0 and 2.4 wifi into a house about 100 yards away, with plenty of signal (up to 200+ Mbps in some rooms, less in others) to stream videos. The whole large backyard area and that house now have good wifi.
You can also set the Wavlink as a repeater to wirelessly catch the signal from indoors and repeat it, but that is going to be a reduced signal as it passes through the wall of the house. And you will still need to get power to the Wavlink. Direct ethernet wire through the wall is the better solution.
There are a lot of good YouTube videos out there with rural owners installing Wavlinks and showing their setup and results.
I am no IT person. Had never even set up a wifi router, but I was able to do this fairly easily.
Most models you see have external antenna sticking out, but I got a newer model with strong internal antenna. It works fine, and it looks cleaner.
***
I just went to the property where I installed the Wavlink to broadcast WiFi to a mobile home a good distance away. Put a TV and Roku in the mobile home, and all the streaming services are working great. Roku said signal was strong.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 7:59 pm to Fachie
My starlink router is out on my property near the Dishy (I didn’t want it on the house for a few reasons and the only relatively unobstructed spot is not super close to house) hooked up to mesh node in a waterproof container I have nodes in pole barn, camper, carport, and house. Works great over a few acres.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 10:16 am to Twenty 49
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direct buriable ethernet cable
This was my original plan. There are some obstacles but the more I research the more I think it's the way to go.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 12:21 pm to Fachie
Do it. It’ll save so much headache later. Doesn’t have to be buried deeply just enough to avoid a mower or errant shovel.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 2:23 pm to Fachie
Anything internet and "tin" causes a very low internet signal
Posted on 10/1/25 at 2:38 pm to Stexas
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Doesn’t have to be buried deeply just enough to avoid a mower or errant shovel.
I'd drop it about 6" and run it through pvc for the errant shovel
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:22 pm to Weekend Warrior79
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Doesn’t have to be buried deeply just enough to avoid a mower or errant shovel.
I'd drop it about 6" and run it through pvc for the errant shovel
This. And running a wire(oe fiber) is still always the best option if you can do it.
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