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Ask HN: have you built a custom outdoors WiFi router?
We have so many days of sunshine here in LA. And I'm fortunate that my building has a beautiful outside patio that would be amazing to work from.
Problem is: my home WiFi router is barely in range here (using it atm to write this) and not good enough for typical web activity.
I'd like to see whether I can weather-seal a Wi-Fi repeater that will stay outside. We don't have extreme weather here, so rain and general protection from the elements is what I'm looking for.
Has anyone here made such a DIY project? I'm thinking of using a second Google Wifi spot (assuming from their claims that it's really easy to set up a mesh network).
- PaulHoule 8y agoYou could consider attaching external antennas to a router which is indoors. This kind of product is good too and reasonably affordable: https://store.ubnt.com/products/unifi-ac-mesh-ap https://store.ubnt.com/products/unifi-ac-mesh-ap Ubnt hardware is head and shoulders better than almost all consumer-oriented stuff. (High end WiFi hardware is better still, but much more expensive.) In a place like LA I'd be worried about interference. One reason you might be getting bad range is that there is a lot of competition; inside your house you are shielded from outside interference just as the wall shields you.