We have about an 800' driveway from an outbuilding (w/ Ethernet Switch) to the road and given recent stolen mail incidents we are thinking a camera down there wouldn't be a bad idea. We do have 120v power at the road end. It is somewhat heavily treed. This is MN so temps of -20°f are common in winter so any equipment at the driveway end would need to be OK with that.
Most urgent question is if I should get an ethernet or something in the trench before it's closed up.
1) Ethernet. We have a trench between the outbuilding and the end of the driveway for irrigation and landscape lighting that I can possibly stick an ethernet run in before they close it up. The question would be what cable and what extenders to use.
2) Radio. I could possibly do a radio shot w/ an AirMAX of some sort but would rather avoid that if possible.
3) WiFi. This would certainly be pushing the limits I think. But might work?
4) Combination. Stick a POE powered AP in a tree about 300' from the outbuilding to make for a 500' WiFi link.
Any advice on this would be greatly welcomed.
Thanks,
Most urgent question is if I should get an ethernet or something in the trench before it's closed up.
1) Ethernet. We have a trench between the outbuilding and the end of the driveway for irrigation and landscape lighting that I can possibly stick an ethernet run in before they close it up. The question would be what cable and what extenders to use.
2) Radio. I could possibly do a radio shot w/ an AirMAX of some sort but would rather avoid that if possible.
3) WiFi. This would certainly be pushing the limits I think. But might work?
4) Combination. Stick a POE powered AP in a tree about 300' from the outbuilding to make for a 500' WiFi link.
Any advice on this would be greatly welcomed.
Thanks,