Recommendations on TP LINK Long Range CPE (CPE210)

[Naterr]

Anyone use this or something similar? I have a friends place whose access point is not strong enough to reach the all metal shop that's about 100' away. I want to use one of these to connect from the ISP provided modem to the roof of their house, and another one on the roof of the shop or inside the shop.

[shoutingsteve]

seems like it should work.  But, at only 100' away, it's well within the 5km spec.

[Naterr]

My thinking is though, if I place one at the modem in the house, and then one on the shop, will the second one be the AP for the shop?

[Donut417]

3 hours ago, Naterr said:

will the second one be the AP for the shop?

Dont think so. I think they are just Peer to Peer. You would connected the unit at the shop to a Switch and OR Access Point. 

[Naterr]

On 9/10/2020 at 5:59 PM, Donut417 said:

Dont think so. I think they are just Peer to Peer. You would connected the unit at the shop to a Switch and OR Access Point. 

They will be here tomorrow, and I'll install them and be sure to update y'all. I did some more research about them to get a better understanding, and I believe that the second CPE can be configured as an AP, but if not, I will run the ethernet cable to a cheap wireless router to serve as an AP for the shop. Not intense gaming, or downloads, just simple music/video streaming will be used.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I will get back as soon as I hang these bad boys and see what happens. They are a great option if everything works out right, because for a price of only $40/e, that is not bad at all.

[Falcon1986]

@Naterr

 

If you read the manual, you’ll see that these devices can be configured for different scenarios. The most obvious is to create a wireless PtP link using 2 of these devices, but you’ll need either a switch or wireless access point at the shop end to share the connection.

 

These units are very versatile because you can use just one to “throw” WiFi over a long distance or you can use one as a long-range wireless receiver (pointed in the direction of the WiFi source). Of course, the connection here is not going to be as stable and fast as the PtP link mentioned above.