Long Range WiFi for Farms and Rural Properties

Getting reliable internet around a farm or acreage property can be difficult.

You might have excellent NBN or Starlink internet at the house, but once you walk towards the machinery shed, workshop, dam or second dwelling, the WiFi disappears.

For rural properties, the problem is often not the internet connection itself.

It's getting that internet connection to the places where you actually need it.

How Do You Extend WiFi Across a Farm?

For two fixed locations, one of the simplest solutions is a point-to-point wireless bridge.

Two outdoor antennas are installed on the property.

One connects to the internet at your house or main building.

The other is installed at the location where you need the connection.

The antennas point towards each other and form a wireless network link.

The SatPlus Long Range WiFi Extender Kit can establish a link of up to 5 km with suitable line of sight.

Farm WiFi Without Digging Trenches

Large rural properties make cable installation difficult.

Connecting a distant building may otherwise mean digging hundreds of metres of trench and installing underground cable.

A wireless bridge allows the network to travel between the locations without physically running Ethernet cable across the paddock.

This makes it particularly useful for established properties where trenching would be expensive or inconvenient.

Get Internet to a Machinery Shed or Workshop

Modern farm sheds often need internet for much more than checking emails.

A connection can be used for:

• Computers

• WiFi calling

• Security cameras

• Smart TVs

• Machinery diagnostics

• Monitoring equipment

• Weather stations

• Smart switches

• Pumps and controllers

• Farm automation equipment

Once the internet connection reaches the remote building, a WiFi router or access point can be added to provide normal wireless coverage around that location.

Connect Remote Security Cameras

Security cameras are another common reason for extending a network across a rural property.

A point-to-point link can carry network traffic between the house and a remote location such as:

• Machinery sheds

• Entrance gates

• Workshops

• Livestock areas

• Pump sheds

• Dams

• Storage buildings

If your IP camera has an Ethernet connection, it may be connected directly at the remote end.

This can be particularly useful where a normal WiFi camera is too far away from the house router.

Use It With Starlink, NBN or Other Internet Connections

The wireless bridge isn't your internet service.

Instead, it extends the network connection you already have.

That means it can be used with a suitable network connection from:

• Starlink

• NBN

• Fixed wireless internet

• 4G/5G routers

• Other standard internet routers

The objective is simply to transport that existing connection from one part of the property to another.

Up to 5 km With Line of Sight

Long-range wireless systems work best when the antennas can see each other.

The SatPlus system can operate at distances of up to 5 km under suitable line-of-sight conditions.

Large obstructions such as hills, dense trees or buildings between the antennas can significantly affect the connection.

On open rural properties, mounting the antennas higher on a roof or pole can often provide a clearer path between buildings.

Complete Kit With Roof Mounts

The SatPlus kit includes:

• 2 × outdoor point-to-point antennas

• 2 × zinc-coated roof mounts

• Mounting hardware

• 2 × PoE injectors

• 2 × power supplies

• 2 × 20 metre Ethernet cables

• 2 × 1 metre Ethernet cables

The wireless units come as a pre-matched pair.

PoE also means that both power and network data travel along the Ethernet cable to each outdoor antenna, avoiding the need for a separate power cable at roof level.

Internet Where You Need It Around Your Property

A rural internet connection isn't much use if it stops at the walls of the farmhouse.

For sheds, workshops, second dwellings and remote equipment, a point-to-point WiFi link can provide a practical way to extend your existing internet connection across the property.

View the SatPlus Long Range Rural WiFi Extender Kit.