We live on a farm. There is one residential house with a hub inside. This has two Ethernet cables running underground to an office building and a portacabin in separate locations, which then connects to little hubs which extend the WiFi into those buildings.
We now want more WiFi to reach another area even further away. This is so we can run CCTV cameras. If it’s not possible we will have to get SIM card cameras and pay monthly.
But, before we do, what else can we do? I don’t think we should really be running anymore Ethernet cables off the existing hub elsewhere as, could it overload it? It just seems a lot for one residential hub.
Could we get openreach to do something?
Any ideas PLEASE throw them my way!
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It depends on what you mean by hub. I assume you mean some kind of ISP provided device? If so you’re probably fine up to the number of ports it has. If you’re out of ports you can buy a network switch, connect that to the ‘hub’, then connect more to the switch. Your biggest limitation will be internet speed but, depending on where you send that security camera footage, that may not be an issue at all.
TL;DR: Run the cable to the new place and install your camera. You’ll be fine.