I read the article and while I disagree on the advantage of 2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz (because of the absorption of 2.4GHz by the water in the leaves of the trees) I had a thought about where your outbuilding gets its power.  Do the power lines run from your house, and if they do why not try Ethernet-over-power?   I had originally used Powerline unites to bridge Ethernet from one end of my house to the other instead of running Cat.   You just have to make sure that there are no transformers in the way, that it is a straight piece of copper wire from your circuit box to the outbuilding.   You should get 1-2 Gbit/second out of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Powerline-Computer-Network-Adapters/b?ie=UTF8&node=1194444

md



On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 10:47 AM Bradley Noyes via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> wrote:
Hello W-luggers — I have an out-building where I’d like to have wifi. The distance is about 350ft. There are some trees in the way, but not a thick forest. I’m curious to know if anyone here has recommendations on outdoor, long range wifi equipment. Perhaps something with a parabolic antenna or otherwise directional antenna. 

The following article (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/point-to-point-wi-fi-bridging-between-buildings-the-cheap-and-easy-way/) recommends some TP-Link wifi routers, which is likely the route I’ll try.

Any one willing to share thoughts or experiences would helpful. 

Thanks!
 — brad
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