Best solution for radio transmission?

[TKoos]

Hi,

I need some advice how to build the best infrastructure in our new house.

Main problems:

No optical fibre any more, we have to fall back to DSL.
The PSTN goes to the main house.
Wife does not want to share our small house with a server farm.

Our solution was to turn the little cottage in the corner of the property to a server shelter. The obvious plan was to dig a ditch for some TP for Ethernet and telephone wires but that plan died hard then we realized that the dirt under the grass was only 5 cm thick. Under was stone. Rock hard mountain so to speak.

We need to step up to radio transfer.

The first (edit: last) picture shows my rudimentary plan for how to get internet to the server shelter.

My question is how we get WiFi access in the Main house. It feels rather overly ambiguous to set up another pair of SXT and a AP in the house, see attached picture.

Would it be possible to use the first pair of SXT for both external and internal traffic? Maybe something like the third picture?

Any other suggestions about how to proceed would be awesome.

Best regards,

Thomas Koos

[DWJ]

For what it is worth. With what you are showing and telling us what you have/need, I would do picture 3 with a small change.

I would connect in the following way:

DSL to router board to the SXT at the house which goes to the SXT at the other location which is connected to a switch that connects all computers.

This will allow all computers in both locations to “talk” to each other as the router board is handing out the IP’s.

[TKoos]

Thanks for your reply!

My main problem with your suggestion is that I do not want to “overload” the house with electronic equipment.
Besides that, I need to setup the Routerboard as my FW instead of my beloved pfSense. That is already planned for so that’s not such a big deal though.

It might be a great idea. I knew it was a good thing to ask for input here.