

If you are purchasing or have a barn camera system, good news! Your barn camera system has the ability to add your home's Internet to the barn (for free). Below are options on how to add Wi-Fi Internet inside your barn. Options 1 and 2 are for those using or purchasing our High Definition Barn Camera System. If you have or are purchasing the Hybrid Barn Camera System, skip straight to option 3 as you are ready to add a router. Stand-Alone Systems won't work as they are set up to work without any Internet.
Option #1 for High Def System (the cheapest)
When running the customer supplied Ethernet cable from the barn antenna inside to the power plug and barn camera equipment, run a second cable side by side. One of the cables will connect to the camera equipment as shown in your diagram, the other will connect to a router you supply. You'll have to setup the WiFi password etc.. but it's no different than if you installed it in your home. Most routers come with preset WiFi names and Passwords. To change this, you'll usually have to take a laptop to the barn or just use the defaults. Now you'll have WiFi when you enter the barn and phone calls if enabled. Using this method requires drilling a second access hole in the bottom antenna cover (plastic)
Option #2 for High Def System (the best)
If your cable run is long or a pain in the butt, this option will allow you to add the router through the same cable your cameras are operating. This is also good quick option for those already installed. You can purchase a simple Ethernet Switch and install it at the end of the cable that normally connects into the barn camera equipment. The switch box will have multiple jacks. Then with short pieces of Ethernet cable, connect the camera system and your router to the switch. This will feed the camera box back to the antenna and keep the cameras on the home network, so you'll still have access to the "home" settings. If you have any other equipment that needs an Ethernet connection to the Internet (automation equipment) you can use the additional jacks.
Option #3 for Hybrid Systems.
You already have a POE switch in your barn. Simply connecting a router to an empty jack will provide Internet in the barn. We cannot provide support on the router.