5 GHz wifi extender

[Fisherguy]

My shop is over 100 ft from my house, my security sensors and my cameras work inside and outside it.  I know they use 2.4 GHz.
I want to put a TV the shop but the 5GHz WIFI in there is too week for the STB, is there such a thing as a 5 GHz wifi extender?
I wish I'd run a drop when I put the gas line in a few years ago.  
Thx

[FuzzyLogic]

I have had decent results with powerline wi-fi externders. They never get near the advertised speeds but are adequate for the job.

Something like this should fit the bill:

TP-Link Powerline WiFi Extender (TL-WPA7517KIT) - AV1000 Powerline Ethernet Adapter with Dual Band W...

[Fisherguy]

Thanks.
Is that the one you use?
Looks like it's only for 2.4 GHz.

[FuzzyLogic]

The one I have is a Netgear and only does 2.4Hz. The TP-Link is dual band (and has an ethernet jack).

[Fisherguy]

I asked on Amazon, I don't see that it does 5 GHz and my shop is fed by a sub-panel off the house panel.  Some say it needs to be on the same AC circuit (but a lotta people on Amazon don't know what they're talking about)  😉

[FuzzyLogic]

Here is the official page. Mentions both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz:

TL-WPA7517 KIT | AV1000 Gigabit Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit | TP-Link Canada

Everthing in my place is on the same panel. Here is some info:

Powerline Adapter on Different Circuits? : r/HomeNetworking

[Fisherguy]

I ordered one, will see if it works and post it here.

[Fisherguy · Accepted solution]

OK well that was a failed experiment.
I finally got all the green lights going back and forth from the house to the shop, connect the STB to the extender using the supplied cable and presto, the TV came up, everything worked but the pic was frozen, then would work then froze.  Speed was just too slow for streaming.  Most times the app on my phone didn't work, it would time out.  The one time it did work it showed 20Mbps.  I tried messing with it for about an hour but it ended up being a waste of time.
I'm sending it back.

[FuzzyLogic]

Sorry to hear. I've used these for streaming, without issue, in my place but they can be finicky. Did you try different outlets/circuits to see if you got better results? I believe most outlets are wired so the top and bottom are on different circuits.

[Fisherguy]

We had a lightning hit a tree about 30 feet from our house a few years ago, took out my sprinkler and septic controllers as well as our DSL router (back than) and a bunch of other things so I put this unit in connected to the panel I'm guessing this might be why the powerline WIFI didn't work.

I emailed TPlink, they recommended the EAP225 WIFI extender.  It can be setup in "repeater mode" so it will take my WIFI and boost it for longer range.  I'm just not sure, my signal is at 74% where I'd mount it bud don't know if it will put a signal stron enough to go through my shop walls 140 feet away'