Some years ago I put in a point to point wifi link for a family member, from house to garage "block". I specified a pair of Ubiquity Nanostations which are tiny, PoE powered and have a decent range.
The house end is inside a UK standard tiled roof - dense 3/4", allow for slat, so 1"+ thick and dense material.
The other end is 20m away (LoS) and external mounting was forbidden. The garage block has foil lined Kingspan style insulation. I managed to mount that end near enough to a skylight window to work OK. I then daisy-chained an access point off it.
All was fine until the sky light was replaced with a metalicised one. The signal just about worked until it rained which was enough to nobble it.
When it got annoying enough, me and said family member plotted and I rocked up when someone was absent for the weekend. I moved the garage station to the outside. It now looks like a bird box. I put up a real bird box at the other end too. The fake box would get baked in the sun but the real one is always shaded.
If you are renting then you might not be allowed to install an aerial on the building. There are situations where you need council permission to install an aerial or it may be forbidden e.g. listed historic buildings.
The house end is inside a UK standard tiled roof - dense 3/4", allow for slat, so 1"+ thick and dense material.
The other end is 20m away (LoS) and external mounting was forbidden. The garage block has foil lined Kingspan style insulation. I managed to mount that end near enough to a skylight window to work OK. I then daisy-chained an access point off it.
All was fine until the sky light was replaced with a metalicised one. The signal just about worked until it rained which was enough to nobble it.
When it got annoying enough, me and said family member plotted and I rocked up when someone was absent for the weekend. I moved the garage station to the outside. It now looks like a bird box. I put up a real bird box at the other end too. The fake box would get baked in the sun but the real one is always shaded.