Internet in the country - which option to choose

This modern country cottage is impossible to imagine without an internet connection. Like. recently even vacationers suburbs and wondered how to use the Internet in the country, and is now an abundance of technological proposals can already be confused: optical fiber, satellite, mobile connectivity... What the Internet is better to give, how to choose the best option to be "enough" to all his conduct, we tell about this in our material.

In this article you will learn:

• What type of Internet connection is the most convenient?
• How to spend the Internet in the country?
• What to look for when choosing the USB-modem?
• How to strengthen the wireless signal and get fast internet in the country?
• What is a two-way satellite Internet?

The modern market of internet technology offers the user a wide variety of ways to connect to the network. However, not all of them are applicable in suburban areas: rather, the options vary greatly in price and a set of advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may be that expensive and promising solution - not the most reliable. It is influenced by various factors: the distance from the city, the presence of nearby base stations, landscape features (for example, in a valley or near the forest mobile Internet caught worse) and even the time of year - summer foliage on trees creates an additional "noise" for wireless signal. So when choosing the connection you have to take into account a maximum of parameters. Happy one: suitable option can be found almost always. And mount it with their own hands will be easy.

Optical fiber

Perhaps the most reliable way to connect - it is an optical fiber. The signal passes through it in the truest sense the speed of light. This caused the main advantages of fiber optic cable: it allows without delay to transfer large amounts of information over long distances. The cable is protected from interference, is not affected by electromagnetic radiation, which allows it to be mounted, for example, together with the high-voltage wires.

The main drawback of this technology - it does not always occur in the country. Providers companies prefer in the first place, densely populated territory. The further being cable, the more expensive the connection goes. Its price in rural areas can reach up to 20-30 thousand rubles only for holding. But sometimes it does not stop truckers from being able to connect to the fiber. Here's what I wrote about the advantages of the fiber of our readers BigK.

BigK (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Cost of connection - 15 thousand rubles, "abonentka" - 1,000 per month. I've thought and did not regret. I remember the ordeal in the summer, the lack of a normal signal, breakdown of equipment at the nearest tower... All is forgotten as a nightmare... Optics started in the garage at home, in the bath dragged twisted pair. The main disadvantage - gray IP-Schnick, had to do port forwarding and a little set up.

Optical fiber almost does not require any additional equipment: cable laid on the suspension in the air or under the ground stretches. In the house it can be connected directly to a computer. If desired, can be diluted by means of a line of twisted pair in different rooms. Another option - to make the house one or more access Wi-Fi-points. The main thing here - to design in advance where and how to settle down channels for laying of optical fiber.

User FORUMHOUSE c nickname _JG_Involved in the design and construction of communication lines, advises:

_JG_ (User FORUMHOUSE):

In private houses laying plastic pipes (Thick recycled, minimum diameter 63), one end of which is It is located in the basement and the other is output from the pipe bend to the nearest pole / terminal support with illumination by 1.5 meters minimum. Or 2 end of the cable is displayed in the sewer of the village well. During the construction of houses for another backfill phase should lay the pipe. In practice, this start to think later, when already a lot of things done.

Instead of "fiber" in the cable may be copper - as an example, the popular ADSL data transmission technology in which a modem connected to a telephone line. The data transfer rate for ADSL-channel is less than "optics", and the longer the cable is pulled, the lower it becomes. The quality of communication can be affected by various factors - from the storm (if the cable is pulled through the air) to the presence of nearby power lines (if in the ground). All this creates interference and can damage the unit. By and large, ADSL-technology is already living out his life and gradually disappearing, giving way to a more reliable and efficient solutions.

3G and 4G

Today, wireless mobile connection - perhaps the most popular way to provide truckers country house stable and fast internet. Its a definite plus - pricing and territorial availability. Even a weak cellular signal can be enhanced to an acceptable level if you wish, and it will cost a few thousand rubles (Assuming a standard purchase, the average equipment, otherwise the cost soars to a few dozen thousand). Less obvious, too: it is the instability of the network and frequent loss of signal - it greatly weaken or even block the various obstacles in the way: Power transmission lines, tall buildings and even trees with foliage. Also, the signal level is reduced when overloading base station. This, by the way, some participants complained about our portal: in the summer or on weekends, when the number of Truckers in rural areas increased sharply, they fell a data rate for a long time, until Network failure.

But, apart from fiber, 3G, and 4G-connection - it's a great way to get unlimited tariff for high speed internet in the country. Depending on the proposed rate, the cost can go up to one and a half thousand rubles a month, but for the normal operation and the lack of 400-800 rubles. "Bezlimitka" offer all the major mobile operators - Beeline, MTS, Tele2, Skylink (all - 3G), and MegaFon, Yota (4G) and others.

The maximum data rate when the reception 3G reaches 14.7 Mbit / s, and at 4G - to 326.4 Mbit / s (although in reality it is typically still at times less).

What will it take for the installation of a full set of Internet? Start the installation costs with the "intelligence" areas. Make sure your town falls into the coverage area of ​​3G or 4G signal. This can be done on the website of the provider, or to clarify the point of sale. If all goes well, the next step - the purchase of USB-modem, through which you will connect to the network.

Normally modems together with SIM-card and a special "mobile" tariffs for Internet providers offer themselves, and such devices are configured only on the SIM-card of "their" operator. But if you want them can be easily "jailbreak" and reflash by making universal devices. In the Internet enough sites offering the necessary activation codes and programs. If you do not want to do it, you can buy a modem separately in a specialty store or order, again, the online store. Modems, there are many - some of them only work with 2G and the 3G-networks, other capture still and 4G. Leader in the production of USB-modems in the first place, for the 4G (namely, its varieties, the LTE standard) - the Korean company Huawei.

As is known, the mobile networks of the third and fourth generation of the signals into multiple frequency bands. For 3G is 900, 2100 or 1800 MHz, and for 4G - 2600-2700 or 800 MHz. Therefore, when buying a modem note, with what frequency it runs.

Otherwise, you can repeat the situation faced by some time ago one of FORUMHOUSE readers conducted online at the dacha in the suburbs

Internet dacha in the Moscow region

Andrew -AA (User FORUMHOUSE):

 GSM-operators in the Moscow region and the new Moscow in some places ban from the Ministry of Defense on the use of 2100 MHz, and this - the fundamental frequency for the 3G signal. Such restrictions have almost the whole of the new Moscow, and even much wider in the Moscow region... 3G standards have different, and modems are sold for the "Dummies" and referred to simply as "3G modem", without specifying the standards and frequency. To which I at first ran, bought from the bulldozer modem Huawei E303. And it only works at 2100, which I have in the country were banned.

Ideally, when you spend online to testify in the Moscow region and in other regions, you should buy a few different SIM-cards and a modem connected to a laptop, to ride with them for your district settlement. So you will understand one of the operators better catches the signal and which base stations are located closest to you. If desired, you can install on a laptop analyzer software network MDMA (Mobile Data Monitoring Application) - in the latest version, it also scans the 4G signal. For smartphone (they have a built-in 3G modem) will approach a similar program NetMonitor or OpenSignal.

As a result, this "intelligence" will give you an understanding of a few important things. First of all, this arrangement of base stations of mobile operators, frequency (MHz) and the power of the signal (measured in decibels). Without this information properly install the antenna to boost the signal network, you are unlikely to succeed. Sometimes an ordinary USB-modem itself provides a good reception. But this happens only when you are in close proximity to the base station, and the passage of the signal does not interfere. In other cases, without the "fine-tuning" of the modem can not do.

Internet in the country with their own hands: how to amplify the signal

To increase the signal strength you will need a standard set of equipment. Equipment for the Internet in the country, and the same for 3G, and 4G: this modem for receiving a signal, Wi-Fi-router for wireless distribution of its free inside the house, antenna (as in the case of a modem, when buying necessarily specify, what frequency it is designed), the power supply or POE-adapter and the cables for connection and transfer Information; adapters. The simple scheme, it would seem, but to mount the whole electronics can be different.

For example, a modem with router (router or separately) may be installed in the building or in an attic, regardless of the antenna. This is to protect them from extremes of temperature, and so it is more convenient to arrange the power from the wall outlet. But with an antenna and a modem, and the router would then be connected to a coaxial cable. And it has a limitation in length - up to 12 meters (using thick cable 8D-FB), otherwise start signal attenuation, and speed of the Internet fall. At a more subtle yet palpable loss of cable signal and thick cable is not very convenient to install.

More reliable readers of our portal is considered a variant in which all the equipment is mounted directly on the antenna, in a small box. And the modem, and Wi-Fi-router is connected to the antenna pigtails - small wires. Such schemes followed during the installation of the antenna signal to 4G (LTE) Vipych our reader.

Vipych (User FORUMHOUSE):

The best option - when the coaxial cable is not at all (only the pigtails in the antenna), and the modem is installed in the antenna housing in housings and connected pigtails PCB vibrator. Pigtail two since LTE-MIMO antenna operates in standard and has two carrier signals in different polarizations, which gives excellent spread radio signal. This embodiment eliminates the losses in the cable and provides the maximum gain. Of the antenna has been published for ordinary USB cable, or even 7-10 meters UTP cable 30-100 meters (in the antenna must be a router), and all this is the most common powered POE adapter.

At his dacha user Vipych set and successfully uses the antenna HITE U-20 with universal modem Huawei E3372 router and ASUS RT-N10U. The system works with a SIM-card of any mobile operator in 4G and 3G networks on the 2100MHz frequency. And to the LTE-modem networks can simultaneously be connected directly to the three base stations of the operator.

Vipych (User FORUMHOUSE):

This antenna with a real gain of 20 dB provides reliable communication with the tower at a distance of 11 km above the continuous forest. And the nearest tower (2-3 km away from me) is overloaded and is located on the opposite side.

Member FORUMHOUSE nick Semen233 He offers his version of the amplifying antenna:

Semen233 (User FORUMHOUSE):

The most powerful way to gain - a satellite antenna, and the antenna as a converter, you can collect all himself. In an antenna-feed biquadrate make an ordinary cable 75 ohm adapter and modem jack. Possible without the connector, but will need to make a special adapter (roughly speaking, wrap each end of the cable modem). I use myself for 5 years. Before the tower with the Internet, more than 25 km, 3G without antenna is not caught, it catches all the sticks.

With various amplification schemes can get decent internet signal remote from the base station to 15-25 km.

If inside the home "strength" of the router's Wi-Fi is not enough, it is possible to arrange in a cottage a few access points to the Internet. The scheme is the same - an additional router wire.

General recommendations for the installation of antennas to enhance wireless signal as follows:

• The higher you raise the antenna, so there will be less "noise" in the transmission signal, and hence the better the reception. It is important as accurately as possible to direct the antenna towards the base station. Rotating it must "catch" direction with the best RSSI (received power level).
• Buy an antenna with a very high gain does not make sense - enough indicator of 11-18 dB.
• Catching the optimal direction and frequency of the network, remember it and put in priority in the modem settings (if permitted). Otherwise, then it will start "jumping" over the frequencies in the search signal.
• If you do use a coaxial cable to connect the equipment, it must be as short as possible.

By the way, if you do not want to tinker with antennas, amplifiers, and the Wi-Fi signal from the router in some areas of the house is too small, some experts advise to put it more routers in operation "Repeater". Reflecting the main signal, they strengthen it, and pass on to the addressee (in the manner of electrical substations). But this solution has drawbacks: routers are configured for different modes, can conflict with each other, and the transmission of "back and forth" signal slows it interferes with work quickly. Repeaters for 4G and is not recommended to set because of their high power capable incapacitate even base station.

Wireless internet on type «Wi-Fi-bridge", as well as the 4G standard WiMAX signal and other types of cell compounds are not yet sufficient spread, in this article we do not consider.

Satellite Internet for questioning

This type of connection is suitable even for those who are in an area inaccessible to the cellular operators frequency. satellite signals cover a large (and some whole) territory. The main condition - to the path of the signal from the antenna with no obstructions, such as the roof of the house or the tree tops.

Satellite Internet is of two types - one-sided and two-sided. The first one is cheaper, but slower and more unreliable. His era, will not last long finishes as ADSL-era compounds. The second option is more modern, but also more expensive: the cost of the kit with the unit reaches 30-35 thousand rubles. If desired, you can try to collect a set of their own - the main thing is not to be mistaken with a choice of devices. Rates in both cases, Limit, on reaching the limit value to them or the speed drops dramatically, or have to pay extra for additional gigabytes. In principle, unlimited VIP tariffs in bilateral ISPs exist, but their price is sky-high - from 8000 rubles per month. Set of equipment for both types of similar - a transceiver, an antenna, a modem and a converter to convert the satellite signal, cables, connectors. For the "wiring" of the Internet at home is also useful Wi-Fi-router.

The different two kinds of satellite connection

Unilateral Internet a few years ago to actively offer satellite TV operators. But large-scale development of their idea was not. In this form of the compound of the satellite signal is only in the subscriber side. This is logical, since the bulk of domestic Internet traffic - is always incoming data (video, images, sound). The outgoing signal (that can not be downloaded, and is given to the network) at times less. Therefore, it is expected to start up by easier and cheaper channel: landline or mobile. This is the main disadvantage of one-way Internet. Because of the complexity of transcoding with the signal line and cellular instability rate and signal quality is poor. Such a network is sensitive to the changes of weather and electromagnetic radiation.

Two-way Internet is designed to address these shortcomings - the satellite signal is going in both directions. However, this leads to their disadvantages. The so-called ping, or the time it takes a signal to the fact that "go and return", lasts longer here than in conventional networks: about 8-9 milliseconds. Due to the high ping the subscriber may have problems in situations requiring continuous signal (video conversation on Skype and online game network). This type of satellite Internet is less sensitive to atmospheric disturbances than its one-sided "brother", but thunderstorms and sticky snow transmission quality still worsen. The tariffs are dependent on the speed (average 6-8 Mb / s) and the amount of monthly traffic, but it is in the range of 1,2-5 thousand rubles. Two-way satellite Internet cottage preferred in areas of weak satellite signal.

To summarize, if you have the opportunity, you should connect to the home optical fiber. If this type of connection for your region is not yet available, you can connect a 3G or 4G wireless-internet with the amplifier. In those areas where the cellular signal is weak (or if there is extra money), is perfect for two-way satellite Internet.

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