About Outbuilding Internet

Outbuilding Internet exists for one reason: people keep asking the same question — "how do I get real internet from my house to the barn/shed/shop/ADU?" — and most of the answers on the internet are either vague blog filler or product-of-the-week listicles from sites that haven't actually installed any of the gear.

This site is focused and opinionated. Every guide starts with the scenario you're actually in ("I have a detached garage 200 ft from the house") and ends with specific products to buy, in the right order, for the right distance and budget.

Who writes this

I'm Michael Koster — the editor of Outbuilding Internet. I've installed point-to-point links between houses, barns, and shops; pulled direct-burial ethernet in rural trenches; and diagnosed more than my share of MoCA setups that worked-until-they-didn't. Every guide here reflects that hands-on experience and gets updated when a product I recommend changes or a reader pushes back with better information.

Each guide carries my byline. If something's wrong, the buck stops here — email me and I'll fix it.

How we pick gear

We default to Ubiquiti / UniFi for point-to-point radios, access points, switches, routers, and PoE injectors. It's the best-supported ecosystem for this kind of install, has the largest community, and is what a working WISP installer would hand you if you asked for a single-brand stack. We include Grandstream and TP-Link as alternatives where they make sense — usually on price, or for users already committed to another ecosystem.

We recommend products we would install ourselves. When the cheap option is fine, we say so. When the cheap option will waste your weekend, we say that too.

How we make money

Outbuilding Internet is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. If you click a product link on this site and buy something on Amazon, Amazon pays us a small commission — usually a few percent. The price you pay is exactly the same. Nothing about a product's spot in our recommendations depends on its commission rate. We do not accept payment from manufacturers to feature or rank products.

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Corrections welcome

Spotted something wrong, outdated, or just unclear? Tell us — the contact page has how to reach us. Every guide on this site got better because a reader pushed back.