No internet and no cell phone reception in the hobby room

Pull a network cable to the apartment, connect it to the Internet box and install a WLAN box as an AP in the hobby room? I see that as the only option. If network cable doesn’t work, fiber optics will certainly work.

I agree with @millernet.

Either cable should be possible, it’s best to ask the in-house electrician there who knows what is where.

And a fiber optic should still have space in the cable.

You can then buy a copper glass converter.

Or a switch that has a glass slot.

Then it depends on what speed you want in the cellar.

Greetings Lorenz

@YanickR

You write about renting the hobby room, so you have to assume that it is available separately in another location.

How many walls or ceilings are there between this room and the Internet box?

@YanickR

There is still the option of installing a mobile repeater outside the hobby room window, depending on the location, but the landlord must have the OK for such installations.

https://www.gsmverstarker.com/

The hobby room may have a telephone Anschluss, if that is the case you could simply take out a cheap Wingo Internet subscription for 35-40 Fr. per month

If that’s not the case, it’s probably best to use a 4G router with a well-placed antenna (possibly through a window or skylight)

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@YanickR wrote:

Unfortunately there is no window 😄

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Yes, you are probably unlucky to bring the signal into the hobby room without a larger and expensive installation, or you know a neighbor who is only one concrete ceiling higher and provides you with a WLAN to use.

Even with D-LAN Powerline, it won’t be that easy with separate electricity meters without special adjustments.

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@WalterB wrote:

@YanickR

There is still the possibility of installing a mobile repeater outside the hobby room window, depending on the location, but the landlord must have the OK for such installations.

https://www.gsmverstarker.com/

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There is a significant hurdle from Bakom.
“Each individual mobile network operator whose frequencies you amplify with your repeater must give you their consent to do so. ”

HP

I know some people who use this module at the link below without any problems.

https://www.gsmverstarker.com/productcategory/provider/swisscom/

That will be difficult, I would try to get a DSL line somehow, but that would have to go through the building management etc. and would probably involve costs

Alternatively, if there is very little cell phone reception, perhaps. With a 4G/5G router with a “large” antenna, repeater or similar, it is hardly possible to implement it because of Bakom templates and actually every repeater system needs an outdoor antenna because it is not possible if both antennas (receiving and transmitting antennas) are inside are in the same room (feedback and stuff)

Or somehow share the connection with a neighbor or something (via WiFi or better via cable)

@WalterB If you have to install an antenna outside anyway, then it’s better to install an outdoor 4G/5G router and a LAN cable with a WLAN AP inside

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@NilsL wrote:

@WalterB If you have to install an antenna outside anyway, then it’s better to install an outdoor 4G/5G router and a LAN cable with a WLAN AP inside

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Yes, that’s a better option, but you need an additional SIM card (subscription)!

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@WalterB wrote:

@HP

I know some people who use this module at the link below without any problems.

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Yes, I also know some people who have a radar detector installed in their car.

To be clear: I don’t care who uses what where as long as I’m not affected.
But I also believe that one should not recommend something to a questioner without pointing out the legal basis.
I’m really interested: Can these devices be used in Switzerland without a permit?

@HP

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Hi @HP

I’m really interested: Can these devices be used in Switzerland without a permit?

The only thing I can contribute is that I have already observed the decommissioning of such a device. The men in the white van with an antenna on the roof confiscated the part straight away. The subsequent calculation was also not negligible.

Please note:

If you import a mobile phone repeater from abroad, you are responsible for its compliance; Importing non-compliant radio equipment is a punishable offense.

Source: BAKOM

So far I haven’t found a Swiss shop that offers such things. Of course the sites all look like Switzerland, but the “practical” thing here is that you can ship from abroad and then you are not responsible.

The missing imprint on the linked page from @WalterB, the postal address of the NTT building in Geneva, “copyright: Switzerland” + the zefix entry that I couldn’t find don’t really convince me 😉.

If I then click on the top link on the page and with an image from the database for non-compliant Comparing devices, I can only advise against it.

According to Bakom, the legal operation of such repeaters is only permitted in the following cases:

Each individual mobile network operator whose frequencies you amplify with your repeater must give you their consent to do so. The mobile network operators have a license for the use of mobile frequencies. You plan your mobile network and can also take the mobile repeaters into account in your planning. Depending on the requirements of the mobile network operator, a broadband amplifier or a selective amplifier may be used. You may not use the mobile radio repeater without their consent.

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LG

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If someone lives in Zurich you could go by and see what is available there!