Will those type bridges be affected too much if there are trees in between or will it punch through?
Depends on if you're talking a forest or some trees, I think.
Ubiquiti wireless bridge (Nanostation Loco M with a wireless router in the shop) works well for me, and I'm running at about 280' and going through? a big magnolia, a big oak, a couple **** trees, and some brush, but I've experienced no issues. Could not get direct clear LoS between the buildings without major tree removal; hard no from SWMBO.
I could see my signal downstream, roughly in the beam, at the neighbors house, though the woods about 1/4 mile away, but I've not experimented with whether that signal was usable. You can adjust the transmit power level and they claim km type ranges. I dialed the power level down a bit from the factory setting, and it works well for me.
I initially thought trench, conduit, and Cat 6 was my plan. Even did the trench part (and still have the conduit) when I rented a trencher for some other electrical work on my property, however, my trench ended up meandering much greater due to conflict between a septic field, major trees and roots, some unlocated water supply lines, fill rock, and other miscellaneous obstacles. Sort of a lazy S. That and a water table at about 2 feet; thought I clipped an unlocated water line or septic when trenching. Fun times when you're trenching and it starts throwing fill rock, mud, and water (and my water shut off is also 1/4 mile away, by that neighbor's house). Filling the unused trench well after digging was less fun.
During the COVID fiasco, my BiL (IT Exec from Austin) and family relocated here he upgraded my IT infrastructure so they could work remotely from here. He moved me to a wireless ORBI mesh system for in the house and we tried that and then several range extenders with no success to the shop. I've got one that pushes out the backside of the house to the dock and it works there at about 320' but it's clear LoS.
He then pointed me to Ubiquiti.
The things I like best: On a loss of power, it all starts up on its own with no intervention, and because I set the home and shop wireless for the same SSID login, going between house and shop with laptop and phone are seamless. I've been running my setup for about 4 years and have not had to do anything. Though, as I think about it, I should probably go and blow out the wireless router in the shop.
The downside: SWMBO thinks I've relocated to the shop because I can do so much more from there.
