I would think you would need a wifi trail cam or something more permanent using buried cable.

If you search for “data communications and networking” you will find alot of learning materials.

Eg:

Data Communication Tutorial

Data Communication & Computer Network

I’m curious about the durability of these PCBs. They would be good for prototyping but how well would they handle high humidity environments?

Not torrents but #ebooks on IRCHighway has never failed me