We used such a connection for a short term linkage - less than six months -
and it worked well. The limitation was the speed of the powerline linkage.



On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Adam Forsyth <forsy...@luther.edu> wrote:

> Has anyone tried to use a powerline ethernet product as a backhaul to an
> outdoor wireless access point?  The thought crossed my mind today that that
> might be a possibility.  The remote AP can be powered by a light pole and
> electrical service to that light comes from a breaker inside one of our
> buildings.  If the uplink came from the same place the power does, that
> would make the installation a lot simpler I think.  Now that I've had the
> idea, I wonder...is this a good idea or a bad idea?
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