I looked into this about a year ago, and found that it would not work on our campus, but the way our lights are set up the lines to the lights are not hot when the lights are off. There is no switch in our lights: if there's power, the light is on. If there's no power, the light is off. I could put a powerline adapter in, but it would only work from late evening to early morning. But that's just how our lights are set up, and ymmv
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology York College, Nebraska 402.363.5603 [email protected] *The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society* On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Harry Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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? >> -- >> *Adam Forsyth* >> Director of Network and Systems >> Luther College >> Library and Information Services >> * >> 700 College Drive >> Decorah, IA 52101 >> 563-387-1402 >> * >> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> > > > -- > Harry Rauch > Network Analyst > Eckerd College > 4200 - 54th Ave So > St. Petersburg, FL 33711 > 727-864-8318 > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
