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schoolwifi
Oct 29, 2019Aspirant
Backhaul issues in difficult building
I work in an old building with a mix of cinderblock and drywall walls (mostly cinderblock though). We've had issues with wifi forever for obvious reasons, but in 2019 it was decided that we had to fi...
plemans
Oct 29, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Another thing to check into would be moca adapters. If there's coax ran within the building you could use moca adapers for the backhaul. I've found them more reliable than powerline when it comes to larger buildings.
CrimpOn
Oct 29, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Good catch on the MoCHA. I have used that as well. Both of these technologies take advantage of existing wiring. Maybe someone ran coax to all the classrooms in hopes of doing televised instruction years ago, and it is still there.
- schoolwifiOct 30, 2019Aspirant
Thank you! Unfortunately I'm fairly confident that there isn't any coax. It wasn't all that long ago that we got rid of the tube tv's on rolling carts and mounted flat screens or projectors and none of those are wired to anything but a laptop or dvd player.