New to Powerline - Does it ever drop off

[mobiledynamics]

I am faced with a very weird situation.
I need a ethernet drop from a location that cannot get cabled it.

All it will be doing is streaming video from both a production box (video files in production) or the WIP - work in progress BR feeds.

I am looking at the powerline equipment but am hesitant to do so.
How reliable are they .....meaning, will I ever need to power cycle them to get them back online.

Prior to even looking at Powerline...I was looking at Ruckus, as I have used their stuff and I know it ~works~.

Reliability is key....meaning, I cannot afford to have some constantly *messing* with it to get it back up and running....and or power reboot required.

For those running Powerline, how has your UPTIME been

 

[thiggins]

Sure, Powerline drops occasionally. So does wireless. But if you've been happy with Ruckus, why not use it this time?

 

[mobiledynamics]

Wireless does not drop for me...at least in the sense of using AP - if not AP's generally flashed with DDWRT and then using them as client bridges. The only time it will drop is if I get a power brownout, and it loses power momentarily....and then the AP's will need a unplug/plug to get them working again. But this power issue is generally the norm of residential grade hardware as well. Cisco, Aruba, etc - don't exhibit this power issue blips...

What does not work is bandwidth in a heavily dense area like NYC and wireless in the air .....

So back on topic...and MOD, maybe you can move this over to the Powerline forum as well, as I noticed there is a more relevant forum. I went ahead and ordered a powerline kit just to put it in it's testing. The Powerline is 4% of what the total cost would be for me if I went with a Ruckus solution...