At the bottom of my driveway I need to connect and power two cameras via POE. I have an electrical outlet available for the POE source but no physical network line, so I will be using wifi to connect this to my house. The distance is about 1/4 mile. I have a straight line-of-sight but with some leafy branches during much of the year.
I'm replacing a Ubiquiti setup that involved a wireless bridge between two Nanostation Loco M2's, with the one at the driveway paired with an omnidirectional AP for normal wifi access in that vicinity. These and my two cameras were powered by one POE switch. (e.g., three wifi devices, one POE switch)
I had initially looked at replacing these with a pair of SXTsq 5 ac (RBSXTsqG-5acD) at the house and driveway, and was looking for an access point to pair with the SXTsq at the bottom of the driveway, similar to my Ubiquiti setup. I was planning on powering these with a PowerBox Pro (RB960PGS-PB). However when looking, I found the OmniTIK 5 PoE ac (RBOmniTikPG-5HacD) and realized I could maybe eliminate two entire devices!
The question, then, is can I pair up a SXTsq and a Omnitik for point-to-point connection over that distance, and would the Omnitik be able to both communicate with the SXTsq as a point-to-point bridge as well as provide an omnidirectional access point from its location? I understand that transmission from the Omnitik will fade a lot more than if I had another SXTsq there, but I'm hoping a 1/4 mile isn't too far. What wireless modes would they both be set to?