Patent ID: 7598844

Claim:
A method using a device to provide communications to a customer premises via an external low voltage power line, wherein the device is located external to the customer premises, comprising: receiving first data via the external low voltage power line; wireless transmitting the first data to a first wireless device disposed at the customer premises; wirelessly receiving second data from the first wireless device disposed at the customer premises; transmitting the second data over the external low voltage power line; operating in a first mode of operation in which repeating is enabled by performing the steps of: receiving second device data communicated over an internal low voltage power line of the customer premises from a second device at the customer premises; and transmitting the second device data over the external low voltage power line; operating in a second mode of operation in which repeating is disabled by performing the steps of: receiving power line data via the internal low voltage power line of the customer premises from the second device; and not transmitting the received power line data over a power line.