RE: Extending USB Connections

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Erm, I didn't think that was what USB / Ethernet adaptors did!

They aren't there to do what Dan wants - namely extend a USB connection.

They're there to give a PC a network connection using a USB port rather
than a PCI or an ISA one.

In order to extend the camera, Dan would need the CAMERA to be able to
load the device drivers for the USB network card, if you see what I
mean.

Am I wrong here? Are there, in fact, USB extenders that work over
Ethernet???

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher


-----Original Message-----
From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 5 December 2001 14:51
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections


I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can daisy-chain USB hubs together to
extend the total distance.  Probably not an ideal solution, but if you
only
need to go 10 metres then it might be cheaper than USB->ethernet
converters.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIME:daniel.james@xxxxxxx at INTERNET
To: White, Peter; ukha_d@xxxxxxx at Internet
Sent: 05/12/01 14:32
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections

I thought that was probably the case, i'll investigate the USB/ethernet
route then.
Cheers
Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andylaurence@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 December 2001 14:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections


> Is it possible to run USB over Cat5?
>
> Or to put it another way, I would like to put a webcam outside, and
cut
the
> cable, extend it with Cat5 and then plug the other end into the pc.
>
> Is this possible, or is there a limitation to how far USB can travel?

>from
metres.  I think there's USB>ethernet adapters around though.

Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms
<http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms>


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