RE: Extending USB Connections

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

There are active USB cables that extend by a further five metres and you
can daisy chain up to five of those...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 December 2001 09:29
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
>
> 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 memory, the limit is about 8 metres, but the official limit is 5
> metres.  I think there's USB>ethernet adapters around though.
>
> Andy
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