Re: USB Cable Length and CAT5

["Alistair Watkins" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

I think USB is 5 meters, but you can put a signal booster/hub on that and
get it to 25.... or its 25 meters, and you can use boosters to get it to
100 meters :)

why did i attempt to answer this question!?

The cable needs to be pretty well made, so i'm not sure about cat 5 cable,
is this for USB 1 or 2?

argh.

alistair
/* slinks off */

jim said:
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> Hi Guys,
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> Can someone tell me what the maximum (practical) cable length for USB
is
> and if its possible to use a CAT5 cable for the cable run, i beleive a
usb
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> has either 2 or 3 wires??
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> If possible what i want to do is use exisiting CAT5 cable in the
house, to
> plug in a USB device in another room, using CAT5 cable and a couple of
> USB-CAT5 converters???
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> If this is possible are there such things as CAT5 to USB converters
> already in the market place?
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> Thanks
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> Jim
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