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Since this question was not meant for me... I will refrain from answering.Sofa said:Shoes and Tek this is for you...
I should read all replies before I post...d'oh! As they have repeaters on em, they should do the job nicely!Sofa said:I am looking at using 2 of these instead of a hub.
Wouldn't that hurt?tek-monkey said:Yup, what Furbal says. TBH I'd want that bugger as close to my PC as possible, if I could fit it internally I would!
Signal timing is irrelevant, you can use 250m long Cat5 cables at 1GBPs full duplex and believe me they switch much MUCH faster than USB switches. If USB could switch that fast it wouldn't be so damned slow lol. I'm pretty sure (although not 100%) that cable length makes no difference in transmission time anyway unless you have poor attenuation.Furbal said:You're limited to 5m cables for USB2.0 (3m for USB I think) due to the timings on the signal that your PC sends out. If you use longer cables, then the device won't respond in time and the signal is considered lost. Like Shoes says, you can chain together cables to go longer distances using USB hubs, but I don't know the maximum you can have before it gets a bit iffy*. Don't know if you could get away with 2 x 6m cables and a hub, but any signal loss when recording music is probably a bit of a no-no.
*Edit: It's 5 hubs (http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5)
That's the point though, USB cable has very VERY poor attenuation cos it was designed for desktop devices a short distance away, as opposed to CAT5, which was designed for longer distances.shoes said:I'm pretty sure (although not 100%) that cable length makes no difference in transmission time anyway unless you have poor attenuation.
I don't think you can be that generalised about 'USB' cables, USB is an interface and switching pattern not a set of standards for cable manufacture so the quality of the cable (oxy levels, copper grade, density etc.) will vary from brand to brand. I suppose if you wanted to get hands on you could actually lop the ends off the USB cable and then either solder or use terminal blocks to join them with the required length of Cat 5 or 6 cable.Furbal said:That's the point though, USB cable has very VERY poor attenuation cos it was designed for desktop devices a short distance away, as opposed to CAT5, which was designed for longer distances.shoes said:I'm pretty sure (although not 100%) that cable length makes no difference in transmission time anyway unless you have poor attenuation.
You can get USB to CAT5 adapters, which can be a helluva lot longer than 5m. For USB1.0 speeds they're fairly cheap, but if you want full speed USB the adapters are silly money (or at least they were awhile ago, dunno about now)
power over internet lol.... can you imagine the law suits if you started bit torrenting energy!! almost makes me wish it was true loltek-monkey said:Power over internet has been around a while, never used it though.