[windows2000] Re: off topic: USB Cable Length

  • From: "Greg Reese" <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:22:28 -0500

the vga we have under control.  they want the remote to work for advancing
slides and things.  i saw some usb range extenders that use a cat 5 run
between things.  that might do the trick.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greg Reese <> scribbled on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:47 PM:
>
> > who knows what the maximum length is for a usb cable?
> >
> > we are putting in a ceiling mount projector and want to run a usb cable
> > from the projector down to a wall plate we put in for connecting the vga
> > etc.
>
> My experience is that 2m works almost always. 3m works reliable if the
> usb-cable
> is good quality. 4-5m rarely, if ever, works even with good quality cables.
>
> I think the theoretical max length is somewhere around 5m.
>
> In any case, this certainly didn't work during my experiment using
> usb-over-ethernet with a 25m(...) tp-cable between the adapters.
>
> Some projectors can use wifi to transfer the image from computer to
> projector.
> Our Benq roof-mount projector can, but I think it may be considered being a
> specialty product. This might be a better bet, if you need anything over
> 3-5m.
>
> HTH.
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