usb cat5 extenders?

Hi,

has anyone around here used one of those usb cat5 extenders hooked up
to a wifi usb stick? They supposedly allow you to extend your cable to
60 meters without loss.

An example of this: http://www.patton.com/products/pe_pr...p?category=383

I wonder how they work and how well they work, in combination with a
zydas 1211b based usb stick.

Any experience?

In article <1188862329.602220.296560@o80g2000hse.googlegroups .com>,
JakeJ <jkjhnsn@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>has anyone around here used one of those usb cat5 extenders hooked up
>to a wifi usb stick? They supposedly allow you to extend your cable to
>60 meters without loss.
>
>An example of this: http://www.patton.com/products/pe_pr...p?category=383
>
>I wonder how they work and how well they work, in combination with a
>zydas 1211b based usb stick.


A skeptic friend says these draw more current than most USB devices
and should be used on a powered hub and not right into a desktop or
laptop USB jack where they might blw the circuit.

FWIW.

I have WiFI on a a 25 ft USB extender cable working with into a
desktop system, just fine.







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On Sep 4, 1:44 am, ady...@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

> A skeptic friend says these draw more current than most USB devices
> and should be used on a powered hub and not right into a desktop or
> laptop USB jack where they might blw the circuit.

I'm rather sceptic myself ;) Those extenders, lots of them apparently
are the same with just minor cosmetic differences, seem to be somewhat
esoteric.


> I have WiFI on a a 25 ft USB extender cable working with into a
> desktop system, just fine.

I know, we're using passive 5 meter extension cables that work fine,
we even used a 10 meter cable (usb spec says that won't work) that
seemed to run fine too.

However, utp has some advantages compared to usb cable e.g. outdoor
connectors are easily available and cheap. A usb connector isn't
really "user-installable" as well.

Thanks for your input though.

I hope to get some samples to try the extender and run some tests
(hopefully *not* blowing up a laptop in the process).

In article <1188866240.362463.238540@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>,
JakeJ <jkjhnsn@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sep 4, 1:44 am, ady...@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>
>> A skeptic friend says these draw more current than most USB devices
>> and should be used on a powered hub and not right into a desktop or
>> laptop USB jack where they might blw the circuit.
>
>I'm rather sceptic myself ;) Those extenders, lots of them apparently
>are the same with just minor cosmetic differences, seem to be somewhat
>esoteric.
>
>
>> I have WiFI on a a 25 ft USB extender cable working with into a
>> desktop system, just fine.
>
>I know, we're using passive 5 meter extension cables that work fine,
>we even used a 10 meter cable (usb spec says that won't work) that
>seemed to run fine too.


The USB extender I bought claims to have amplification. It shouldn't
be rocket science.


>
>However, utp has some advantages compared to usb cable e.g. outdoor
>connectors are easily available and cheap. A usb connector isn't
>really "user-installable" as well.

Of course, but even more than a USB extender, a CAT5 long-line driver
needs amplification and/or impedance matching.


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