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Re: [PLUG] USB cable longer than 15 feet?
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There are timing and power issues that keep USB from working reliably at
> 15'. As you suggested, the solution is to put a hub in the middle.
powered is preferable, but unpowered should work, especially if you're
not using a high power drawing device on the other end.
--Erek
On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 04:02 -0400, JP Vossen wrote:
> I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but...
>
> Anyone ever see if USB cable longer than 15 feet, or is that the max
> allowed by the spec? I may need to replace a 25' parallel printer cable
> with USB, and 15' < 25'. I guess I can use a powered (or unpowered) hub
> to join 2 15' cables. Anyone got anything better?
>
> Later,
> JP
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