Cable length

[life24]

Hello,
Can i increase the USB 2 and USB 3.0 cable length up to thirty meters?
The maximum extent length possible?

 

[TuSpockShakur]

Not without something to significantly boost the signal. Anything beyond 15 feet is going to be trouble. Combining a 15 foot cable with a 6 foot extender cable usually fails with most printers. There are usb over ethernet adapters out there but I have no experience with them. What are you trying to do? That would help in answering your question.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

You can, but you'll likely need a USB-to-Ethernet adaptor. I'm not sure there are USB boosters that can handle 30m.

What's the reason? There might be a better solution... 🙂

 

[corkyg]

You can also consider fiber optical cables, especially for USB3.0. They are, however, quite expensive. Also, they cannot conduct power, so the end items would need their own power supplies/bricks.

http://www.usbstuff.com/fiber.html

Maybe Ethernet is a better solution, or even wireless. All would require end item power supplies.

 

[life24]

Hello,
Thanks for reply,
I want extend cable length of wireless card.

 

[MongGrel]

good lord.

 

[corkyg]

Why do you need a cable with wireless?

 

[Mushkins]

Not without something to significantly boost the signal. Anything beyond 15 feet is going to be trouble. Combining a 15 foot cable with a 6 foot extender cable usually fails with most printers. There are usb over ethernet adapters out there but I have no experience with them. What are you trying to do? That would help in answering your question.

It depends. It's certainly out of spec, but with a quality cable and a quality USB port with a quality device on the other end you *can* go out of spec. I had an HD logitech webcam attached to a cheapo usb 2.0 30 foot extension cable in a conference room, ran without a hitch for the whole year and a half it was there.

Just like ethernet, even if it's out of spec you're probably not going to notice issues unless it's *grossly* out of spec or you're pushing the bandwidth to the limit with whatever you're doing.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Why do you need a cable with wireless?

Kinda defeats the whole "wireless" part... 😀

OP, instead of buying a USB extender, you should be looking for another wireless adaptor. Perhaps a new router/AP. Both preferably with a high gain antenna(s). Such adaptors do exist for USB. It'll most likely be cheaper too.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Wow...some folks really need to stay far, far away from computers.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

Why do you need a cable with wireless?

maybe like something I had to do with my wireless setup.

when it was on the 1st floor my USB720 EVDO wireless modem got better signal when I put it on top of the computer hutch instead of hanging on the port in the back.. better signal. I used a 10 foot usb extension.

eventually I moved the modem to an EVDO router on the 2nd floor and it could be plugged into that directly.

no cable/dsl here in the sticks.

but ~90 feet?

 

[Insert_Nickname]

when it was on the 1st floor my USB720 EVDO wireless modem got better signal when I put it on top of the computer hutch instead of hanging on the port in the back.. better signal. I used a 10 foot usb extension.

Is there any chance what-so-ever of getting a modem with an external antenna? Those integrated ones only tend to work OK when close to the transmitter.

eventually I moved the modem to an EVDO router on the 2nd floor and it could be plugged into that directly.

no cable/dsl here in the sticks.

but ~90 feet?

You may want to look into a wireless extender, if the above solved your connection problem. They're easy, quick and cheap to set up.

 

[Ketchup]

Yes, I will bet money a wireless extender is what he wants. The hardware necessary to get a USB signal that far would cost far, far more. Not to mention be incredibly impractical.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

Is there any chance what-so-ever of getting a modem with an external antenna? Those integrated ones only tend to work OK when close to the transmitter.

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eventually I moved the modem to an EVDO router on the 2nd floor and it could be plugged into that directly.

no cable/dsl here in the sticks.

but ~90 feet?
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You may want to look into a wireless extender, if the above solved your connection problem. They're easy, quick and cheap to set up.

the modem has a jack for an external antenna but it wound up being easier (in this house) to put it and the evdo router on the 2nd floor (great signal there) and run a network cable from the router to a gigabit switch in the basement which all the other PCs connect to.

I set it all up in 2009.. if I were to do it again..

 

[Insert_Nickname]

the modem has a jack for an external antenna but it wound up being easier (in this house) to put it and the evdo router on the 2nd floor (great signal there) and run a network cable from the router to a gigabit switch in the basement which all the other PCs connect to.

I set it all up in 2009.. if I were to do it again..

Have you considered powerline networking? Just as a bridge from the router to the switch, mind you. There are a few drawbacks, but it should work well enough for an average internet connection.

Since both the router and switch already require a power socket, that seems the easiest way to connect them.