- Jun 24, 2004
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Sigh.
So I have my PS4 Pro in my sunken living room with big ol' screen / projector setup. Well sometimes I only want to play for 30 minutes or so and I don't want to power cycle my projector that much. So I thought it would be a great idea to extend my HDMI signal up through the walls to my second floor TV chill room. Now HDMI normally has a 30ft or so effective range, which is not gonna cut it. So I got an HDMI over ethernet extender thing with some CAT6a, which is a bear to shop for.*
Thankfully my kitchen was being remodeled at the time so I ran the CAT6a up through a load bearing / hvac portion of the wall that would remain. Additionally I ran another plain CAT6 cable.
This all worked out well and good, picture / sound is great, but the controllers seem to be on the edge of their effective range. They will work 90% of the time but now and then they will disconnect or work intermittently if you are facing the wrong way or have an obstruction in the way. So the solution is obviously to extend the USB connection from the PS4 to this upstairs room, which is also annoying.
Now the problem is that you can't run a powered USB receiver / transmitter over LAN without some expensive($3-400) equipment. So I basically need to duplicate the HDMI setup in that I need a direct connection from PS4 -> upstairs room with a less expensive USB to ethernet solution. The potential problem is that my existing CAT6 cable would then be unusable for LAN purposes, and it may not be long enough to disconnect from my switch and run to the PS4. So hopefully I can run an additional CAT6 cable but I'm not 100% sure if that is possible at the moment.
So to end the story I will have basically spent as much money on cables / transmitters / receivers as I would have on a plain PS4, but hey it is kinda fun doing this stuff! Whoever buys this house next is going to have fun times with all the ethernet connections.
*I wanted CAT6a in a certain awg, which is surprisingly hard to do cost effectively but I eventually found some. This was to minimize power being sent through the CAT6a cable, which may or may not matter but lower awg = less power = less potential interference with an up to 18Gbps connecton*
So I have my PS4 Pro in my sunken living room with big ol' screen / projector setup. Well sometimes I only want to play for 30 minutes or so and I don't want to power cycle my projector that much. So I thought it would be a great idea to extend my HDMI signal up through the walls to my second floor TV chill room. Now HDMI normally has a 30ft or so effective range, which is not gonna cut it. So I got an HDMI over ethernet extender thing with some CAT6a, which is a bear to shop for.*
Thankfully my kitchen was being remodeled at the time so I ran the CAT6a up through a load bearing / hvac portion of the wall that would remain. Additionally I ran another plain CAT6 cable.
This all worked out well and good, picture / sound is great, but the controllers seem to be on the edge of their effective range. They will work 90% of the time but now and then they will disconnect or work intermittently if you are facing the wrong way or have an obstruction in the way. So the solution is obviously to extend the USB connection from the PS4 to this upstairs room, which is also annoying.
Now the problem is that you can't run a powered USB receiver / transmitter over LAN without some expensive($3-400) equipment. So I basically need to duplicate the HDMI setup in that I need a direct connection from PS4 -> upstairs room with a less expensive USB to ethernet solution. The potential problem is that my existing CAT6 cable would then be unusable for LAN purposes, and it may not be long enough to disconnect from my switch and run to the PS4. So hopefully I can run an additional CAT6 cable but I'm not 100% sure if that is possible at the moment.
So to end the story I will have basically spent as much money on cables / transmitters / receivers as I would have on a plain PS4, but hey it is kinda fun doing this stuff! Whoever buys this house next is going to have fun times with all the ethernet connections.
*I wanted CAT6a in a certain awg, which is surprisingly hard to do cost effectively but I eventually found some. This was to minimize power being sent through the CAT6a cable, which may or may not matter but lower awg = less power = less potential interference with an up to 18Gbps connecton*
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