On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 01:43:16 +0100, Rob Morley
wrote:

In article ,
says...


The cable doesn't make a difference, you don't get any greater distance
by going to CAT5.

But he said he was going to use a USB-to-Cat5 extender, which is not the
same as just using Cat5 cable with a USB plug on each end.


Precisely, that was my intention. USB-CAT5 extenders are good for
several tens of metres of usable distance.


Obtain a hub.
Plug it into the middle of the run, on two 5m cables.
Job done.

Better to use an active USB extension cable, which is effectively a
single port self-powered hub designed for precisely this purpose.

A hub in the middle of the run would end up sitting on the outside
wall of the house! Am now looking into active extension cables.

Cheers.