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Longest USB lead to dongle ?

  • 25-07-2014 4:02pm
    #1
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,947 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    What’s the longest USB cable you’d use between a USB dongle and a 3G router and can you recommend any one in particular ?

    I currently have a USB dongle connected to a TP Link 3G router on a 3m USB cable.

    Anyone using an Active USB cable like this ?

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/huc/view.html?ie=UTF8&newItems=CHR2MS9S76JMI%2C1


    Cheers !


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  • #2
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,929 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    I've been using 5M active USB leads for years, daisy-chaining two to reach my UPS, with no issues. Any further than that, I think I would have went USB/Ethernet/USB.
    Down to the quality of the leads - an active repeater lead is just a long powered single hub, and they can be repeated for up to five, iirc. 
    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin




  • #3
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,947 ✭✭✭long_b


    Dan Jaman wrote: »
    I've been using 5M active USB leads for years, daisy-chaining two to reach my UPS, with no issues. Any further than that, I think I would have went USB/Ethernet/USB.
    Down to the quality of the leads - an active repeater lead is just a long powered single hub, and they can be repeated for up to five, iirc.

    Cheers - which brand do you use ?


  • #4
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,929 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    Haven't got a clue - they're anonymous ebay fare. I think they're likely a Belkin knock-off.
    If the markings are to be believed, "ISO 9000, TUV", they're of decent quality anyway, and I've had no issues with them.
    I originally bought them to put a USB wireless dongle on a mast, but went with an external antenna instead.
    Identical to this type...
    usb_repeater_extension_cable_5m_6_29803.jpg 
    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin




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