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March 6, 2020 at 12:45 AM
johnishere

50′ USB Cable or USB Over Cat5?

by johnishere . Updated 6 years, 3 months ago

Hey folk, Does anyone happen to know which is more likely to work: A 50′ long USB cable, or USB over Cat5 for 50′?
I need to make a 50′ connection from PC to keyboard. USB at that length is sketchy – sometimes it might work, sometimes not. I’ve never tried USB over cat5 (though I have built 30′ USB cables out of cat5 and they seemed to work fine.). Thanks

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