 | | From: | Timothy Murphy | | Subject: | USB cables | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:49:29 +0000 |
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 | (1) Is there a maximal length for USB cables?
If so, how long?
(2) Where can one buy long USB cables in Dublin?
I bought a very cheap "webcam" at Lidl,
but the USB cable with it is only 1 metre long.
Any info gratefully received.
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Timothy Murphy
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s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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| | From: | Eddie Wall | | Subject: | Re: USB cables | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:48:13 +0000 |
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| On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:49:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy
wrote:
>(1) Is there a maximal length for USB cables?
>If so, how long?
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>(2) Where can one buy long USB cables in Dublin?
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I dont know in Dublin but check out www.7dayshop.com
Eddie
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| | From: | Steve | | Subject: | Re: USB cables | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:11:41 +0000 |
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| Timothy Murphy wrote:
> (1) Is there a maximal length for USB cables?
> If so, how long?
>
> (2) Where can one buy long USB cables in Dublin?
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> I bought a very cheap "webcam" at Lidl,
> but the USB cable with it is only 1 metre long.
>
> Any info gratefully received.
>
Found this somewhere on the net...hope it helps:-
USB 2.0 - Capacities
Maximum cable length (USB 2.0): 5 meters
Maximum cable length (USB 1.1): 3 meters
Maximum hubs connected in series: 5
Maximum devices connected in series: 127
3 metre cables available at:-
http://www.komplett.ie/k/kc.asp?bn=10163
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Steven
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools" [Douglas Adams]
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| | From: | James | | Subject: | Re: USB cables | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:12:02 -0000 |
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| "Timothy Murphy" wrote
> (1) Is there a maximal length for USB cables?
> If so, how long?
> (2) Where can one buy long USB cables in Dublin?
> I bought a very cheap "webcam" at Lidl,
> but the USB cable with it is only 1 metre long.
(1) 3 or 5 metres, check out the USB site www.usb.org/faq You can add hubs
to extend it to a max of 5 hubs or 30 metres absolute max. (This is the
cable section of the FAQ) www.usb.org/faq/ans5
(2) Marx in Fairview have cables for 3 Euro and hubs starting at 15 Euro.
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| | From: | Paul Moloney | | Subject: | Re: USB cables | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:35:13 -0000 |
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"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
news:dJ6Hd.45834$Z14.26122@news.indigo.ie...
> (1) Is there a maximal length for USB cables?
> If so, how long?
>
> (2) Where can one buy long USB cables in Dublin?
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> I bought a very cheap "webcam" at Lidl,
> but the USB cable with it is only 1 metre long.
If you're looking for an extension lead, you could try
eBay: I picked up a 10' one there for around ?4 including
P&P - far cheaper than Dublin.
For a 10' USB cable (not an extension cable, rather
an A->B cable), they sell them at ITDirect on
Parliament St for around around ?5-10. Looking
at their range now, it seems to have improved and
they also have extension leads.
Maximal length? I've hooked together 2 10'
leads with no problem. (Laptop to USB modem -
am updated to wireless soon :)
P.
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