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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 10:49 AM
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Need to extend a USB device
Right now I'm looking at a USB extender that lets you work with up to 150 feet of cat5e. The cheapest one I've found so far is $44, including shipping. You have to supply the ethernet cable.

Then there's wireless USB. Just starting to look into that.
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Uncle Sinister Donating Member (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-25-08 04:51 PM
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1. Wireless USB is freakin' awsome...with a few caveats.
I use a laptop both mobile and as my home computer. So having one wi-fi USB dongle that instantly connects printer, camera, sound system, and broadband is just the cat's pajama's, the bee's knee's, etc. I plug in one dongle when I get home and I'm ready to rock. I love it, and couldn't go back (well, maybe if they had a gun to my mom's head...but only then)

But there are 2 things to watch for.
1: It's pricey. I paid about $200 for my Belkin 4-hub router. (plus each peripheral needs it's own $20 dongle)
2. You're confined to 1 room (or maybe 2). Forget companies that claim 300' broadcasting, my experience is that wi-fi only really works within the same room, or maybe the next room over.

I really wouldn't recommend any of the "half-stop" solutions. Save the nut until you can go 100% wi-fi, and until then put up with the cord spaghetti monster.
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