[info-tech] USB

2010-06-07 Thread Lance Lennon
If I have a device powered off of USB, how long can I run that cable? Looking into SMART Boards and distance that I can have the computer away from the board. (Hoping the answer is somewhere near 50 feet) thanks and HAPPY SUMMER! -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the

Re: [info-tech] USB

2010-06-07 Thread Karl Hehr
Haven't tried it, but with a USB extender that uses cat 5 you should get 150 feet. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born

Re: [info-tech] USB

2010-06-07 Thread Sarah Freking
That's how we did it in our new elementary school in Storm Lake. Boards in the front of the room. Computers in the back. Sarah Sarah M. Freking, District Technology Director Storm Lake Community School District Storm Lake, IA 50588 Phone: 712-732-8100 Fax: 712-732-8101 I never guess. It is a

Re: [info-tech] USB

2010-06-07 Thread Bud Carruthers
http://www.everythingusb.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=804 5m but you can use USB extenders to get more length. Bud On Jun 7, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Lance Lennon wrote: If I have a device powered off of USB, how long can I run that cable? Looking into SMART Boards and distance that I can

RE: [info-tech] USB

2010-06-07 Thread Wakeman, Joe
We're using IOGear USB Ethernet Extender (model GUCE51).. about $80 a pop, but you can probably find them for less.. We initially started with 15' USB extenders, but we were having to daisy chain too many of them together. All the ones we're using now have 100' CAT5e cables attached to them,