- webcam extended with cat5
- Posted by yerk5@hotmail.com on February 24th, 2006
I ran into this video (URL below) of a kid who says he extended a
regular USB webcam, using cat5. Would this actually work? I heard there
would be power degredation and without external power, USB can only go
16 feet.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...64247&q=webcam
- Posted by John McGaw on February 24th, 2006
yerk5@hotmail.com wrote:
Yes, it will work if one is clever enough to buy the correct parts for
the job. ;-)
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.as...1521&sku=29341
There are others out there but this is the best solution I've seen. Oh,
and they'll sell you a version that comes with (IIRC) a 150ft cat-5
cable in case you don't want to muck about with punching down the RJ-45
connectors yourself.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com
- Posted by Jerry G. on February 25th, 2006
It is the data response that is effected more than the power from the
length of a USB extension. If the device is able work without any loss,
it should work no matter what the length is.
--
Jerry G.
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I ran into this video (URL below) of a kid who says he extended a
regular USB webcam, using cat5. Would this actually work? I heard there
would be power degredation and without external power, USB can only go
16 feet.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...64247&q=webcam
