YEK Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 ethernet and usb cables. the longer the cables for either does it slow down the information transfer?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 just like everything in life, the longer the slower not that we'd notice it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 ethernet and usb cables. the longer the cables for either does it slow down the information transfer?? really depends: --ethernet is good to 50 or 100 feet. not sure how it goes with gigabit, ive only just switched over to that myself. --firewire you need an active extension thingy. can't just be a piece of wire. --usb you can't chain more than 30feet or so before it starts shitting out, particularly for data-heavy fings --ps/2 never had a problem but never gone over 20-30ft. --video you get some noise. i mean svga, i haven't tried dvi extenders. just ordered some, we'll see!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 suweet, it was usb i was really wondering about but i do not need 30 plus feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 yeah if it's 15-20ft or less most anything will work. except firewire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 ahem http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 For one specific USB application I cannot use a cable of more than 6 feet. But it's unlikely anyone else would run into that, that didn't already know about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 ^ i have a similar case. i'm trying to record video with "EOS Camera Movie Record" on a 40D and 5 meters is too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 For me it has to do with using usb to program firmware on an embedded processor. When you are working with OTG, or even just the micro-usb form factor, the cable has to be a lot shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 ahhhhh, some of my external hard drives aren't recognized when using long usb cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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