USB 2.0 Active Repeater Extension Cable: 5 meters / 16-ft: Chain up to 25 meters / 80 ft

USB 2.0 EXTENSION CABLE: ACTIVE type has repeater to maximize extension
Length of one cable: 16.4 ft (5 meters): A-male to A-female
Connect up to five of these cables for length up to 80-feet (25 meters)
Place USB wireless adapters with antenna higher / better for more signal gain!
SEE also 10 METER VERSION: $15.99

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION This cable meets the quality standards of our techically-savvy clientele - BEWARE OF CHEAP VERSIONS!

• ACTIVE Extension Repeater Cable has a built-in signal repeater enabling chain of multiple cables
• USB 2.0 16.4-feet (5-meter) (Type A Male to Type A Female)
• Works with USB 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
• Compatible with all windows versions: XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8 .
• Certified USB Hi-Speed cable
• This cable can be used to extend USB WiFi / wireless devices, Printers, Scanners, Web Cameras, Mice, Keyboards, Flash drives, GPS and any other device that has a USB cable with an A-male connector

EXTEND RANGE OF WIRELESS / WiFi USB adapter, by using USB cable in lieu of antenna cables.

• Unlike antenna cables (which lose significant signal per meter of cable), this USB extension cable loses only about 2.1% of signal per 5 meters - and so gives you far more signal strength from your USB wireless client, compared to using coax antenna cables. (This cable's performance is much better than other active USB cables that we have tested).
• Using this cable, you can place your USB wireless client high above your PC and/or outside where it can receive and transmit WiFi signals much better. For example, you can gain direct line-of-site to your target wireless access point through better placement of the USB client and its antenna. See outdoor enclosures & combo kits.

"Related Products" tab has links to other USB extension cables / extender.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

Active extension USB 2.0 cable (as opposed to passive USB cables) is an active device with a built-in signal repeater. The USB signals going in and out of the extension cable are buffered to assure signal quality and the meeting of the USB's electrical and timing specs.

If you repeat this cable up to 25M, the voltage will be declined gradually. So, when the device's wattage is 2W or more, external power supply may be required to operate the device.

Features and Specifications:

QUALITY: After our own bad experience with cheap USB active extension cables that don't work & have weak fragile connectors, we began offering this high-quality cable to assure good signal quality to meet the quality standards of our technically-savvy clientele.

• Active USB extension cable, assure good signal quality to meet USB specification
• Built signal booster (repeater)
• Ideal cable to connect remote printers, scanners and etc.
• 5-meter (16.5-feet) cables can be cascaded to extend the distance.
• Type A male to type A female
• Acts like a single port hub
• USB Bus powered
• USB 2.0 Compliant
• Works with both low and high speed devices
• Extend up to 25m(serially connecting up to 5 segments)
• Support WIN98/2000/XP Mac OS V9.0 or higher

One of the biggest obstacles encountered in planning a wire run is the signal limitation of USB devices. Using passive cables for the purpose of extension will result in signal errors and is not recommended. Passive USB cables have a maximum guaranteed length of 16 feet; Active extension cables are required to extend beyond 16 feet, while retaining almost all signal strength.

These M/F extension cables feature a booster-box on the end, and when strung together, can achieve a new maximum of 80 feet. Extend your USB 2.0 cable past 5 meters by daisy chaining up to five of our premium USB 2.0 active extensions. These USB 2.0 compliant cables support data transfer rates up to 480Mbps and are fully backward compatible with both low and high-speed USB v1.1 devices. The USB extension cable acts as a USB hub and buffers all downstream and upstream data traffic. High speed, full-speed and low-speed devices will function equally well with the USB extension cable.