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USB Extender over CAT6

Hi,

 

Just  enquiring about extending a USB cable through a CAT6 cable in my ceiling which is roughly 10-15 meters (including height of walls) into my living room from my office. Because at the moment I'm currently got a HDMI CAT6 Extender (http://www.jaycar.com.au/Sight-%26-Sound---Home/AV-Switchers-%26-Converters/Switchers/HDMI-Over-2-x-Cat5e-6---30m-with-IR-Extender/p/AC1730)  up an running but unfortunately my Logitech wireless keyboard an mouse cant  make the distance. The keyboard and mouse use the same wireless USB doggle  which I want to put into the my living room to be able to use it. 

So my question are:

 

1. Will a my wireless keyboard & mouse doggle work well, over this distance?

 

2. Is their a better option or method to extend a usb cable?

 

Any other thoughts and feedback would be great.

 

Cheers.

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I would do what Linus did, with his personal rig. 

 

 

 

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anything thats longer than about 5m requires powered repeaters

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8 minutes ago, Enderman said:

anything thats longer than about 5m requires powered repeaters

Any idea where i could buy a usb extender cat6 with a repeater? 

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buy a 100ft thunderbolt cable from Corning or whatever company it was that Linus did a review of. Its absoloutley amazing, my pc is in my garage, getting fresh cold air from the outside (filtered), while im upstair, 50ft away, playing TF2 and CSGO

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1 minute ago, UberGamerKing said:

buy a 100ft thunderbolt cable from Corning or whatever company it was that Linus did a review of. Its absoloutley amazing, my pc is in my garage, getting fresh cold air from the outside (filtered), while im upstair, 50ft away, playing TF2 and CSGO

Not sure if they have them in my country sadly.

 

 

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