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SavannahLion:
With all things being equal and staying withing specs.

Am I to understand that one can indeed use a powered hub to extend a connection longer than the spec'ed 5 meter limit? Reading the FAQ's at usb.org, it does seem to imply that this is the case and it does seem to make sense if the issue has to do with the signal timing.

I'd try this out but I don't want to invest in a pair 5 meter long cables at the moment.

Le Chuck:
I thought that they made specialty booster for that up to 100m.  You're not using a regular off the shelf powered hub for that but a more specialized type of range extender ie the followin:  This one has an integrated buffer but the power delivery at the far end is not that great for a lot of arcade peripherals.  This page has cables with separate power, some have dual ported ends for $30. 

If you get one or find a better solution let us know.

drventure:
5 meters? You might be better off with a Wireless USB extender

http://www.google.com/search?q=Wireless+USB+extender

Never used one, though I came close to picking one up to allow me to relocate a printer at one point (I ended up using a Wireless router that I could install DWRT on, turn it into a bridge and then connect the printer via ethernet instead of USB, but that's another story)

DillonFoulds:
Out of curiosity, what's the application that requires a 30m usb cord?

smalltownguy:
Just use a Cat5 extension:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250792101786

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