Monoprice USB Extender over Cat5e or Cat6 Connection, up to 150ft
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Do you use crossover cable or patch cable for this?
A shopper
on May 26, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Just a regular patch cable. I made a cable an extended my usb over 80 feet. Worked great!
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- Jim A on May 27, 2019
- Purchased on Jun 3, 2018
BEST ANSWER: Just a regular patch cable. I made a cable an extended my usb over 80 feet. Worked great!
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- Jim A on May 27, 2019
- Purchased on Jun 3, 2018
Use a regular "patch" cable. A crossover cable would actually not work with the adapters.
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- Nicole E on May 27, 2019
- Purchased on Oct 29, 2018
I used patch cable using a T-568B wiring scheme.
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- Andres G on May 28, 2019
- Purchased on Oct 26, 2018
No crossover. Just straight Ethernet.
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- Accounts P on May 27, 2019
- Purchased on Nov 7, 2018
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Will it carry PoE? I am trying to power a USB Camera with my PoE switch...
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on May 29, 2017
BEST ANSWER: This device will not work with any network switch. It is usb only. Think of it as a regular usb cable with cat5e in the middle.
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- Nathan B on Jan 16, 2018
BEST ANSWER: This device will not work with any network switch. It is usb only. Think of it as a regular usb cable with cat5e in the middle.
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- Nathan B on Jan 16, 2018
I'm sorry I'm not familiar with the term poE. I use mine on either end of a 25 ft cat5 cable to hardwire my weather station downstairs to my pc upstairs so it will always be on line.
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- Thomas R on May 29, 2017
- Purchased on Oct 16, 2016
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I'm hoping to use this to extend the range of an Xbox One Controller through a shielded CAT6 cable. Is this possible?
Stephane R
on Jan 10, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I'm using them to extend keyboard and mouse over CAT5e and that works fine but it is only 35 feet. I would think it should work if you are not more than 50 to 75 feet but some items are finicky.
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- Allen S on Jan 10, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 30, 2018
BEST ANSWER: I'm using them to extend keyboard and mouse over CAT5e and that works fine but it is only 35 feet. I would think it should work if you are not more than 50 to 75 feet but some items are finicky.
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- Allen S on Jan 10, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 30, 2018
If your controller can communicate over usb 2.0, from my research this will work. At the controller end you just plug in your Xbox one cable which is usb to micro usb.
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- shannon c on Jan 11, 2019
- Purchased on Mar 11, 2018
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keyboard no longer wakes computer in windows 10?
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on Jun 29, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I'm sorry to hear that, please feel free to contact our tech support team with a detailed summary of the issue you are experiencing. Please contact us at tech@monoprice.com and our knowledgeable Technical Support staff would be more than happy to assist. Thank you.
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- Tyler C Staff on Jul 1, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I'm sorry to hear that, please feel free to contact our tech support team with a detailed summary of the issue you are experiencing. Please contact us at tech@monoprice.com and our knowledgeable Technical Support staff would be more than happy to assist. Thank you.
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- Tyler C Staff on Jul 1, 2019
I have had no issues with my connections. Both mouse and keyboard work fine at about 85 ft of CAT6 cable. What length and type of cable are you using?
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- Joseph W on Jul 16, 2019
- Purchased on Nov 29, 2018
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Does this unit use all 4 pair in a cat5/6 cable? If not which ones do they use?
Tom N
on Nov 6, 2020
BEST ANSWER: This device uses only pins 1,2,3, and 6. Don't need all 4 pairs.
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- Dan M on Nov 6, 2020
- Purchased on Apr 9, 2020
BEST ANSWER: This device uses only pins 1,2,3, and 6. Don't need all 4 pairs.
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- Dan M on Nov 6, 2020
- Purchased on Apr 9, 2020
I use a standard B-Wired RJ45 Cat-6 Ethernet Cable. The only way to determine used or unused wires would be to remove (cut off) pairs and see if it still works. As USB is bi-directional, it would seem that they are using 1 pair to send and 1 pair to receive. However, unless you can contact the manufacturer you will have to do the sleuthing yourself. By the way, this USB Extender product works great! I run 100 feet of Cat-6.
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- Jay P on Nov 6, 2020
- Purchased on Mar 29, 2020
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WIll this carry a 1080P webcam signal? Logitech 930e webcam. Having trouble with another brands USB over Cat5 extension and wonder if it's the general technology problem or brand.
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on Feb 3, 2017
BEST ANSWER: I tested with the Logitech C930e and it didn't work. I believe the extender is only rated for USB1 and that is too slow for a 1080p webcam signal.
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- Jay K on Oct 5, 2017
BEST ANSWER: I tested with the Logitech C930e and it didn't work. I believe the extender is only rated for USB1 and that is too slow for a 1080p webcam signal.
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- Jay K on Oct 5, 2017
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Will this work for an ipad into a presonus interface? I need to take it from lightning to the cat5 (or 6) about 50ft to a usb A to the interface
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on Aug 28, 2018
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This would only support USB 1.1 so I doubt it would work for your purposes since you would need USB 2.0 for DAWs.
This would only support USB 1.1 so I doubt it would work for your purposes since you would need USB 2.0 for DAWs.
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- Tyler C Staff on Jul 31, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This would only support USB 1.1 so I doubt it would work for your purposes since you would need USB 2.0 for DAWs.
This would only support USB 1.1 so I doubt it would work for your purposes since you would need USB 2.0 for DAWs.
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- Tyler C Staff on Jul 31, 2019
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I am trying to find a way to extend a usb thumb drive slideshow presentation to my usb on my tv . Will this work and at what distance?
A shopper
on May 29, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This would work up to 150ft but would be limited to USB version 1.1 so you would want to make sure your thumb drive can work with that version of USB.
This would work up to 150ft but would be limited to USB version 1.1 so you would want to make sure your thumb drive can work with that version of USB.
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- Tyler C Staff on May 31, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This would work up to 150ft but would be limited to USB version 1.1 so you would want to make sure your thumb drive can work with that version of USB.
This would work up to 150ft but would be limited to USB version 1.1 so you would want to make sure your thumb drive can work with that version of USB.
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- Tyler C Staff on May 31, 2019
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What is the minimum operating temperature for this device? If I need to use it in a cold environment, how low a temperature will it continue to operate?
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on Feb 10, 2021
BEST ANSWER: I have one operating in an attached but unheated garage. Near Baltimore, garage gets cold but not below freezing. Running a remote mouse.
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- Doug R on Feb 10, 2021
- Purchased on Feb 16, 2020
BEST ANSWER: I have one operating in an attached but unheated garage. Near Baltimore, garage gets cold but not below freezing. Running a remote mouse.
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- Doug R on Feb 10, 2021
- Purchased on Feb 16, 2020
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People have asked if it will send POE and the answer was no, however, I am wanting to ONLY send power. I don't care about network traffic at all. I have small wi-fi cameras that need power. They get power from a USB plug, but I only have Cat6 running to the camera location, so I was hoping to use these to carry that power. Has anyone done this with this extender?
A shopper
on May 7, 2019
Does this unit use all 8 conductors on a cat5/6 cable? If not which ones does it use?
A shopper
on Nov 6, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5
Great product!!
This is a really easy and great product. It worked to extend a usb device over 100ft for very low current!
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Rated 3 out of 5
Not ideal for data transfers.
It works,
When testing very slow transfer speeds of around 1MB/s. This is not ideal for data but worked well enough for a 720p webcam.
When testing very slow transfer speeds of around 1MB/s. This is not ideal for data but worked well enough for a 720p webcam.
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Rated 1 out of 5
Does not deliver.
Very limited usb function and only after the signal was boosted with a powered USB hub.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Plugged it in and it worked. What more do you need to say
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works great!
Works as expected! I am using this to run cat5 outside to my Wyze cameras!
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Rated 5 out of 5
Great USB Extender
Used this USB extender in a commercial video recording system, the primary monitor was remote mounted on a wall in the main office with the DVR in the computer room. This allowed a wireless mouse to be used to access and maintain the system from this main office.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Simple plugin units with nice tight connectors
IT WORKS! My surveillance DVR is downstairs in my office. I used your HDMI to Cat6 extenders to be able to check the cameras on my large screen in the living room on second floor on other side of the house. With the USB extenders I could use an extra mouse upstairs also. Cant beat that convenience.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Worked great
I was able to connect two devices together with no problems. 100% data transfer. I would definitely recommend for long USB/CAT 5 applications.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works as advertised
Not much to say other than I'm happy with this product. It does what it says it will do. I use it to power web cameras where an outlet is not convenient. My longest run is about 75 feet and I can find no reduction in power.
The product is easy to use. While I prefer to crimp my own CAT5 wire, a user could easily (and affordably) purchase a CAT5 patch cable in the desired length from Monoprice to make the connection.
The product is easy to use. While I prefer to crimp my own CAT5 wire, a user could easily (and affordably) purchase a CAT5 patch cable in the desired length from Monoprice to make the connection.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works great.
The USB extenders work great. The live up to the advertisement .
We used them for up to 100 ft or as short as 20 ft. They have yet to fail. We put in over 100 over the years in different situations. There less expensive than purchasing USB signal extender cables.
We used them for up to 100 ft or as short as 20 ft. They have yet to fail. We put in over 100 over the years in different situations. There less expensive than purchasing USB signal extender cables.
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