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...
A shopper
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?
A shopper
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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
A shopper
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?
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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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Can this be used to send power over cat5? I don’t need data, just power to an outdoor camera.
Maximilian C
on Jan 28, 2023
BEST ANSWER: Hello,
Thank you for your inquiry. This device is not PoE capable.
Thank you for your inquiry. This device is not PoE capable.
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- Coty R Staff on Jun 27, 2023
BEST ANSWER: Hello,
Thank you for your inquiry. This device is not PoE capable.
Thank you for your inquiry. This device is not PoE capable.
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- Coty R Staff on Jun 27, 2023
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Does anyone know if this method will eliminate noise I get when connecting an audio mixer to the computer?
Michael C
on Feb 8, 2023
BEST ANSWER: If you are using unshielded CAT 5 or 6 cable, then there could be noise picked up by normal inductance. Usually we only run line level audio thru CAT cable but non-shielded cable gives us a hum or sometimes audio from other devices. These items work well for monitor and mouse extensions as well.
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- james e on Feb 9, 2023
- Purchased on Oct 14, 2022
BEST ANSWER: If you are using unshielded CAT 5 or 6 cable, then there could be noise picked up by normal inductance. Usually we only run line level audio thru CAT cable but non-shielded cable gives us a hum or sometimes audio from other devices. These items work well for monitor and mouse extensions as well.
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- james e on Feb 9, 2023
- Purchased on Oct 14, 2022
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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
Do you also have a USB 2.0 (480Mpbs) version of this USB over CAT-5 extender?
New User U
on Aug 10, 2021
Any idea if this will work to power a Wyze Cam? Just need to extend the usb power source a ways. Thank you.
Jesse C
on Aug 12, 2021
These are no longer working with our Windows 10 systems to print by USB to our printers. Is there a driver available to see if that fixes the issue? Windows just shows "A request for the USB device descriptor failed"
New User U
on Aug 18, 2021
Will I have able to plug a powered USB 2.0 hub into the other side of this? Need to hook up KB, Mouse, BT adapter and Xbox controller adapter.
A shopper
on Oct 5, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works Great with Video
Works over 90 feet with a 4K video stream!
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Rated 5 out of 5
The extender works very well.
We used 2 of these extenders and they work very well.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works like its supposed to
I connected this for use with a printer across the house. Connected each end of the extender to a Cat 6 cable. When I connected the USB to the computer, the computer immediately recognized the printer. Just works. Buy one if you need it
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Rated 5 out of 5
Worked great
Worked great. Thank you great product
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Rated 5 out of 5
USB Extender up to 150 Feet
Good quality, Good Company
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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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