5 m USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable, Male to Female

USB 2.0 was specified for five metres of passive cable, and most five-metre cables quietly miss the spec. This one goes the other way: active electronics inside regenerate the signal so the full 5 m (16 ft) run still assures good signal quality and meets the USB specification — the distance between your USB peripheral and your hub or computer, extended honestly.

For longer reaches the segments chain: serially connecting up to 5 segments extends up to 25 m with no signal degradation — the documented topology of this repeater design. Connectors are USB 2.0 male to female, compliant with USB specification 2.0, driverless under Win98/2000/XP and Mac OS V9.0 or higher: plug in, the far port appears, the device behaves as if it were plugged into the case. The build is brand-new and quality-guaranteed per the factory listing — and the honest way to use an active lead is to treat it like one: keep the electronics end dry, away from heaters and off cable reels that coil power and data into the same loop.

Key features

• 5 m (16 ft) active USB 2.0 extension, male to female
• Signal regeneration — meets spec at full length
• Chainable: 5 segments reach up to 25 m
• No signal degradation across the run
• Win98/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.0+; no drivers

Specifications

An honest note on chaining: serial repeaters are a documented topology here, but bus power divides across segments — for powered devices at the far end, use a powered hub mid-chain rather than more repeaters.

Typical applications

• Printers and scanners across a room or office wall
• Classroom and boardroom camera reaches
• Long-run chaining to 25 m for remote USB gear

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