----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Moran" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: usb-cables longer than 5 meters... A repeater of some sort? > > I think you can use about 3 to 4 hubs in a cascade fashion... > > The signal degrades a bit each time, though. You start to lose transmission > speed as you add more hubs or repeaters. If you need to go further and hold > a high speed, try looking at another protocol. IEEE1394 might work for you. > > --Brendan This last is NOT true. USB is an all-or-nothing protocol, and if used within specs should always work at full rate. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body