Length of USB extender cables

[Daniel Feenberg]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> My wife has a TV tuner for he laptop, and she would like a longer USB
> cable. Currently her cable is either 2 or 3 feet. If I get a 6 ft or
> 10ft extender cable, would that cause problems with the tuner, or should
> I get an "active" cable? My gut feel is that a 6ft cable would work
> fine, but I'm not sure if a longer cable would cause problems or not.

I have used a 10" extender on a 6" cable with no problems. I understand 
you can't go much further than that, but have no experience trying.

Daniel Feenberg

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