The USB standard calls for a maximum range of 5 m, but you can stretch this useful protocol to over 100 m with standard UTP cabling or as much as 500 m with fiber cable. This is made possible with the new Ulinx USB extender.

Ulinx USB extenders are composed of two separate units, the local extender and the remote extender. You supply up to 100 m of Cat 5 cable or 500 m of fiber-optic cable to connect the modules.

Copper media models for USB Type 1.1 with ranges of 50 and 100 m are available. A 50-m version for USB Type 2.0 is also available. If fiber optic is your media of choice, there are 10- and 500-m versions available.

Pricing for the Ulinx models starts at $109.95.

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