Is his computer on the LAN? Can the computer be connected to over the
LAN? If so why not go that route?
On 03/24/2013 11:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
It is an old pc without a wireless card. I'll try a wireless usb stick
and if that doesn't work buy a wireless card..... unless someone is
willing to donate one :o)
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
USB by default can't run that far. If you want it hard wired with
USB, you will need to purchase a USB cable with inline repeaters.
They can get very expensive, especially with the length you are
talkng about, by the time you are done, it might be just as cheap
for him to buy his own printer.
Is there a reason he can't also connect onto the printer via wireless?
Brian Cluff
On 03/24/2013 12:08 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
the deal is that my brother's computer doesn't have wireless
so I need
to hardwire it to the printer. The cable needs to go across
the room (15
ft)- into a wall mount- out of the house- under the house (50
ft)- into
the house- out of a wall mount- to his computer (10 ft). WOW.
That is
longer than I thought. that's around 75 feet long in total.
hmmmmm....
I have an empty phone line (cat 3) there already could I use that?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Carruth, Rusty
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
1 - maybe, depends upon the printer.
2 - do you mean a computer into the printer, not a
printer? Then it
is possible to make a cat5 cable into a USB cable, but you
have to
change the connectors on the end to be USB - probably not
worth the
effort. If the printer has cat5 (what, RJ45?) jacks then just
connect it to your network, again assuming the printer can
do both.
(Mine can - probably can do all 3 but I have wireless
turned off
on it so use usb and network)
I've taken the liberty of adding 1 and 2 below.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
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<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of
Michael Havens
Sent: Sat 3/23/2013 4:05 PM
To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: usb cord
(1) I now run my printer wirelessly. can I also hard wire
a computer
into the
printer? I think so but I want to make sure.
(2) If you can hard wire a printer (I think you mean
computer, as I
said above)
into the printer as well can cat5 be used to make a usb cord?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
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