Hm. So, USB-C spec explicitly forbids USB-C extension cables, for good reason; signal integrity for USB 3.0 SS is hard, and so is for the DP/HDMI alternative modes. Adding a working extension cable has the potential to lead to hard-to-debug intermittent failures, or just complete failure to operate. A simple way to twist wires: connect the two wires making a long wire. twist the wire using an electrical drill. put the wires parallel keeping the wires taut. let them twist together. It is also possible to twist the two wires independently in the same direction, before letting them twist together. Yes, there are no longer cables than 2 meters. And yes, you can extend your cable using a dock with daisy-chaining functionality. This will add £200 cost to the solution though unless dock is used for other tasks too. Also with a longer cable, you lose potential speed (Drobo filled with HDD would perform anyway around 10Gb/s, SSD would be faster). You can connect an external monitor to mirror or extend your laptop’s display through the Thunderbolt 3/USB-C port. How you do it depends on the jacks on the monitor you want to use. The USB C cable length limit differs depending on transfer speed and power output. A 4-meter USB C cable gives you 480 Mbps transfer speeds. However, you can get a 3-meter Gen 1 USB C 3.1 cable with 5 Gbps transfer capability or a much shorter 1-meter 3.1 Gen 2 USB C cable with 10 Gbps transfer and up to 100W power output. Yes you can. You can create your own cables, or buy premade ones. I dont believe you can get the 198 feet they advertise, but I have seen self made extenders that run 25 feet. I see the ones in your link are USB 1.x, which won't work too well for a hard drive due to the low bandwidth. e3nk. Like the name suggests, the Anker USB-C Unibody Aluminum Portable Adapter is composed of an aluminum body. It feels rather sturdy in your hands without being hefty. The adapter sits at 2.3 x 1 x 0.7-inches, while weighing as little as an ounce. The attached USB-C cable adapter runs about 2-inches past that 2.3” length. 2. USB is limited in the length of wire it can drive. The maximum length is fixed by the standard at 16 feet (5 meters). So adding extension cables to get a cable more than 5 meters long will not work. What you can do is to use a repeater cable, which has a repeater at the end. USB 2.0 cables can be extended out to a length of 30 meters, or just over 98 feet. USB 3.0 and 3.1 cables, on the other hand, can only be extended to 18 meters (about 59 feet). This assumes that the initial cable is an active cable. If it’s not, the maximum length of USB 2.0 drops to 25 meters, or about 82 feet. On your main PC, use the Windows Key + P shortcut to open your PC's display projection settings. Select Extend from the options list, allowing you to use your laptop as a second monitor when you Built-In Signal Booster for Peak Performance. Just connect the active cable's USB-C plug to your computer's USB port and the USB-A female connector to a USB device cable to extend your total connection beyond USB's natural 16.4-foot limit. The bus-powered signal booster ensures USB 3.1 Gen 1 data transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps with no signal loss. So you're thinking of using a longer USB C extension cable to extend the hub, but the hub's USB port doesn't work unless you remove the extension cable. This is because an extension cable that is too long can cause signal loss. USB connections have a length limit, beyond which they may not work properly.

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