Problems extending Keyboard & Mouse cable to 10M

[DJW]

Hi

Niavely bought 2 10M extension cables off EBAY for Mouse & Keyboard, but find it doesn't work. Is there a distance limit on cable for PS2 conenctions ? (Lights show on keyboard & mouse to prove connection)

Appreciate most people use remote keyboard & mouse, but this will not work for me as PC is on 1 side of deep fireplace with Amp, & screen / mouse / keyboard the other.

Any help appreciated . Am after cheap & cheerful solution.

Cheers Dave

[SeanT]

USB should do it.
Or a KVM switch to boost it?

[eviljohn2]

KVM switch may well do it, otherwise making sure that the wires don't go near any obvious sources of interference and perhaps adding some ferrite cores at the computer end.

I use this to switch between my 2 machines but it has a DC-in socket available so I don't see why it wouldn't be able to re-send the signal:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=46424

[lisag]

Its not cheap and cheerfull but the gyration mouse and keyboard works through walls!

[DJW]

Thanks for the advice

[nigel_williams]

Originally Posted by lisag

Its not cheap and cheerfull but the gyration mouse and keyboard works through walls!

Yep, got one yesterday and very impressed with it.