Greetings,

I work in networking for a living and have always been interested in multiboxing WoW. I had an idea pop in my head after making a USB extender out of an ethernet cable (Cat5e). For those who don't know, an ethernet cable has 4 pairs of wires and USB has 2 pair. I was able to make a 50 foot dual USB extender. So I started thinking about hubs and usb broadcasting.

There are 3 types of network hubs:

1.) Passive hub. Repeats all signals (electrical only) through all ports. Does not regenerate signal.
2.) Active hub. Same as above, but has a power input to boost signal for longer distances.
3.) Intelligient (or Smart) Hub. Same as active, but can detect CRC errors (not what we need).

I was thinking of taking a 5 port (1 in, 4 out) active hub and making a bunch of USB->Ethernet cables to see if this would be an efficient way to broadcast a keyboard & mouse (ethernet can support 2 USB cables). Anyone ever try this?

Thanx for your time.