Network USB adapter uses.

[overlord20]

Okay so this is what is going down. My TV, Xbox360 and PS3 are in a different room then my PC. I am thinking of getting a BlitzBox B1 or HD for capturing game play footage. USB max cord length as I have read stands at about 15' correct? My printer is on the other side of the room and I am stretching a cord across the wall currently and I am not going to lie, its ugly. I already have a network cable going into the other room.

What if I hooked my switch up, connected a USB Network Hub (Belkin : Network USB Hub) up. THe BlitzBox connects via USB to the computer, So I would hook the blitzbox to the network hub and then I would play my games on my big screen, and capture in the other room on my gaming rig. (Home server isn't working or able to capture and I don't want to use my netbook. or build another computer).

So text diagram time. Modem>Wireless Router>(1)PC (2)Switch>USB Network Hub>(1)Printer and (2)BlitzBox

Would it work?

BlitzBox B1
BlitzBox HD
Belkin Network USB Hub

 

[Slaymate]

It might but I really don't think it will. The routers firmware allows it to deal with components it can recognize. It can recognize a printer but it doesn't know what kind of printer it is, so it sends a signal to your PC that says I found a printer do you want to set it up. And your router can probably deal with a web camera and a flash drive but I'm not sure about a BlitzBox.

 

[overlord20]

It is to my understanding though that the BlitzBox just feeds video signal to a computer through USB. Can that video signal not be transferred from USB to Cat5?

 

[Slaymate]

Does the BlitzBox come with a Driver CD?

Here are the devices the Belkin Network USB Hub will support

Share up to 5 devices: multi-function printers, media readers, digital cameras and scanner on your network

Back up and access data from networked attached storage (NAS) devices

Play music from an MP3 player connected to a USB dock (using USB speakers)

The industry's first reliable print server: Network USB Hub makes your computer think that printers and other devices on the network are directly attached to the computer.

Works with existing wireless network— wireless router NOT included

 

[overlord20]

Yes it does need drivers.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Personally I don't think it'd work. The drivers for the BlitzBox were never designed to work though an ethernet connection, so I have my doubts that the PC would be able to detect the box over the network.

 

[overlord20]

I am trying to think of every way possible to do this without buying the Blitzbox air or moving my computer.. I highly doubt my netbook is able to capture it and my server pc is nearly the same specs.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

Pity you live so far away from me I built a wireless USB extender a little while ago. Would've worked **** good for what you want.
Meh, if you haven't found anything else in a month or so I can send it over

 

[overlord20]

You built one?? Send me the specs.. My dad didn't teach me electrical for nothing.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

kk. I wrote the driver in a weird variant of C I learned in college, hope you know how to compile onto a PIC

Pretty simple stuff. All I did was get two transceivers and write my own specification for communication between them. Then a PIC on either end handles encoding/decoding to USB spec.
The only problem is the tranceivers cost a pretty penny gotta be **** fast.