How to move computer CPU 30' away - 2 x DVI monitor cabling?

Started by shamca on 30 November 2010. 3 replies, 2010–2011.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 15323.

shamca30 November 2010#1

Does anyone know of a good way to get my mac pro 30' away in another room? The firewire and USB I can figure out, but has anyone found a good dual monitor dvi cable? Or wireless? Thanks, Shaun

lilith_envy30 November 2010#2

just run two DVI cables. 20meters will do no harm.

Aaronw17 January 2011#3

If you can't find DVI cables that long, you can use HDMI cables w/ adapters on each end. Another option these days, is to use a Balun on each end and use Cat5 cable between.

shamca18 January 2011#4

I solved it by picking up 2 ioLogic DVI over cat5 adaptors. Worked like a charm out of the box. Total cost for both sets was about $100. There were also some VGA 'terminator' plugs I planned to check out, but ran out of time. Apparently they let you use dual monitors while using screen sharing.