This USB 2.0 Active Repeater Cable can easily extend your USB cable up to 10 meters without signal loss. You can extend a USB cable up to 30 meters by cascading 3 of these cables without connection problems or data loss. Compared to a standard cable, this "active" cable buffers and regenerates signal to ensure maximum reliability and performance. The USB 2.0 repeater cable supports data transfer rates of up to 480Mbps and is fully backward compatible with USB 1.1 devices.