Recently I added a five metre USB line as part of trying to improve my system control and have the ability to run everything via one coms link from a distance.
This worked sort of ok for a five metre USB line to a powered USB Hub but was a bit of a handful to get all the Ports to connect every time and caused a lot of extra work plugging in and out to get thing to connect. Not good as a lot of time was lost setting up each time.
So I bought a new Black Box, a shiny new Black Box.
One of these.