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		paulmd on Sept 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thunderbolt, Displayport and Docks afaik most active fiber cables require power at both ends - I know the Corning TB3 active fiber cables work like this, I believe most of the displayport cables do as well. And that's because there's not a powered pair in there.

rssoconnor on Sept 5, 2022 [–]

Thanks, "Does not provide bus power" and upto 50 m (edit upto 100m). Sounds fantastic. Do you think you'd make wall ports out of them?

When searching for active cables, all I saw were 2m and providing 100 watts of power.

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