The IEEE 1394 specification limits a single FireWire cable to 15 feet (4.5 meters). But you need to connect your FireWire cable peripherals over a longer distance. No problem. The OrangeLink FireWire Repeater has a built-in 1394 physical layer chip inside one of its connectors. This allows you to connect one Repeater to another Repeater, up to 236 feet from the original FireWire host system.