Is there a way to use wired peripherals wirelessly?

Dnovelta said:

I'm going home for the summer, and I want to take my Mac Mini with me because it's my primary gaming machine. I have a '08 15" Unibody MBP but it doesn't really handle my games well anymore, so I'd like to use my better machine.

My problem is that the TV that I'd be using as my monitor is quite far from where I'd be sitting. Is there any way to wirelessly use the wired peripherals I normally use (ie: keyboard and mouse).

I've looked into some wireless USB hubs, but I don't really feel like dropping that kind of money for something this trivial. I just want to know if there's a way I can do it cheaply, or for free.

I've looked around and thought maybe connecting to my Airport Express for internet and then plugging a USB hub into the AE and THEN plugging my keyboard and mouse into that would work, but I've come to the conclusion that it won't.

Is there any way to do this?

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osxx said:

The USB connection on the AE is for printer only.

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Dnovelta said:

Yeah, that's why I said after explaining my theory that it wouldn't work, but thanks for the confirmation.

Main reason I don't want to use a monitor lead (or basically, a really long HDMI cable) is I don't want to have cables all over the place. I'd rather have two bunches separate cables, rather than one long cable tracking across the room.

At the same time, I wanted to place the Mini near the TV, and the cable for my keyboard isn't long enough to reach the Mini - even if I use my own USB hub, it's still way to short.

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