Is there such a thing as a wifi mouse?

[gotoPzero]

I have been using a wireless mouse for connecting to a remote device thats about 15m from the mouse.
It works ok 95% of the time.

But what I have found is that after about a year the mouse will die. I assume the radio burns out from being on max power for a long time.

I have had this happen 3 or 4 times.

So, as I have good wifi over my house is there such a thing as a wifi mouse?

As in will connect to my wifi network then connect to the device.

Or any other way to do it?

[Whoozit]

Is the remote device a computer, so you can remote into it? If so it may be the simplest solution.

[bobthemonkey]

Most options I can think of would mean you would need a (basic) local machine to connect to which would then allow you to control the remote device via some form of SSH/Remote Desktop.

Depending on how often you are using the remote machine, there are various apps that will let you use your phone as an input device - fine for occasional use, rubbish for anything approaching sustained usage!

What's the device - I'm guessing something like a RaspberryPi rather than having a full tower at the other end of the garden in the shed?

[gotoPzero]

Sorry I should have been more clear my fault - its a cctv DVR.

So currently the DVR sits in a cupboard in the top floor of my house. I have a USB extension cable that brings the mouse dongle further out so it can connect to the mouse - which is in the kitchen.

This then allows me to connect to the DVR and replay videos / change cameras etc on the main TV in the kitchen.

It does work great, until the mouse dies.

So I am looking for a better solution.

[gotoPzero]

I just realised that the above post might be even more confusing.

So it goes

DVR>USB cable>USB mouse dongle ...... big air gap......... USB mouse on my kitchen work top.


I use the USB cable to get the dongle just further away from all the IT kit in the cupboard so that it works. IYSWIM.

I think my best option might be to pull through a new CAT6 cable and do it that way but its 3 floors and a lot of faff will probably have to pull through a wall at least twice.

[FourWheelDrift]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extension-USB2-0-Active-R...

[gotoPzero]

Yep could defo do something like that as a last resort.

[silentbrown]

Bluetooth mouse should have much better range than the generic "wireless" ones, but your DVR might not support that.

[sgrimshaw]

For starters turn off the mouse when not in use.

Are you buying decent rodents?

MS or Logi last for years IME.

[Griffith4ever]

Just get a better mouse. The radio isn't "increasing power" and burning out. It's fixed power and Freq.

[Jakg]

There was such a thing - a WiFi direct mouse - but it never took off.

[craigjm]

If you have an android phone there is an app you can get that makes the phone into a WiFi touch mouse

[bobthemonkey]

Griffith4ever said:

Just get a better mouse. The radio isn't "increasing power" and burning out. It's fixed power and Freq.

A logitech mouse with the unifying (think it has a new name now) receiver should last years.

Very long USB extension cables can introduce some errors in extremes - so you could either go with a powered cable, or make sure there is a mains powered hub at the upstream end if you really wanted to cover yourself.