Cables

I'm conidering placing my Slink-e nearer my computer than my CD changer. To do this, I'm considering running CAT-5 cable for the S-Link and also the I/O lines off the parallel port. Is this practical? Will it work? I'm planning on using some of the SmartLinc BOB probes so they would need to work over those distances as well. The distance is going to be 30 feet or less.

Part of the reason for this is that the wife is giving me aesthetic grief over having this contraption with all those wires sitting on top the CD changer. I thought I'd move it to my planed central wiring area. Only down side I see is giving up the built-in IR reciever.