[olug] Terminal Settings for Catalyst Routers

[Dan Clough]

Good news.  I used the link you provided to make my own cable.  I went to
Radio Shack, got a D-Sub hood and pin set and chopped apart an old
straight-through Ethernet cable.  It works perfectly.

The one thing I never thought about was the fact that I was using the same
cable on every terminal.  >.<

Thanks for the input!

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Kevin Hinze
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:12 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Terminal Settings for Catalyst Routers

I used to make these Cisco console cables/adapters quite frequently. I
remember buying up all of Radio Shack's DB9 <-> RJ45 adapters. For all
the Cisco pinout fun, check out this page, if you haven't already:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/701/14.html



On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think the pinouts should be different, but then again, it is
> Cisco...
>
> Thanks for the offer, but I'll keep tinkering around and seeing what I can
> dig up.  I might take you up on your offer later.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Obi-Wan
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:58 AM
> To: olug at OLUG.ORG
> Subject: Re: [olug] Terminal Settings for Catalyst Routers
>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2008 03:31, Dan Clough wrote:
>>> I've got a Cisco Catalyst 4006 (Supervisor II) that doesn't want to play
>>> nice with any terminals I've hooked up to it.
>>
>> Are you using the Cisco "approved" terminal cable?
>
> I just asked our router guy here, and he confirmed that there is a
> special cable used for these.  They come with every router, but I'm
> betting you got yours used.  The new ones are baby blue cables with
> a female DB9 on one end and an RJ45 on the other end.  They use
> standard 9600-8N1 settings.
>
> I've got one of those cables sitting next to me that you can have
> if you want it.  I'm in Lincoln, so you'll either need to arrange
> transportation or pay for shipping.
>
> --
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Kevin Hinze
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