Yeah thats how I have it setup also. From what you are describing you are only interfacing cisco gear same as we are.
I never tried connecting a computer though. The part im unsure of is connecting a standard db9/rs232 device. I think its irrelevant whether the octal cable is rj45 or db25 as long as the pins patch up, but obviously we will need some kind of adapter I think either cisco console rj45 -> db9 female or cisco db25 -> db9 female? I am looking to see if people have been able to connect standard serial / non cisco devices and if so how they are adapting it chris On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Chris Marget <[email protected]> wrote: > All of my CAB-OCTAL-ASYNC cables land in a panel like this: > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HZI348/ > > From there, I connect to Cisco router consoles (and things wired like > them) with regular UTP patch cords. > > Connecting to the DE-9 port on a server can be accomplished with: > > - a modern Cisco console cable plus a rollover adapter > - a modern Cisco console cable with the end chopped off and re-crimped > upside-down (rollover) > - an old-school Cisco DE-9F <--> 8P8C adapter plus a UTP patch cord > > I'm sure that the DB-25 cable can be adapted to whatever you want, but > it's big and clunky. I wouldn't buy it if I was attaching to anything other > than 8-packs of external modems. > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
