[PLUG] Minicom & Cisco Routers

[Charlie Schluting]

Jason R. Martin wrote:

>>And to mention something I saw earlier.. there's no special cisco
>>cables. Some devices require a nullmodem cable, but that's not special.
>>if you have serial->cat5 converters, the easy thing to do is check to
>>see if it says "console" or "terminal."
> 
> 
> I think the "special cisco cable" referred to was a rollover cable,
> which is used on newer Ciscos instead of a DB9 connector.  Rollover
> cables ARE different than cat5 straight-through cables.


That's what I was referring to. I know you can use normal adapters with 
a crossover cat5 cable too :)

Most newer cisco's use a RJ45 connector that take a regular patch cable 
and "terminal" serial adapter, or the other with a crossover cable. It's 
all dependant on what the device think it is in terms of serial 
communication: a modem or a terminal.

-Charlie