From: Greg Ferro (gferro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Nov 10 2000 - 02:43:50 GMT-3
Hey Justin,
You need what is known as Type 3 Media Converters. These convert the 150
Ohm DB9 TR output to 100Ohm RJ45. Ask around and you might be lucky among
your customers and friends. Otherwise email me direct and I can point you
to a online store that sells them.
At 12:59 PM 10/11/2000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Sorry, I have no experience with physical token ring, so forgive if these
>are silly questions:
>
>I have access to equipment that has DB-9 style female Token Ring interfaces.
>I have a Catalyst 5500 Token Ring Switching Module that has 24 RJ-45 style
>Token Ring ports.
>
>I have cables that "look" like they convert from DB-9 to RJ-45, but I have
>had trouble getting the interfaces to initialise. Here I my configs:
>
>R1:
>
>int to0
> no shut
> ring-speed 16
>
>R2:
>
>int to0
> no shut
> ring-speed 16
>
>
>Catalyst:
>
>set tokenring mode 10/1-24 auto
>set vlan 1003 mode srt (this is the default TrCRF...)
>
>Can anybody help with a minimum configuration?
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Justin Menga MCSE+I CCNP CCSE ASE
>WAN Specialist
>Computerland New Zealand
>PO Box 3631, Auckland
>DDI: (+64) 9 360 4864 Mobile: (+64) 25 349 599
>mailto: justin.menga@computerland.co.nz
>
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