From: Jake (jakeczyz@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 17:16:37 GMT-3
Maclcom,
What Kym said is true, but to make it simpler just know this:
With a standard DB25 to RJ45 connector or a DB9 to RJ45, one of the following c
ables will
always work: Straight, Cross-over, or Rolled.
I could be wrong, but at least from my experience, 2500 routers, and 5500 S
UP III's
are rolled. For my SUP II 5500 (DB25 adapter) I had to use a striaght through,
I believe.
The best approach is to have one of each cable around. If you're building a rac
k, you may
want to buy a crimp tool, some bulk cable, and RJ45 connectors. This is also a
good
learning experience.
HTH,
Jake
9102
--- kym blair <kymblair@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Malcolm,
>
> The 4500 will connect just like a 2500; of course, you need the hood to plug
> the RJ45 connector into.
>
> The different models of Cat 5500 supervisor cards require different cables.
> We use to have sup-I and sup-II at work and I'm pretty sure we used standard
> cables (either rollover or straight-thru, I forget which). We upgraded to
> sup-III and I had to build my own cable (found the pinout on the web). I
> built two: one to go from PC's COM1 to sup-III and one to go from
> 2511-octal-cable to sup-III. I may be able to dig up the pinout for you if
> you have a sup-III. What supervisor do you have?
>
> Kym
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Malcolm Price" <malcolm@lanbase.com>
> >Reply-To: "Malcolm Price" <malcolm@lanbase.com>
> >To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Subject: connecting a 2511 async port to a CAT5500 or a 4500
> >Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:57:51 +0100
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I was wondering if someone knew how to connect one of the async console
> >cables which comes out of the 2511 into a catalyst's console port (say 5500
> >series) or a 4500 console port?.
> >
> >The 2511 works great if you plug one of the 8 port cables into a 800, 1600,
> >2500, 2600 etc., but the Catalyst 5500 and 4500 uses a cat5 patch lead or
> >straight through rj45 cable. The others (800, 1600, 2500 etc) uses the flat
> >blue rollover type cables ?.
> >
> >Anyone have any ideas..?
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Malcolm
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