[NTLUG:Discuss] Cisco 'Rollover' (console) cable?

[Darin W. Smith]

>From a cisco web page (obtained by googling for "cisco rollover cable"):

Identifying a Rollover Cable

You can identify a rollover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the 
cable. Hold the cables side-by-side, with the tab at the back. The wire 
connected to the pin on the outside of the left plug should be the same 
color as the wire connected to the pin on the outside of the right plug. 
(See Figure B-5.) If your cable came from Cisco Systems, pin 1 is white on 
one connector, and pin 8 is white on the other (a rollover cable reverses 
pins 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5).

So, why not get out a length of Cat5 cable, 2 RJ45 plugs, and your crimpers 
and make one?  It should just go:

   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

Should be easy to build.

D!


On Fri, 30 May 2003 08:31:11 -0500, Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:

> Stuart Johnston wrote:
>> Sorry that this post is not exactly Linux related but I didn't know 
>> where else to ask.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can find a rollover cable to connect to the 
>> console port of a Cisco router?  Cheap would be good.  I've tried 
>> MicroCenter with no luck.  A search on the internet only returned a few 
>> expensive options.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stuart Johnston
>
>
> Tanner's (Carrollton) has just about any cable you'd ever imagine 
> possible.  If they don't have it I think you can get em to make you one.
>



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