Cisco Systems MWR 1900 manual Identifying a Rollover Cable, Console Port

Chapter 3 Installing the Router

Connecting the Console Terminal and Modem

These ports provide administrative access to your router either locally (with a console terminal) or remotely (with a modem).

Identifying a Rollover Cable

Use a rollover cable to connect to the asynchronous serial console and auxiliary ports. You can identify

arollover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the cable. Holding 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 3-2.) If your cable came from Cisco, pin 1 will be white on one connector, and pin 8 will be white on the other (a rollover cable reverses pins 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5).

Figure 3-2 Identifying a Rollover Cable

Pin 1 and pin 8 should be the same color

Pin 1 Pin 8

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Console Port

Take the following steps to connect a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software to the console port on the router:

Step 1 Connect the terminal using an RJ-45 rollover cable and an RJ-45-to-DB-25 or RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter (labeled TERMINAL).

Note The RJ-45-to-DB-25 adapter (Cisco part number 29-0810-01) can be purchased from Cisco.

Step 2 Configure your terminal or terminal emulation software for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 2 stop bits.

Cisco MWR 1900 Mobile Wireless Edge Router Hardware Installation Guide

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