Network card for LaserJet

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri Jun 14 11:20:52 2002

At 12:12 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Curt Vendel wrote:
> Nearly all of the Cisco equipment have RJ45 console ports on them, even
>Radio shack sells DB25/RJ45 hook kits for making connectors.
> The great thing about the
>console ports on most devices is that they use standard straight run CAT5
>cables so you don't have to make up a custom one.

And if you're out junk hunting or raiding someone else's junk
closet, you might find a pile of the 9-pin and 25-pin to RJ-45
adapters that Cisco includes when you buy a router with a
console port. I hadn't thought about it that way, but is
this a handy source of alternatives to long serial cables?
If I use a cross-over cable, it is wired like a null modem?

- John
Received on Fri Jun 14 2002 - 11:20:52 BST