Sunday, May 23, 2010

Cables overview and WAN cable....

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Cisco routers will use serial cables for connecting using their serial interfaces (typically frame relay). In home labs, you may connect Cisco router seral interfaces directly with a DTE/DCE cable.

Crossover calbes are used to connect two like devices, typically two switches.

Rollover cables are used to connect a laptop's seral port to the router or swithch COnsole port.

Straightthrough cables are used to connect a PC to a switchport.

Watch the cable types and the cable lengths - any cable over 100 meters is cause for alarm.
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