From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dz5Dd-00063C-LJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:14:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6V4Ck6h001315; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:12:46 GMT Received: from mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.24]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6V49IvF010956 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:09:19 GMT Received: (qmail 25843 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2005 04:10:15 -0000 Received: from dsl027-182-150.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO chi.speakeasy.net) (rmsand@[216.27.182.150]) (envelope-sender ) by mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 31 Jul 2005 04:10:15 -0000 Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:10:14 -0700 From: Bob Sanders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] serial console Message-ID: <20050730211014.3f777adb@chi.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <1122765636.16952.5.camel@desktop> References: <1122765636.16952.5.camel@desktop> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4a (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 079843dd-658b-4c12-80a4-2d6216d2c03f X-Archives-Hash: 64c28def7543e8528eaaae95811ea3c0 On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:20:36 -0400 "David H. Askew" wrote: > I was looking around and found a Cisco console cable in a box of old > junk. It has, surprise surprise, RJ-45 on one side, and 9-pin serial on > the other. Would that work? > Maybe, but Cisco is known for having a "special" pinout. Best bet is to get a build-it-yourself RJ45 to DB9F adaptor - about US$2.90, and the associated pin pusher - cause you'll mess up a few times. you;ll need to figure out which pins are transmit and receive - 2, and 3 on the DB9 side. Also, note that different brands of RJ45 to DB9F connectors have different color codes for the wires. Typically you'll use 5 of the 8 wires, so best to create a map on paper. There is supposed to be the Yost standard, but certain folks do violate it at times - Cisco, Dell, etc. So you need to know the RS232 pinout of your system. Here are some pretty decent resources - http://www.ossmann.com/5-in-1.html http://yost.com/Computers/RJ45-serial/ Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list