Re: [PLUG] slightly OT, learning cisco, serial cable

Its not presumptuous: they come with every cisco device, we throw them out at work. I'm not near university city though. I'm sure someone near you works at a cisco shop.

They are cheap:
https://www.amazon.com/72-3383-01-Rollover-Console-Cable-Female/dp/B005S2KPPU

Or easy to make:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/1240/installation/guide/1240hig5/124h_e.pdf

minicom works great, BTW. good luck.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:

I am the proud new owner of a cisco switch and router that were up for grabs on this list. I got them so I can learn the os because I am always interested in learning new things. I also thought I'd let my girlfriend play around with it because she has some interest in networking. I googled how to connect to it and apparently you need a cable to connect the ethernet port to the serial port on your PC. If it's not to presumptuous is there anyone in the university city area that might have such a cable for cheap or for free?

Also, does anyone have suggestions on resources on learning more about this gear? I found some documentation on using minicom on ubuntu to connect so that will be my starting point. Thanks,

Michael Lazin

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