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Cisco 2600 Series Routers Hardware Installation Guide
OL-2171-02
Chapter 3 Installing the Router
Connecting to a Network
Warning
Do not work on the system, or connect or disconnect cables during periods of lightning activity.
To see translations of the warnings that appear in this publication, refer to the
Regulatory
Compliance and Safety Information
document that accompanied this device.
To connect your router to a network, connect the Ethernet or Token Ring port to a hub or directly to a
switch such as a Cisco Catalyst 3900. (See
Figure 3-24
or
Figure 3-25
.)
Table 3-2
Cable Connections for the Cisco 2600 Series Routers
Port or Connection
Port Type, Color
Connected To:
Cable
Ethernet
RJ-45, yellow
Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch
Straight-through Ethernet
T1/E1 WAN
RJ-48C/CA81A,
light green
T1 or E1 network
RJ-48 T1
Cisco serial
60-pin D-sub
CSU/DSU and serial network or
equipment
Cisco serial transition cable that matches the
signaling protocol (EIA/TIA-232,
EIA/TIA-449, V.35, X.21, or EIA-530)
and the serial port operating mode (DTE or
DCE).
See the Cisco Modular Access Router Cable
Specifications for information about selecting
these cables.
Cisco Smart serial
Cisco Smart
compact connector
CSU/DSU and serial network or
equipment
For WIC-2T and WIC-2A/S only
DSL
RJ-11C/CA11A,
lavender
Network demarcation device for
service provider’s DSL interface
RJ-11
T1 digital voice
RJ-48C/CA81A,
black
Digital PBX
RJ-48 T1 cable
Analog voice FXS
RJ-11, gray
Telephone, fax
RJ-11
Analog voice FXO
RJ-11, pink
Central office, analog PBX
RJ-11
Analog voice E&M
RJ-11, brown
Analog PBX
RJ-11
BRI S/T WAN
(external NT1)
RJ-48C/CA81A,
orange
NT1 device or private integrated
network exchange (PINX)
RJ-48
BRI U WAN
(built-in NT1)
RJ-49C/CA11A,
orange
ISDN network
RJ-49
CT1/PRI
T1
External T1 CSU
DB-15 T1 serial cable
CT1/PRI-CSU
T1
RJ-48C/CA81A interface
RJ-48 straight-through
CE1/PRI
E1
E1 network
DB-15 to BNC, DB-15 to DB-15,
DB-15 to twinax, or DB-15 to RJ-45
Token Ring
UTP, purple
STP, purple
Token Ring device
RJ-45 Token Ring cable
56/64-kbps
DSU/CSU
8-pin modular
RJ-48S interface
RJ-48 straight-through