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Additional Router Connections
Related Information
•
For information about starting a terminal session over the console port with Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X, or Linux, see the appendix
Starting a Router Terminal Session
.
•
For more information about this port, see the chapter
Router Hardware Description
.
Connecting the Serial Port
About
Before you connect a device to the router serial port (
Figure 6-4
), you need to know the following:
•
Type of device, data terminal equipment (DTE) or data communications equipment (DCE), you are
connecting to the synchronous serial interface
•
Type of connector, male or female, required to connect to the device
•
Signaling standard required by the device
These are the most common devices connected to the router serial ports:
Connecting
•
You must provide or purchase separately the correct serial cable. The cable does not ship with the
router. Contact your Cisco reseller to purchase the correct cable from Cisco.
•
You can connect a device to this port while the router is operating normally.
•
The serial ports are labeled
SER 1/1
and
SER 1/2
.
Related Information
For more information about this port, including supported standards and signaling, see the chapter
Router Hardware Description
.
Serial Device
Network Options
Network Encapsulation
(Framing)
Network Type
Asynchronous modem
Asynchronous
dial-up line
Point-to-Point (PPP)
Remote location to data center
Channel service
unit/data service unit
(CSU/DSU)
Synchronous
leased line
High-Level Data Link
Control (HDLC) or
PPP
Remote location to data center
Frame Relay
Frame Relay
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