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Console Port Pin Assignments
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2.
Reduce the number of connectors used in the link.
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Reconnect some of the connectors in the link.
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The RJ-45 console port on the front panel of the access point is used to
connect to the access point for out-of-band console configuration to a DB-9
connector on a PC. The command-line configuration program can be
accessed from a terminal, or a PC running a terminal emulation program.
The pin assignments and cable wiring used to connect to the console port
are provided in the following table.
Figure 63: DB-9 Connector
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Table 34: 10/100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X Port Pinouts
PIN a
a. The left hand column pin assignments are for the male DB-9 connector on the access
point. Pin 3 (TXD or “transmit data”) must emerge on the management console’s end
of the connection as RXD (“receive data”).
MDI Signal Name MDI-X Signal Name
2 RXD <---------RXD ------------ 3 TxD
3 TXD -----------TXD ----------> 2 RxD
5 SGND -----------SGND ---------- 5 SGND
1 5
6 9