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Connecting the console cable and setting terminal
parameters
Connecting the console cable
CAUTION:
The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping. To connect a PC to an operating router, first
connect the PC end. To disconnect a PC from an operating router, first disconnect the router end.
To connect the console cable:
1.
Select a configuration terminal, which can be an ASCII terminal with an RS232 serial port or a
PC. (A PC is more commonly used.)
2.
Connect the DB-9 connector (female) of the console cable to the RS-232 serial port on the
configuration terminal and the RJ-45 connector to the console port of the router.
NOTE:
If the configuration terminal does not have an RS-232 serial port, a serial adapter is required to
connect the console cable to a USB port on the terminal.
Figure 14 Connecting the console cable
Setting configuration terminal parameters
To access the device through the console port, you must run a terminal emulator program
(HyperTerminal, PuTTY, or Tera Term) on the configuration terminal. For information about using a
terminal emulator program, see the program's user guide.
The following are the required terminal settings:
•
Baud
rate
—9600.
•
Data
bits
—8.
•
Stop
bits
—1.
•
Parity
—none.
•
Flow
control
—none.