User guide

3-26 Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Router User Guide
Connecting the Console Terminal and Modem
Connecting the Console Terminal and Modem
You use the console terminal for local administrative access to the router. You can connect
only a terminal to the console port. You can use the auxiliary port with a terminal or a
modem for remote access to the router.
Connecting to the Console Port
Take the following steps to connect a terminal (an ASCII terminal or a PC running terminal
emulation software) to the console port on the router:
Step 1 Connect the terminal using an RJ-45 roll-over cable and an RJ-45-to-DB-25 or
RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter. The adapters provided by Cisco Systems are labeled
Terminal. Other types of adapters are not included. (See Figure 3-26.)
Additional information on roll-over cable pinouts is provided in the appendix
“Cabling Specifications for the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers.”