If you’re a network admin (of Cisco Networks) you probably have these
scattered all over the place; I have a few at home, one in my car, and
normally always have one in what ever bag I’m carrying all my junk in.
It seems that whenever you need to pull out one of the bad boys out in a
data closet there is no where with in reach of that cable to sit down.
I used to carry that cable along with a 10 foot serial cable that I
found to work between my USB -> serial adapter and my good ol’ Cisco
console cable. Problem is that i started to just have too much stuff
with me and I was getting sick of hauling around a bag full of cables;
then in walked the
5-in-1 network cable website.
I’m
still in the process of trying to get things working using the
suggestions on that site but started to think about another alternative.
I
took a serial to RJ-45 Cisco console cable and chopped most of it off
and wired a network jack on the end of it so I could then just have that
and use the Cat5e cable, that I would normally be carrying anyway with
my gear, to connect to the console port on whatever I was working on.
| T568-B Standard | Cisco Console Cable |
|---|
| Orange/White <===> | Black |
| Orange <===>
| Brown |
| Green/White <===> | Orange
|
| Blue <===> | Red |
| Blue/White <===> | Yellow |
| Green <===> | Green |
| Brown/White <===> | Blue |
| Brown <===> | Gray |
A buddy of mine, who also does this kind of stuff for a job, said,
“Same as Console Cable + RJ-45 coupler + Cat5 cable. Cool though!”. Yes
he is right, but I am always loosing my couplers, or using them on jobs
when jerkoffs don’t install things where you tell them and you have to
string 2 cables together to reach an access point while offsite in a
stinky farm building.
After my buddy made that comment, I made
another one that was just and RJ-45 end crimped on an inch from the
serial connector. So now I can use the precious coupler as well, either
way it has reduced some of the stuff I have to carry, now I just stash
one of these in the spots I used to stash regular Cisco console cables.
Well that’s about it… Have a good one…
No comments:
Post a Comment