Well, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that one of your cables has to dte, the other dce. The easiest way to accomplish this is buying a crossover cable from the sources already mentioned. I just picked up another 3 3 foot cables from kg2.com from an ebay auction for 48 bucks shipped.
Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Back to back Connection with 2 DTE Cables [7:48829] Muhammad Usman wrote: > > Hi Guys, > Well if I have 2 DTE Cables, say > the > Cab-232MT cables, and want to connect 2 routers back to back, > while > using an interface convertor in between the 2 cables, would it > work. Did > any body try that. What is the interface connector? If it does the cross-over between transmit and receive, it should work. My routers are connected with an ancient Black Box converter that does this. (It wouldn't have been my choice, but I inherited an ancient lab that already had these boxes.) Priscilla > Thanks all, > > > Muhammad Usman > Network Engineer > al Alamiah Electronics Co. > Network Section > www.alamiah.com.sa > Tel. : (+966-1) 477 0106 > Fax. : (+966-2) 477 7629 > Mob. : (+966-5) 301 4903 > P.O. Box 5954, Riyadh 11432 > Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. > > ~~The End-to-End Networkers~~ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48867&t=48829 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
