Straight thru yes but you still need to use the correct pins. you have the pin 2-3 correct, also 3-2 and 7-5. On the DB25 you use 2,3 and 7, yellow, black and red.
Dave Black Jack wrote: > > I just acquired a 4000 router and can't get it to respond through the > console port. As usual in this case, I suspect I have a cable problem. I > thought I needed a straight through DB9-DB25 modem cable, but it doesn't > seem to work. I want to make sure I have the right cable before I start > chasing other possibilities. Is this in fact the right cable? I have > searched the archives and looked at several CCO links without a clear answer > (maybe I'm just not smart enough to understand what I'm reading :-)). What > I'd really like is something ultra-simple, like "db-25 pin2 to db-9 pin3" > and so on. Can anyone point that out to me? TIA. -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=53986&t=53981 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

