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Chapter 6
Making Network Connections
Related Information
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Connecting the Serial Port
About
Before you connect a device to the router serial port
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These are the most common devices connected to the router serial ports:
Serial Device
Asynchronous modem
Channel service
unit/data service unit
(CSU/DSU)
Connecting
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Related Information
For more information about this port, including supported standards and signaling, see the chapter
Router Hardware
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For information about starting a terminal session over the console port with Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X, or Linux, see the appendix
For more information about this port, see the chapter
Type of device, data terminal equipment (DTE) or data communications equipment (DCE), you are
connecting to the synchronous serial interface
Type of connector, male or female, required to connect to the device
Signaling standard required by the device
Network Options
Asynchronous
dial-up line
Synchronous
leased line
Frame Relay
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You must provide or purchase separately the correct serial cable. The cable does not ship with the
router. Contact your Cisco reseller to purchase the correct cable from Cisco.
You can connect a device to this port while the router is operating normally.
The serial ports are labeled SER 1/1 and SER 1/2.
Description.
Starting a Router Terminal
Router Hardware
(Figure
6-4), you need to know the following:
Network Encapsulation
(Framing)
Point-to-Point (PPP)
High-Level Data Link
Control (HDLC) or
PPP
Frame Relay
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Additional Router Connections
Session.
Description.
Network Type
Remote location to data center
Remote location to data center
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