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Chapter 3 Installing the Router
Connecting to a Network
Connecting to the Console Port
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 the blue RJ-45-to-RJ-45 console cable and an RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter
(labeled TERMINAL) or the blue RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter cable. (See Figure 3-27.)
Figure 3-27 Connecting a Console Terminal
Step 2
Configure your terminal or PC terminal emulation software for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and
2 stop bits.
Note For information on console port pinouts, refer to the online document Cisco Modular Access Router
Cabling Specifications on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM that accompanied your
router.
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