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&gt;Is there anyway possible to connect with a network cable. Not knowing any info about the routers<br />
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Not really very likely.<br />
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You will need a serial port to establish a console connection.<br />
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Google &quot;USB serial adapter&quot;. You'll get tons of hits. Such as:<br />
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<a href="http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-232MINI.html" rel="ugc">http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-232MINI.html</a><br />
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And you will also need a console cable. You can buy or make them. Same thing, google &quot;cisco console cable&quot;<br />
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<a href="http://www.kame.net/~suz/cisco-cable.html" rel="ugc">http://www.kame.net/~suz/cisco-cable.html</a><br />
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-Don<br />

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>Is there anyway possible to connect with a network cable. Not knowing any info about the routers

Not really very likely.

You will need a serial port to establish a console connection.

Google "USB serial adapter". You'll get tons of hits. Such as:

http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-232MINI.html [http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-232MINI.html]

And you will also need a console cable. You can buy or make them. Same thing, google "cisco console cable"

http://www.kame.net/~suz/cisco-cable.html [http://www.kame.net/~suz/cisco-cable.html]

-Don


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I have several Cisco Routers that I have purchased, 3 2500 series and 3 4000 series. I already have my CCNA and am studying for my CCNP. I purchased these through Ebay. I have no console cable &nbsp;and my labtop does not have a serial port. Onlu USB ports, and my question is as follows. Is there anyway possible to connect with a network cable. Not knowing any info about the routers
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I have several Cisco Routers that I have purchased, 3 2500 series and 3 4000 series. I already have my CCNA and am studying for my CCNP. I purchased these through Ebay. I have no console cable  and my labtop does not have a serial port. Onlu USB ports, and my question is as follows. Is there anyway possible to connect with a network cable. Not knowing any info about the routers

Can I connect to a router with a network cable

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.