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cisco switch catalyst 3500: console hookup is not giving me a network port light...
Hi, I have a cisco switch catalyst 3500 series that I found in an abondoned building we were cleaning..the thing starts up and if I hook up my internet and hook up a cable to my laptop to one of the ports I do not get internet but i can see the ip it used to have:: I think I need to change this to my ip but when I connect to the console port and to my laptop port I dont see any lights blinking...: is this port fried..???any ideas...
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how do you do that on windowsxp home.. I also have a freebsd lalptop, would that be easier to set...
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there is no serial port on this thing..below the console label there is a cat connection like for a network card..
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hey does this thing use a flat baby blue cable with a cat looking end?
The RJ-45 port IS a serial port (RS-232).
And yes, the flat cable is the console cable.
And yes, the flat cable is the console cable.
Yes, you plug in the RJ45 end into the cisco device, the serial end into your PC.
it looks like this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21PR60HW1ML._SL500_AA200_.jpg
it looks like this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21PR60HW1ML._SL500_AA200_.jpg
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I just realized after finding the wires that the serial connection on my laptop is also female and anyways the pin structure is different...: just as an aside..when I connect my network card to one of the 24 ports on this switch: the card tries to work wth what I think is the old ip for the switch..so my idea is I have to change this..which is why I am doing this in the first place...right?
Did you configure the serial port in your computer or terminal with these settings: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit; that is, set 9600, 8-N-1?