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My 2524 came without a serial WAN port ( no doubt I can buy it too on
ebay) , and I want to play connection and routing games between it and my
1600.
I 'm on both routers with console cables from 2 different PC's. With a
cross over cable I can ping one router from another via their ethernet ports
, and I suppose I can next try pinging a computer on the LAN (from this
console connection to the 1600 to a PC on the hub ) but I was wondering
....Can one use console ports to connect routers ? Get on one router via
ethernet and then just use this cross over cable between console ports ?

"J Bard" <> wrote in message
news:H75Hb.2168$ nk.net...
> My 2524 came without a serial WAN port ( no doubt I can buy it too
on
> ebay) , and I want to play connection and routing games between it and my
> 1600.
> I 'm on both routers with console cables from 2 different PC's. With a
> cross over cable I can ping one router from another via their ethernet
ports
> , and I suppose I can next try pinging a computer on the LAN (from this
> console connection to the 1600 to a PC on the hub ) but I was wondering
> ...Can one use console ports to connect routers ? Get on one router via
> ethernet and then just use this cross over cable between console ports ?
>

Theoretically yes, because they are more or less serial connector. There's
an issue about flow control (you can not expect decent speed).

Ivan

I haven't tried this yet but found it on the web...

Below is working config for AUX-to-AUX dialup using rollover cable. R1 can
call R3 using these configs This came from: Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210
(R&S)(ISP/Dial) CCSI #98640 of 5G Networks, Inc. He posted it on
Groupstudy.

Take a rollover cable and run it from the AUX port of one router to the AUX
port of another. This script simulates DDR over the PSTN and gives you a
chance to study DDR, backup connections, and routing protocols over DDR
without having to buy a simulator or an extra line.




R1#wr t
Building configuration...
Current configuration:
!
version 12.0
hostname R1
!
username R3 password 0 cisco
chat-script virtualmodem " "
!
interface Async1
no ip address
no ip directed-broadcast
encapsulation ppp
no ip route-cache
no ip mroute-cache
dialer in-band
dialer pool-member 1
async default routing
async dynamic routing
async mode dedicated
no peer default ip address
no fair-queue
ppp authentication chap
!
interface Dialer0
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
no ip directed-broadcast
encapsulation ppp
dialer remote-name R3
dialer string 5551212
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.254
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
!
line aux 0
exec-timeout 0 0
script dialer virtualmodem
modem Host
transport input all
speed 38400
flowcontrol hardware
!
end



R3#wr t
Building configuration...
Current configuration:
!
version 12.0
!
hostname R3
!
username R1 password 0 cisco
chat-script virtualmodem " "
!
interface Dialer0
ip address 172.16.1.3 255.255.255.0
no ip directed-broadcast
encapsulation ppp
dialer remote-name R1
dialer string 5551212
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap
!
ip classless
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
!
line aux 0
exec-timeout 0 0
script dialer virtualmodem
modem Dialin
transport input all
speed 38400
flowcontrol hardware
!
end
R3#

"J Bard" <> wrote in message
news:H75Hb.2168$ nk.net...
> My 2524 came without a serial WAN port ( no doubt I can buy it too
on
> ebay) , and I want to play connection and routing games between it and my
> 1600.
> I 'm on both routers with console cables from 2 different PC's. With a
> cross over cable I can ping one router from another via their ethernet
ports
> , and I suppose I can next try pinging a computer on the LAN (from this
> console connection to the 1600 to a PC on the hub ) but I was wondering
> ...Can one use console ports to connect routers ? Get on one router via
> ethernet and then just use this cross over cable between console ports ?
>
>

In article <J8oHb.2$hj4.0@fe01>, News Account <> wrote:
:I haven't tried this yet but found it on the web...

:Below is working config for AUX-to-AUX dialup using rollover cable. R1 can
:call R3 using these configs This came from: Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210
R&S)(ISP/Dial) CCSI #98640 of 5G Networks, Inc. He posted it on
:Groupstudy.

Yeah, but that's the AUX ports. I would be quite surprised if you
were able to set up the console ports to route. Sure, they are
serial connections, but I don't think IOS allows it to be
configured that way.
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Worth a try!

"Walter Roberson" <> wrote in message
news:bsl4s6$kk9$...
> In article <J8oHb.2$hj4.0@fe01>, News Account <> wrote:
> :I haven't tried this yet but found it on the web...
>
> :Below is working config for AUX-to-AUX dialup using rollover cable. R1
can
> :call R3 using these configs This came from: Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210
> R&S)(ISP/Dial) CCSI #98640 of 5G Networks, Inc. He posted it on
> :Groupstudy.
>
> Yeah, but that's the AUX ports. I would be quite surprised if you
> were able to set up the console ports to route. Sure, they are
> serial connections, but I don't think IOS allows it to be
> configured that way.
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