AAUI to Ethernet vs. AUI to Ethernet tranceiver?

Hi all, I have a question concerning trancievers
with my cisco 25xx routers. In order for me to
connect the ethernet ports to them I of course need
tranceivers. My question is can I use some of the
old style Mac cables vs. buying new little tranceivers.

see examples below.....


If you are unsure of what I am talking about look at links here:
AAUI to Ethernet tranceiver:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73320&item=5759379574

AUI to Ethernet tranceiver:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73320&item=5757088955


Thanks in advance,
- Jay

 

According to this web page, the AAUI has a different pinout and
probably a different connector, so it would not work.

http://www.hardwarebook.net/cable/network/aaui2aui.html

www . hardwarebook.net/cable/network/aaui2aui . html

You should be able to find the little tranceivers cheaper than that.

 

JXM2119 <jxm2119_AT_rochester.rr.com@> writes:
>Hi all, I have a question concerning trancievers
>with my cisco 25xx routers. In order for me to
>connect the ethernet ports to them I of course need
>tranceivers. My question is can I use some of the
>old style Mac cables vs. buying new little tranceivers.

>see examples below.....


No, Mac is AAUI, which are tiny little things compared to AUI. Same
idea, same execution, just a different connector. You'll spend way
more than $10 to get some sort of adaptor (if one even exists) from
AAUI to AUI that the Cisco has.

But, the 2nd link you posted to the AUI transceiver will work just
fine. I've used those particular models way in the past.