Cable for Serial to Serial WAN Emulation

control

Hi There,

I'm looking to purchase cables for my Serial to Serial connection between my routers and have a query.

Looking at the Technotes on here..

TechExams.Net CCNA LAB: The Hardware

I would need a V.35 DTE and and V.35 DCE cable which the interconnect and connect to the serial port.

I have seen another cable which seems to just connect to either side of the WIC-1t, and saves interconnecting 2 different cables.

CISCO WIC-2T SS CROSSOVER CABLE BACK TO BACK DCE/DTE on eBay (end time 22-Oct-10 09:02:41 BST)

Are these basically the same thing and do the same job?

Thanks

mikej412

For lab use it's usually just cheaper to get the back-to-back crossover cables. Plus you get less of the cable rat's nest effect.

What kind of Routers and WICs or NMs do you have? Those back to back smart serial cables will connect two WIC-2Ts -- but there are also DB60-DB60 or DB60-Smart Serial cables available if you any of the old DB60 serial ports.

control

mikej412 wrote: »

For lab use it's usually just cheaper to get the back-to-back crossover cables. Plus you get less of the cable rat's nest effect.

What kind of Routers and WICs or NMs do you have? Those back to back smart serial cables will connect two WIC-2Ts -- but there are also DB60-DB60 or DB60-Smart Serial cables available if you any of the old DB60 serial ports.

It will be the big DB60 connections I have so I'm guessing that cable is no use.
Are the WIC-2Ts just a card that allow for 2 WAN connections from the one card, and the WIC-1T just allows the one connection? Is the only difference, apart from the connector type?

BrizoH

control wrote: »

It will be the big DB60 connections I have so I'm guessing that cable is no use.
Are the WIC-2Ts just a card that allow for 2 WAN connections from the one card, and the WIC-1T just allows the one connection? Is the only difference, apart from the connector type?

Basically, yes - if both your routers have WIC-1T's you want to get a DB60 DCE/DTE crossover cable