WIC works with NIC?

hiddenknight821

I know I sound like a total noob, and I am. I have a question for you guys. I have two 2610 routers with 2 WIC T1 DSU/CSUs each. It has an RJ-45 connector with all 8 pins. I use two-pair crossover twisted pair. It was labeled as a T1 cable. One end follows the 568B standard with only the blue and orange pairs. The other end did not follow the standard at all, but the pairs switched place. I know I'm lazy to do more research, but I don't want to take up my time making myself going crazy if you guys have already done it and can provide me an answer. I know I can't use straight cable to connect the NIC on my PC to the WIC, and I am not sure if a cross-over would work either. What I'm trying to do is to have my 2610 connects to a cloud in GNS3 which would connect to a router's serial interface using the same module. I know this is crazy, but is it possible?

tiersten

You can't plug a T1 interface into an Ethernet interface if thats what you're asking. It may use a RJ45 plug but it doesn't mean they're the same type of interface.

LBC90805

tiersten wrote: »

You can't plug a T1 interface into an Ethernet interface if thats what you're asking. It may use a RJ45 plug but it doesn't mean they're the same type of interface.

Isn't that an RJ48 plug? Check it out.

alan2308

LBC90805 wrote: »

Isn't that an RJ48 plug? Check it out.

RJ45 and RJ48 are the same physical jack. The difference is how they're wired.

Difference Between RJ45 and RJ48 | Difference Between | RJ45 vs RJ48

tiersten

What alan2308 said. For short runs you can use a regular network patch cable. You should really use STP but it generally doesn't matter unless you're doing a really long run.

If you want to be pedantic then RJ45 in the networking world is a misnomer anyway as it doesn't follow the real RJ45 standard as that was for telephony use.