DTE Cable Question

thisisalex02

ok i currently have two 2503's a 3640 and a 1924 (useless). I have the transceivers for my routers but im a little confused on what the DTE cable is for... apparently to connect the routers..but can someone clarify how they are connected and how many cables i need and all that good stuff..thanks!!

kyle.tk

the DCE/DTE cables go between the ports labeled 'Serial' on the routers. I know the 2503's have 2 serial interfaces each. Look here for info on how to hook them up:
http://www.techexams.net/technotes/ccna/lab_hardware.shtml

-kyle

thisisalex02

ok so how many of these cables should i get.... Also whats the difference between the dte and dce cables. Thanks

kyle.tk

for what you have 3 would work. I got four 1ft cables off ebay for about $25.

for the dce thing, one end is the DCE and the other is the DTE. On the router that is the DTE end you must configure the clockrate for the link.

-kyle

thisisalex02

kyle.tk wrote:

the DCE/DTE cables go between the ports labeled 'Serial' on the routers. I know the 2503's have 2 serial interfaces each. Look here for info on how to hook them up:
http://www.techexams.net/technotes/ccna/lab_hardware.shtml

-kyle

Ok im looking at two different kinds of cables now... in the diagram the dte and dce are two seperate cables. On ebay i see a 3ft high-density dce/dte db60 crossover cable. This is only one cable..so do i get this one.. or do i get the two seperate as illustrated in the diagram.

darkuser

this might help

http://www.wrhs.net/messages_from_staff/greencisco/ccna1_ver3_study_guides/en_CCNA1_SLM_v31.pdf

kyle.tk

Yes the 1 piece crossover cable will work fine.

johnnynodough

I buy my cables from this guy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/5FT-Back-to-Back-DCE-DTE-DB60-Crossover-Cable-Cisco_W0QQitemZ5805572693QQcategoryZ3704QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

johnnynodough

Also, what are the serial connections on the 3640? I you have a WIC-2T you will need a smart serial cable to DB60 to connect to your 2503.

thisisalex02

my 3640 has a wic 1t. its currently the dce and my 2503 is the dte. so now i have to set the clockrate on the 3640 ?