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Step 1, Console port blue console cable to pc or terminal – Cisco 1721 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation

Optional Installation Steps

To configure the router by using a PC, the PC must have some type of terminal
emulation software installed. The software should be configured with the
following parameters: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity bits, 1 stop bit. Refer to
the Cisco 1700 Router Software Configuration Guide that came with your router
for detailed information about configuring the router using Cisco IOS software.

Follow these steps to connect the router to a terminal or PC:

Step 1

Connect the blue console cable to the blue console port on the back of the router,
as shown in

Figure 2-5

.

Figure 2-5

Connecting the Console Cable to the Router

Step 2

Connect the DB-9 end of the console cable to the console port (also called the
serial port) on your PC. If this adapter does not fit your PC console port, you
must provide an adapter that fits.

SEE MANUAL BEFORE INSTALLATION

DSU

56K

CD

AL

LP

RD

TD

FDX

LINK

100

WIC0O

K

WIC1O

K

MOD OK

CONSOLE

AUX

Model
Cisco 1

721

10/100 ETHERNET

+5, +12, -12

VDC

65528

Console port

Blue console cable

To PC or terminal