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Cisco 1700 Router Hardware Installation Guide
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Appendix B Cabling Specifications
Ethernet Network Cabling Guidelines
Table B-2 describes some guidelines for creating Ethernet networks. Figures
might vary, depending on the manufacturer of the network equipment.
Table B-2 Ethernet Cabling Guidelines
Console Cable and Adapters
A console cable kit is provided with your router. Use this kit when connecting
your router to a PC or terminal.
The console cable kit contains:
• RJ-45-to-RJ-45 console cable (blue)
• RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter (gray)
Table B-3 describes the wiring for the console port, the console cable, and the
included adapters. This table also includes pinouts for an RJ-45-to-DB-25
adapter. Figure B-1 illustrates how to identify the console cable, which is also
referred to as a rollover cable.
Specification 10BaseT 100BaseTX
Maximum segment length 100 meters 100 meters
Maximum number of segments per
network
5 • With Class I repeaters: 1
• With Class II repeaters: 2
Maximum hop count
1
4 • With Class I repeaters: none
• With Class II repeaters: 1
Maximum number of nodes per
segment
1024 1024
Cable type required UTP
Category 3, 4, or 5
UTP Category 5 or STP
1.Hop count = Routing metric used to measure the distance between a source and a destination.