[geeks] QUESTION: RJ45 -> RS-232, using CAT5 cable

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 12:25:29AM -0400, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> " On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 07:34:19PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> " > However, don't you have some of the pins labeled backwards?
> " > For example, pin 2 is TX, 3 is RX, 4 is RTS, 5 is CTS, etc.
> " > It seems like you gave the pins of straight through, but the labels of
> " > null connection.
> " This is how it's listed in the back of the manual for the console 
> " server I've been using. 8-)
> tx on a dte is rx on a dce...

Yes, the pinouts I listed are for DCE.

Bill

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