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

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Tue May 29 23:25:29 CDT 2007


" 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...
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