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CNRC INTEREST Lab Hardware
- Routers
- 3 CISCO 7500 series routers
- 2 CISCO 2500 series routers
- Switches
- 1 INTEL Express 510T Switch
- Hubs
- 1 FDDI Concentrator
- 1 AT&T StarLAN 10 Network Hub
- Wireless access points and PC cards:
- 2 ORiNOCO AP-1000 Access Point
- 5 ORiNOCO PC Card (Gold Card)
- Workstations:
Routers
The routers are equipped with the following interfaces
| Cisco 7500 | 1 HSSI and 16 FSI | |
| Cisco 7500 | 1 HSSI and 16 FSI | |
| Cisco 7500 | 24 FSI |
In a DCE interface the rate can be set up using the command "clockrate" and the possible range is (bps): 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 56000, 64000, 72000, 125000, 148000, 500000, 800000, 1000000, 1300000, 2000000, or 4000000.
The serial ports use DB60 female connectors. Cisco cable CAB-V35MT converts this to a Male DTE V35 connector, while CAB-V35FC converts to a Female DCE V35 connector. One of each with the V35 ends connected together will allow you to build a back-to-back cable, but it costs about $200 from Cisco. Some vendors build a a special back-to-back cable that is a lot less expensive. There is a vendor that sells these cables in both 6FT and 3FT lengths. The 6FT length cables are $35 each. Here is the relevent info below. If you want more info on these serial connections, you can read the section of my masters degree project on wiring and cabling at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~curci/itl. There is also detailed explanation here how to configure some of the Cisco serial ports to emulate a frame-relay WAN that will allow you to create PVCs in software to interconnect the routers.
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Last updated by Henning Schulzrinne