How to creat Cisco console cable by yourself

1. Preparation

You should prepare the following two, as well as a Cisco and a console-terminal.

• RJ45-DSub9Pin Cable Changer (In=RJ45 Female, Out=DSub9Pin Female)

  As far as I know, you can buy it at the following shops for about 500 yen:

  • Jimbo-Shokai (Akiba, Tokyo, Japan)
  • Plathome (Akiba, Tokyo, Japan)

• Ethernet Category-5 straight cable

  Other category would be okay.

2. how to connect them

Please see the following picture. At least you must connect DSub9Pin's 2, 3, and 5 to the correct corresponding port on RJ45; others are optional.