Re: Token Ring Cable

From: David Goldsmith (dgoldsmi@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 18:49:10 GMT-3


   
John,

I believe you need to cross 3 to 5 and 4 to 6. Just use a single rj45
connector one for RI and one RO...

If your connecting them together you won't need this.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

Dave G.

The UDC connector A DB-9 connector RJ-45
connector RJ-11 connector

 Red - Receive + Pin 1 - Red - Receive + Pin 3 - Blue/White
- Transmit - Pin 2 - Blue/White - Transmit -
 Green - Receive - Pin 5 - Black - Transmit - Pin 4 - White/Orange -
Receive + Pin 3 - White/Orange - Receive +
 Orange - Transmit + Pin 6 - Green - Receive - Pin 5 - Orange/White -
Receive - Pin 4 - Orange/White - Receive -
 Black - Transmit - Pin 9 - Orange - Transmit + Pin 6 - White/Blue -
Transmit + Pin 5 - White/Blue - Transmit +

Roger Wang wrote:

> I have two of those MAUs at home and I don't use any jumper from RI to RO.
> I use just a db9-to-type1 cable from the router to the MAU and it works
> fine. I heard from someone that sometimes MAU ports need to be "reset" when
> they get stuck (there's a tool that does that). You might wanna try a
> different port or cable and see if that's the case.
>
> Rog
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > John McCulley
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:17 PM
> > To: cliffstewart@go.com; jhmac2@hotmail.com
> > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Token Ring Cable
> >
> >
> > This is a TR MAU 8228NP. I'm do not have much experience
> > with TR but I believe that it does need a jumper from RI to RO.
> > I have 2 maus and 2 different routers causing the errors below:
> >
> > r3(config-if)#ring 16
> > r3(config-if)#no shut
> >
> > %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TokenRing0, changed state to initializing
> > r3(config-if)#
> > %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface TokenRing0, changed state to down
> > %TR-3-OPENFAIL: Unit 0, open failed: Phys. Insertion, ring beaconing
> > %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TokenRing0, changed state to initializingshut
> > r3(config-if)#
> >
> > John
> >
> > From: Cliff Stewart <cliffstewart@go.com>
> > To: John McCulley <jhmac2@hotmail.com>
> > CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Token Ring Cable
> > Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:57:24 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Why do you need that type of cable? Are you going from your Token
> > interface
> > to the hub? Just plug into ports 1 through 8, set ring speed (4
> > or 16) and
> > issue a no shut. You should see it initialize, then go up and up. I would
> > recommend having two hubs to simulate VLANs if a switch isn't
> > available for
> > your lab.
> >
> > -Cliff
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "John McCulley"<jhmac2@hotmail.com>
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Date: Wed Jul 19 09:13:49 PDT 2000
> > Subject: Token Ring Cable
> >
> > >I have an 8 port TR mau (rj45). I need a RI RO jumper>cable.
> > What is the
> > pinout on the jumper cable??
> > >
> > >John



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