From: Thomas Larus (tlarus@xxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 13:19:20 GMT-3
That's "hermaphrodite," meaning male and female at the same time.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
jonatale@earthlink.net
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:47 PM
To: Pat Talbot
Cc: kym blair; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Token Ring cabling question
aka "hermaphadic" or "ugly" connectors
Pat Talbot wrote:
> The 8228 connector is a UDC connector or 'universal data connector'
that is
> a square looking connector with 4 flat contacts in the head of the
> connector. On the other end is a DB9 connector.
>
> There is a drawing of one of these cables at:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5507/0735614563-07.gif
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Pat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kym blair <kymblair@hotmail.com>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:15 AM
> Subject: RE: Token Ring cabling question
>
> > I'm not familiar with IBM MAU model 8228 (I have Synoptics token
ring
> hub),
> > but on the 2513 and 2502 you don't use a standard DB9-RJ45 hood; you
need
> a
> > "MEDIA FILTER" which looks almost the same (male DB9 but only pins
> 1,5,6,9),
> > but has resistors for token ring. You can find MEDIA FILTERS on
eBay for
> > less than $10. Some come with a Cat 5 cable wired in; others have
the
> RJ45
> > slot for a Cat 5 cable. The Cat 5 cable would be a
straight-through.
> >
> > HTH, Kym
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Ahmed Mamoor Amimi" <mamoor@ieee.org>
> > >Reply-To: "Ahmed Mamoor Amimi" <mamoor@ieee.org>
> > >To: "Cisco" <Cisco@rsd-tc.com>, <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > >Subject: RE: Token Ring cabling question
> > >Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:21:05 +0500
> > >
> > >enjoy the pin configuration below !
> > >
> > >A DB-9 connector uses four wires (two pairs) for token ring
networking:
> > >Pin 1 - Red - Receive +
> > >Pin 5 - Black - Transmit -
> > >Pin 6 - Green - Receive -
> > >Pin 9 - Orange - Transmit +
> > >
> > >A RJ-45 connector is an eight wire twisted pair cable:
> > >Pin 3 - Blue/White - Transmit -
> > >Pin 4 - White/Orange - Receive +
> > >Pin 5 - Orange/White - Receive -
> > >Pin 6 - White/Blue - Transmit +
> > >
> > >RJ45 DB9
> > >3 9
> > >4 6
> > >5 1
> > >6 5
> > >
> > >
> > >-Mamoor
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf
Of
> > >Cisco
> > >Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 3:24 AM
> > >To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > >Subject: Token Ring cabling question
> > >
> > >
> > >I have never used token ring so I apologize if this question is
rather
> > >simple.
> > >
> > >I have a 2502, 2513 and an IBM MAU model 8228. I did not buy the
black
> > >heavy
> > >cables with the MAU but I was able to find them on ebay today, of
course
> I
> > >had to purchase another MAU to get the cables. I understand these
cables
> > >have a RJ-45 connector on one end, is that correct?
> > >Now the routers being DB9 connectors, I have two little gizmo's
that are
> > >DB9
> > >to RJ45. I assume I can use a connector to connect the RJ45 from
the MAU
> to
> > >the RJ45 from the routers?
> > >
> > >I searched the archives and I did find something that sounded like
this
> > >would not be a problem but I wanted to make sure I was reading it
> correctly
> > >and if I needed different cables I was hoping to find out what
those
> would
> > >be so I could find some.
> > >
> > >TIA
> > >
> > >go
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