Cisco Systems 1900 Series Manual De Usuario

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Cisco 1900 Series Hardware Installation

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Chapter 4 Installing and Connecting the Router

Connecting to a Console Terminal or Modem

Step 2

Connect the end of the cable with the DB-9 connector (or USB Type-A) to the terminal or PC. If your
terminal or PC has a console port that does not accommodate a DB-9 connector, you must provide an
appropriate adapter for that port.

Step 3

To communicate with the router, start a terminal emulator application.

Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X

This procedure shows how to connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built in
OS X Terminal utility.

Procedure

Step 1

Use the Finder to go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

Step 2

Connect the OS X USB port to the router.

Step 3

Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number:

macbook:user$ cd /dev

macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/*usb*

crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21

DT-ullals-macbook:dev user$

Step 4

Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed:

macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600

Step 5

To disconnect the OS X USB console from the Terminal window, enter Ctrl-a followed by Ctrl-\.

Connecting to the Console Port with Linux

This procedure shows how to connect a Linux system USB port to the console using the built in Linux
Terminal utility.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the Linux Terminal window.

Step 2

Connect the Linux USB port to the router.

Step 3

Enter the following commands to find the Linux USB port number:

root@usb-suse# cd /dev

root@usb-suse /dev# ls -ltr *ACM*

crw-r--r-- 1 root root 188, 0 Jan 14 18:02 ttyACM0

root@usb-suse /dev#

Step 4

Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed:

root@usb-suse /dev# screen /dev/ttyACM0 9600