The types of Ethernet cabling
There are different types of the Ethernet cabling used in networking. These are following-
1. Straight through Cable-
A Straight through cable has connectors on each end that are the same either the T568A orT568B standard and these are the 8 pins connector having the same colour code. The Straight through cable are use to connect-
Host to Switch or Hub
Route to Switch or Hub
In this types of cable, the connection of the pins on both end are-
Pin 1-Pin1
Pin2-Pin2
Pin3-Pin3
Pin6-Pin6
2. Crossover Cables-
In networking, the two devices communicate through a cable that directly connect them, the transmit terminal of one device need to be connect to the receiving terminal of the other device. The cable must be terminated so that the transmit pin at one end connect to the receiving pin and can receive the signal. To achieve this type of connection with a UTP cable, one end must be terminated as EIA/TIA T568A pinout and the other end terminated with T568B pinout.The crossover cable are use to connect the devices-
Switch to Switch
Hub to Hub
Host to Host
Hub to Switch
Router direct to Host
In this types of cable, the connection of pins on both end are-
Pin1-Pin3
Pin2-Pin6
Pin3-Pin 1
Pin6-Pin 2
3. Rollover Cable-
Although Rolled cable is not used to any Ethernet connection together, we can use a Rolled Ethernet cable to connect a host to a router console serial communication port.
We need Cisco router or switch to use this cable to connect PC running HyperTerminal to the Cisco hardware. Eight wires are used in this cable to connect serial devices although not all wires are used to send the information as Ethernet networking.
If we have the correct cable connection from the PC to the Cisco router or switch, we can start Hyper Terminal to create a console connection and configure the device as follow-
1. Open the Hyper Terminal and enter a name for the connection.
2. Choose the communication port that either COM1 OR COM2.
3. Set the port setting and after setting the port it should be connected to your Cisco device console port.