Connecting An Ethernet Device - Cisco 802 Installation And Configuration Manual

Connecting Cables to the Router

Connecting an Ethernet Device

This section describes how to connect a hub, server, PC, or workstation with a 10- or 10/100-Mbps
network interface card (NIC).
Before connecting an Ethernet device, you need to know the following:
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Always connect the yellow cable or Ethernet cable to the yellow ports on the router. Do not connect the
Caution
cable to an IDSL port or to a Network Termination 1 (NT1) device. Accidently connecting the cable to
the wrong port can damage your router.
Installing and Configuring Cisco 802 IDSL and Cisco 804 IDSL Routers
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Cisco provides one yellow cable to connect an Ethernet device. If you want to connect more than
one device, you must provide additional straight-through cables. See the Cisco 800 Series Routers
Hardware Installation Guide for straight-through cable specifications.
The TO HUB/TO PC button corresponds to the Ethernet port on Cisco 802 IDSL routers and to
Ethernet port 1 on Cisco 804 IDSL routers.
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