Houston Chronicle

What Type of Connector Is Used to Connect a PC Running Hyperterminal to a Router Console Port?

Connecting a computer running HyperTerminal emulator software to the console port of a router lets you access router information and modify settings without using the device's Web-based configuration ...
Ars Technica

Cisco Router: How could the console port bitrate change during password recovery?

During an important WAN class project, I ended up with a passworded router. I started to perform password recovery by booting into ROMMON. I typed the following commands:<BR><BR>confreg 0x2142 ...
Ars Technica

connecting a router to a router via the aux and console ports

We are trying to configure a remote router by hooking it up to the production router (to establish a connection to it). The connection will work like this:<P>production router ---aux port to ...
Computerworld

Hacking the Cable Modem: Building A Console Cable

The device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...