Phil M0OFX đ EMF đ 3699 on Nostr: I've reached the point where I'm sick of trying to find "the right RS232 cable for ...
I've reached the point where I'm sick of trying to find "the right RS232 cable for $thing". My idea was to make up a bunch of RJ45-to-DB9 or DB25 adapters to go from Cisco Console to $whatever, because those cables are ubiquitous.
It's a good idea but one thing annoys me: to do DTE<=>DTE (null modem) you need rollover cables. I'd never expect to find a rollover cable in a box of random RJ45 cables. Especially if it was made of cat5 (that should be a crossover or straight patch cable)
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