router's serial cable name???

[Microbyte]

can someone give me various name for cisco serial cable?
(router to router serial connection)
i'm trying to find them in e-bay.
are they all referring to same product?

cisco DB60 serial crossover cable
cisco serial back-to-back cable
cisco 60 pin cross-over serial cable M-M

thanks in advance.

Microbyte

 

[jimmyzz]

They all appear to refer to the same product. DB60 describes the number of pins (60) which connect to a 60pin serial interface (ie. on 2500 series and common serial WIC cards). The M-M probably is describing Male-Male at both ends. Other terms which are used for these cables are DCE-DTE. You can also get back-to-back serial cables for smart-serial interfaces and older style serial ports. Depends what model routers you want to connect back-to-back.

JimmyZ

 

[Microbyte]

to be exact, i am looking at 2500 series (2501 and 2502).


Microbyte

 

[jimmyzz]

The 2500 come standard with 2 x DB60 serial ports. The standard DB60(DTE-DCE) crossover cable will work to connect them back-to-back.

JimmyZ