1. If it isn’t done yet (as in the case of one piece kits), connect your RJ 45 adapter with the 9 pin which then goes to the COM 1 port. Insert the RJ 45 cable’s connector to the console port with the supplied rollover cable.

2. Execute HyperTerminal to start the session. After naming the session, select COM 1 as your port under the “connect using” section.

3. Make the proper configurations (HyperTerminal, 9600-8-n-1):

   1. Baud: 9600

   2. Data bits: 8

   3. Stop bits: 1

   4. Parity: No

   5. Flow control: No

4. Turn Cisco on to see HyperTerminal’s boot process. Press ENTER.

5. Now you’re in User Mode. Type “?” (without quotes) in the router> prompt to see a list of available commands.

6. To start making changes, type “en” or “enable” and then press ENTER to go to Privileged Mode.

7. The same goes for the router# prompt: “?” for the list but this time type “config” to make changes. To go back, to Privileged Mode press ctrl+z.

8. Type “disable” and you’ll go back to User Mode. Then type “exit” to log out.

For a more detailed explanation on the configurations and tweaking, go this Cisco website.

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Cisco: PC Connection Guide

Picking the right kind of router for your situation is an important task because you will have different needs from others who will also be using a router. While there’s no such thing as the best router, we can come up with the next best thing – the one you are most likely need.

There are two kinds of routers, namely the wired and wireless routers. The wired ones are less expensive and more stable because of its direct cable connection, but these are less capable of setting up networks if many servers are involved. The wireless ones, however, promise mobility, making them great for laptops. With wireless routers, while a tad more expensive, you can literally bring your laptop everywhere within the router’s range and connect to the network – but this is more likely subject to wireless connectivity problems.

So it’s a matter of answering the question: Would you rather have a cheaper and more stable on the ground network connection or a mobile and wide scoped but more expensive connection?

But if you still can’t make a decision and you have a little extra money in your hands, you can always buy a wireless router that can also work with a cable connection at a much higher price. It’s all about priority and practicality.

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What Router Should I Get?

A hub allows multiple devices to connect to the network, but each device maintains it’s own specific MAC address for the network. A hub can extend the range of a network, and allows connecting many computers and other peripherals, but its scope is limited to a single network, and it does not provide basic DNS/DHCP services, merely a method of making the connections.

A Router remembers the MAC address of each machine, and manages connections not only between machines on the network, but allows the network to access the Internet or other networks through a single IP and MAC address. The outbound connection(s) from a router generally lead away from the home or office network, and is able to provide network connections for a multitude of individual computers by using internal identifiers that divide incoming data up and sends it to the proper machine.

Where a hub allows computers and devices on the same network to communicate with each other, a router allows computers, devices, and even different networks to communicate, and performs the low level functions required to sort out information and deliver it to the correct destination. A hub passes information straight through, but a router processes the same information, and manages internal and external network addressing.

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The Difference Between Routers and Hubs

A router is a device which organizes a network, and provides the functions of network traffic control.  Each computer or other device on a network is called a node, and each node communicates with all other parts of the network by transferring information through a central router, or multiple routers.

If we consider a network to be similar to community, then the router becomes equivalent to traffic laws and devices, such as traffic lights, HOV lanes, and Do Not Enter signs.  Each packet sent through a router is verified to be eligible to use the route it wants to take, and assigned priority based on rules set up by the system administrator, and each node is assigned it’s own unique address on the network.  In this way, low priority packets, such as personal email, must wait for higher priority traffic to pass before it can be forwarded on to its destination.

Routers bring an otherwise chaotic network into an organized system.  Another way to think of a router is to consider it as the chairman on a committee, who has the responsibility of moderating discussions and appointing individuals their opportunity to present their contribution to the discussion.  Without such moderation, cacophony results, and it becomes nearly impossible to gain anything of value from the group as a whole.

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