Cisco CISCO881G-K9 Cisco 881G Ethernet Sec Router w/ 3G B/U

hi everyone in this short video I'm going to show you the basics of connecting a computer or laptop to the console port on a Cisco network device this concept actually applies to other non Cisco Network devices just about any intelligent piece of network equipment has some kind of a Cisco I mean some kind of a console port on it okay so the first thing you're gonna need is a Cisco console cable it doesn't necessarily have to be Cisco brand name but for this video this is what we're going to go with it's typically baby blue it's got female serial connector on one end it's got rj45 on the other for those of you are perfectionist I know this is not an rj45 it's also referred to as 1/8 pH see also looks like a network connector now for those of you who don't happen to have a laptop or computer with a serial port and that's actually pretty common for most modern computers and laptops you wil