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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