➔ Console Cable for Cisco VoIP Phones
| 2 minute read
For debug use cases I needed console access to my Cisco VoIP phone. The configured SSH access via config file did not work for some unknown reason. The phones do have a dedicated port that is named as RS232 or AUX. These ports allow console access to the phone similar to the console ports on routers or switches.
The only difference is that a normal Cisco console cable cannot be used because the connectors on the phones use a modular connector with 6 Pins (RJ25, 6P6C).
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➔ LC Display for fli4l
| 3 minute read
Having just the metal case for the router standing on my desk was not enough for me. So I decided to add a LCD Display to show some important information about the router’s hardware and especially the current up and download rates of the PPPoE device connecting me to the internet.
) The Display itself is an 27x4 LC Display which I got from a German electronics shop for a few Euros.
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