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Cisco 860 Series and Cisco 880 Series Integrated Services Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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Connecting the Router
This chapter describes how to connect Cisco 860 series and Cisco 880 series integrated services routers
(ISRs) to Ethernet devices, Power over Ethernet (PoE), and the network. The chapter contains the
following sections:
• Preparing to Connect the Router, page 3-2
• Connecting a PC, Server, or Workstation, page 3-3
• Connecting a Phone, page 3-4
• Connecting an External Ethernet Switch, page 3-5
• Connecting a Terminal or PC to the Console Port, page 3-6
• Connecting a Data BRI Port, page 3-7
• Connecting an FE Line—FE4 WAN Port, page 3-9
• Connecting a G.SHDSL Line—G.SHDSL Port, page 3-10
• Connecting Power over Ethernet, page 3-11
• Connecting the AC Adapter, page 3-11
• Connecting an FXS line, page 3-14
• Connecting a FXO Line, page 3-16
• Connecting a Voice ISDN BRI Line, page 3-17
• Verifying Connections, page 3-19
Note For compliance and safety information, see the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information
Roadmap that ships with the router and the
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco 800
Series and SOHO Series Routers.
Note The illustrations in this chapter show a wireless router with antennas attached. Nonwireless routers do
not have antennas or antenna connectors on the back panel. However, the procedures for connecting
devices to the router are the same for both wireless and nonwireless routers.
Note Depending on the features available for your router, some content in this chapter may not apply to your
router.