Is DCE/DTE configurable???

[rbsims]

I bought several 2500 series routers off ebay to start a lab. Some serial interfaces are DTE, and some are DCE. Is this configurable or hard coded???

I searched high and low, and couldn't find the answer.


Thanks guys

 

[Minue]

Hello
This feature isn't hard code.For labs it's you who gives the clock rate command,for production it's another story.
Good luck

 

[rbsims]

I go into serial0/0 and input clock rate 64000 I get the message Can't configure clock rate on a dte interface. I tried switching the cable to the DCE side, and get the same results.

thanks

 

[Ronster]

Have you tried on another interface?
Maybe there is a fault with the interface or cable?
Try switching the cable and try the cable on another interface.

Normally once the DTE/DCE cable is connected and the clock rate is set you shoud see the interface as showing:
Serial0/0 is up, line protocol is up

If it is:
Serial0/0 is down, line protocol is down (down, down)
Then there is a problem with the physical layer (cable or connectors)

If it is:
Serial0/0 is up, line protocol is down (up, down)
Then there is a programming fault.

Type: show controllers serial 0/0
to see if it is DTE or DCE


Ronster

Science is the rehab of the masses.

 

[rbsims]

Guys

Let me see if I understand this....
If i connect the dce end of the cable to a serial interface, that will make that interface dce?

The state of the interface is a function of the cable type plugged into it?

I thought I tried various combinations with several interfaces and routers. But if you guys confirm the above is true, I'll go home tonight and switch cables and interfaces.

Thanks

 

[burtsbees]

The state of the interface is a function of the cable type plugged into it?

Yes.

Burt