Comments on: What type of modem and cable do I need to dial into the aux port of my cisco router? http://www.routersguide.com/blog/cisco-router/what-type-of-modem-and-cable-do-i-need-to-dial-into-the-aux-port-of-my-cisco-router/ This blog will tell you everything that you need to know about Cisco, Juniper, Netgear, Linksys, and Foundry wireless routers. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: jman466 http://www.routersguide.com/blog/cisco-router/what-type-of-modem-and-cable-do-i-need-to-dial-into-the-aux-port-of-my-cisco-router/comment-page-1/#comment-11542 jman466 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:34:51 +0000 http://www.routersguide.com/blog/cisco-router/what-type-of-modem-and-cable-do-i-need-to-dial-into-the-aux-port-of-my-cisco-router/#comment-11542 Few people still do dial in to a router, but you are right, it is supported and through the AUX port. The modem itself can theoretically be any modem, but common modems like Hayes work the best. You typically need to set the dip switches on the modem for Auto Answer (AA On) or it will ring and not pick up. You can hook up a modem and try auto-confgure as well: under line aux 0 modem autoconfigure discovery To actually configure to allow dial in (and this is from memory, it is very rare to see it anymore) line aux 0 modem InOut modem autoconfigure type <discovery type from above> transport input all stopbits 1 speed 115200 Keep in mind the modem settings can differ from country to country. As to the cable, there used to be one with every device, DB25 to RJ45 ... wit hlike 9 ofd the 25 pins actually hot. Good luck! Few people still do dial in to a router, but you are right, it is supported and through the AUX port. The modem itself can theoretically be any modem, but common modems like Hayes work the best. You typically need to set the dip switches on the modem for Auto Answer (AA On) or it will ring and not pick up. You can hook up a modem and try auto-confgure as well:
under line aux 0
modem autoconfigure discovery

To actually configure to allow dial in (and this is from memory, it is very rare to see it anymore)

line aux 0
modem InOut
modem autoconfigure type
transport input all
stopbits 1
speed 115200

Keep in mind the modem settings can differ from country to country. As to the cable, there used to be one with every device, DB25 to RJ45 … wit hlike 9 ofd the 25 pins actually hot.

Good luck!

]]> By: !amtheKing http://www.routersguide.com/blog/cisco-router/what-type-of-modem-and-cable-do-i-need-to-dial-into-the-aux-port-of-my-cisco-router/comment-page-1/#comment-11541 !amtheKing Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:51:57 +0000 http://www.routersguide.com/blog/cisco-router/what-type-of-modem-and-cable-do-i-need-to-dial-into-the-aux-port-of-my-cisco-router/#comment-11541 The AUX port is typically used for dial back-up from a remote location. If the router's primary network interface goes down you can still access the router to troubleshoot from a remote connection by dialing into the phone number associated with the modem. The type of modem required is simply any dial modem that supports the 9600-8-none-one talk standard that the cisco router uses for communication by default. The AUX port is typically used for dial back-up from a remote location. If the router’s primary network interface goes down you can still access the router to troubleshoot from a remote connection by dialing into the phone number associated with the modem.
The type of modem required is simply any dial modem that supports the 9600-8-none-one talk standard that the cisco router uses for communication by default.

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