CCNA course PART I

Today is our first lesson for the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator) class in our new Network Lab in Block X. There were few lab there and each lab was completed with 24 + 1 units of IBM desktop computer which using Intel Pentium4 3.2GHz running Hyperthreading. Each pc consist of 3 Network Adapters which few is 1Gbps instead of 100Mbps. The whole lab cost about RM1Million, and you can know that Cisco product are real expensive. Hmm.. since the lab is so expensive, guess how much we need to pay for the class? We get it for FREE!!! so we are told to appreciate it.... XD

The first day nothing much to do except for making the RJ45 network cable. In this session, we learned to make Straight-through cable and Cross-over cable.

The way to arrange the wire for Straight-through cable

The way to arrange the wire for cross-over cable

We divided into 2 people in a group, each person do one cable. So I did the cross-over cable. After clipped the RJ45 connector to the cable, tested with the testor and found ok, which is no problem. Then my friend compare mine with his cable, found out that my cable was opposite to what they did. Then I was like, "aiya, nevermind la... see if it works on pc or not.. if not then only redo"... Then during testing on pc, we found out that only mine works... XD This meaning that I accidentally did the right thing and they did the wrong thing... So funny... Hahaha... They all "sien diao"....

Thats all for today class la... :P