soo yea

Alright so I was trying to a vlan lab yesterday and today and I can't completely do it. Packet tracer doesn't support all the commands which really sucks. Then the switches that I have use the older IOS versions. I'm like noooooo I need to learn this. I guess I'm stuck with reading and thats it. Unless I get some other switches which are going to cost me over a hundred dollars per device and I need three switches. It would also be nice to get another 3640 router, similar to the one that I already have. I just don't like buying things off of ebay though. It would be nice to find a place that sells the equipment. I might just end up going to cisco kits but to ship the equipment is expensive. I'll have to save my money just to do that.

Anyways. I finially got something to eat and I'm hungary again. I didn't have for twenty-four hours.
I did take my physics test but I own't find out the score until next week monday because I won't
have class that day. It really sucks because I want to know what the my score is. I spent over
two and a half hours on that test. I'm sure I failed it like every other physics test.

weekend...

So I finally got router rip to work for me it. I got it mixed up with ip routing because I thought it was the network number on the next router instead of the same router.. silly me? Now I just have to practice more and more and read more and more.

I have a physics test today and I think I'll do okay on it. I hope I do.

The **** I *** is awsome!!

okay then

Well I finially got ip routing to work. I had to get some help from someone off the cisco learning site. I added alot of stuff that I didn't really need such as adding the dhcp to my seperate fasteithernet interfaces. I also got it to work using static ip addresses with the same network on the seperate interfaces. There was a section that I thought I didn't need because I was using dhcp, well I guess that was a big mistake because I did need to use that certain section. I thought dhcp would take care of it all. Maybe I need to go back and study the Network+ material again since isn't been a while and I'm loosing the information. Well anyways, I would go through the troubleshooting section in my ICND1 book and I would see the missing section in the book and I just looked over it. Comes to findout that I needed the gateway configured on the interfaces that were using dhcp and I just needed to put the interface numbers in the gateway section for the computers when I used a static ip address. I always thought that I would need to fill in that section but the book didn't explain that I needed the gateway address or I must have missed it.

I'm starting to feel that I'm ready to take the ICND1 test but I bet that I'm not even ready. I'm starting to get to know the material, especially configuring the routers and switches. I just don't know how to configure SDM. I don't really want to download it and play around with it because my equipment is old. I guess I can use the 3640 though? I'm not really interested in it but I have to know it so I guess I'll just read the mess out of the material.

Subnetting... I forgot how to subnet. That really sucks because I had it pretty good. I guess I need to watch the videos again. I really don't want to but I guess I'm going to have to.

Waiting for Project+.... I found out that because that Comptia had a hard time trying to find people to fill the positions to take the Project+ beta, the score's will be delayed. That really sucks because that means I will spend more time waiting. Where if I could just get the results back now, I would know if I failed or passed the test but I think I passed the test but everytime that I think I passed the test, I fail. Atleast I'll know what to expect on the test. I just don't want to reread the book again. That would really suck because the material is soo boring.

On to gaming!!! Yay for Modern Warfare 2 I did beat the game the same day I brought it and the game is awsome! I was getting my butt kicked in multiplayer at first but now I'm doing alright. Not as good as I had hoped but I'm making progess and I'm learning. I'm actually playing a few times a week now, which is good because I need to take time out of the schedual to have some fun.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

I just got back from getting this game :D

stuffs

Alright well I got my car fixed today. The boot on the axel for the passenger side was torn. I didn't know how torn it was until I saw the part and literially, the boot was split in half! I went to pepboys to get the work done but apparently, they got the wrong part three times. Forget that mess. My dad and I went to napa, went across town to another napa that had the part and I brought it. Went to a napa auto center and got it installed. Took the old part back and got the core charge back :D I didn't loose my whole paycheck. Now I just have to deposit my money. Napa gave me a list of things that I needed to get worked on. I'm looking at spending alot of money with repairing my car. I don't mind though but I need the money for school.

Certification wise, I'm studying like crazy as much as I can. I really want this certification so I can stay competitive (interruption... why is it that dave chappell is driving without his hands on the steering wheel?? i know mos def is doing his thing in the auto but still driving though chitown like that isn't cool, seriously that traffic can be crazy there) in my field. I know for a fact that there aren't alot of students at my school with certifications. I'm happy to know that. With the people that have certifications I'm trying to get and stay ahead of them. I'm starting to understand alot of this stuff more everytime I read the book but I still have more work on the lab.

My lab is crazy??!!! I can't do some commands that I need to do so I'm using packet tracer. I started to use packet tracer (updated) and I'm having problems with the program (shuts down) and I don't feel like dealing with it so I started to use an older version of it. It's not giving me any trouble. Anyways I'm still happy about working on this certification. I'm motivated, down right motivated... you check me out!

Classes! Hopefully I'l' have my AAAS for Network Administration by next semester. There are still a few things that I need to check out for a few classes. I really hope I can do this. There aren't enough hours in the day for me to be studying. I'll leave it at that.

This is the boot that was split.....

soo i didn't

So I didn't take the practice test, that test was difficult. I was looking at some of the exhibits that they had on the test and I was sooo confused. Plus the test would have taken a few hours to complete and I need to use that time for other things. I think I'll just keep reading the ICND1 book until I understand the material. I'm starting to understand the material alot better now and if things keep going this way, I think that I'll be able to take the CCENT test at the end of the semester. I'm going to practice subnetting, even though I feel that I have a basic understanding, there's more to it. Also I found out that I need to buy less older Cisco gear, mostly switches because.... some of the commands that is in the ICND1 book can't be done on the switches that I have already. I could just read the material but I'd rather run the commands. I guess I can use packet tracer but packet tracer doesn't support all the commands that is in the ICND1 book. I really don't want to use simulation software either. I guess I'll have to save my money and buy the gear. I'm not sure yet. I'll just have to see what I can do with packet tracer.

On another note, I'm tired. I have more homework to do and more studies such as spanish and signlanguage.
Yay for not enough time in the day!!!!

ICND1

The yayness!! I've finished reading the ICND1 book! Now I'm not sure if I want to go on with the ICND2 book or not. It's taken me less than two weeks to read the ICND1 book. I think I'll be better off keep reading the ICND1 book so I can understand the basics. I really don't want to open the cd's that came with the book though. Anyways I figure and hope that I can take the CCENT at the end of the semester if I go at this pace to study the material. I figure I'll have my CCNA by the end of nine months.

I didn't do any of the labs or examples from the book because I was just reading it to read it. Next time I'll start to understand the material but I'm not sure I'm going to make a study plan for it yet. Maybe I'll just keep reading the book over and over until the end of the semester and see what the practice tests tell me. I'll take a practice test when I get home after class today and see where I am with the material.

I actually understood subnetting better as well. I feel that this book makes it really easy to understand subnetting and the other material in the book. There's alot of examples which don't interest me but I know the examples are there for me to better understand the material.