CTP Skill Center

The first hardware assignment is setting up a wireless router. I picked a Linksys WRT54G to work on.

First, I had to reset the router. I found the reset procedure in the manufacturers site. An ethernet cable connected the router and the computer.

Using the default user and password settings, I logged in the router interface via a web browser on 192.168.1.1. I changed the SSID of the router and also changed the user and password. Applied the new settings and the router rebooted. I disconnected the cable from the computer and the router.

Using a laptop on Wifi, I searched for the SSID and connected to it. Open browser on 192.168.1.1 to connect to the interface wirelessly.

Overall a nice hands on hardware experience 🙂

I taught the CTT class. 2 students listened to the class overview. The rest of the students worked on the hardware rest lab. It was interesting to see what sorts of problems ran into and how the overcome the problems. Seemed like people had fun. All-in-all a successful and fun day.

Today we reviewed how to use password vaults. I installed the Chome extension for LastPass. Since I also worked on the hardware reset labs and needed to create a new administrative password I stored these account credentials in LastPass so I did not need to remember the complex passwords I used. It was hard to find the documentation for the Cisco switch reset procedure. It was fun to see the different router configuration panels. Tomorrow I would like to look into how to connect to the Cisco command line.

I read up on the parts inside the computer case and heard a lecture describing the differences between processors over the past few years.