Ops, another 2 parcel receive at my table, according to sales department, one is linksys 4400N access point, and another is linksys switch, which need to configure and install at client house.

The switch is a manageable switch, but I’m not require to configure it, the customer just plug and play, which is home use only (Customer are rich to buy expensive switch for home use)

For this Linksys 4400N Access point, due to the customer house are very big, the wifi signal coverage require very huge, that why they require to use 802.11n Access Point.

For this N protocol, it is same as for previous version 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g, but it add another new function which is Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO), and the coverage are double wider.

IT Engineer Experience:
I have personally tested and experience this Linksys 4400N access point. I place this access point at my house’s sitting room, and my house located at 5th floor.

There are no issue for me to access my house Wifi signal while I sitting at ground floor. It still have 1 to 2 bar signal, as my windows’s wifi status shows.

This Linksys 4400N access point capable for POE (Power over Ethernet), which mean the power are transmit over Ethernet/ UTP cable. In the box, it contain a UTP cable, power adapter and also a stand holder.

This Linksys 4400N access point contain 3 antenna. which the antenna able to point in different direct as show below.

The stand holder can be install at the access point, and able to make the access point standing with more stable position.

Ops… How was the pricing for this Linksys 4400N Access Point? This should be the interesting thing to know. The price range from RM600(Approximate $190) more or less, you might able to get a lesser if you able to buy from linksys’sdistributor.

More information you can search from Linksys Malaysia, Linksys is a division of Cisco System.

FYI, as you know Cisco is the top networking product company in the world, and

While I search over google, I found another CD burning software which enable me to burn all my movie to CD, few movie such as “Smallville” and “Prison Break“, so to “Heroes“, are my favorites movie, I require to burn it into CD, and watch it when I free.

This burning software name Blaze Media pro, it provide 15days free trial, also a DVD burning software, the best function for this software is it able to convert DVD to AVI, MPG, WMV, and you might burn it into CD again.

I have already download it, and going to burn some CD and DVD, free up my hard disk space

Packer Tracer is a cisco simulation software for cisco product, it contain a lot different kind of cisco product, such as router and switches, which is for simulation use. This cisco simulation software is a very good tools for cisco learner, which to simulate configuration of cisco product.

In this cisco simulation software, I able to drag and drop different kind of router, switch, workstation, and use different kind of connecting medium, design my own network, and configure the router and switches.

After the configuration, I able to test the network design and my configuration on the router, by ping or send a packet of data from source to destination. If the simulator show fail, that mean my configuration are wrong and need to debug.

When I double click into the router, the cisco simulation software will show me my router image, I able to add in additional network interface in this particular model, such as serial port.

There are list of interface that I able to put in, I have select WIC-2T, and drag the below serial interface to my router. 1 important special function for his cisco simulation software, if the router without switch off the power, the interface are not able to install, you require to power off the router before drag the interface to the router.

While in the CLI section, this section is totally same as we using hyper terminal or telnet to access the router. I can configure the router via this command line.

In this cisco simulation software, you can simulate various of router and switches, as below

Router:

Switches:

WAN Emulation:

Connection Medium:

I am still very new to this cisco simulation software. During the class, the tutor give us Packet Tracer version 4.11, for practice, and when the last day of the class, the tutor found the latest cisco simulation software which is Packet Tracer 5.0. Below are the version 4.11 screen shoot.

With the latest Packet Tracer 5.0, there are additional few device which the version 4.11 did not have, such as Cisco Catalyst 3560, which able to “Rate limiting” and “Advanced quality of service“(QOS), best of VoIP / IP phone environment.

According to my boss, I might have a chances to touch on this Cisco Catalyst 3560 soon. If you guys need this cisco simulation software, stick to the old rules! Kindly sign up my feed/ News Letter, and I will send you the download link with the email you sign up

The simulation software approximate size:

Packet Tracer 5.0 about 26MB | Packet Tracer 4.11 about 29MB

Seriously, without Internet, I really did not know how my IT Engineer’s life will be? Not only my job, for personal life, I also addicted to Internet. Average 4 to 8 hour per days sitting in front of computer surfing Internet.

Where is all my time goes on Internet? Did you ever ask your self before?
My time actually spend for the SPEED of the Internet. Even our biggest Internet Service Provider (ISP) or broadband provider give us a poor Internet surfing speed. People here call them “Slowmyx”, or “Snailmyx” instead of their real name Steamyx. So to other provider, the service are more worst.

So how your ISP give you? What kind of broadband speed they provide?
Now a days most people have Internet, but some of my friend did not know what kind speed their broadband provider provide. To check on your Internet, you can use broadband-expert.co.uk’s broadband speed test, I have speed test mine broadband, is 160Kbps download speed and 140kbps upload speed only. Is kinda slow

For Malaysian you may be can consider the latest 4mbps service from “Slomyx”, but the location are limited, Penang and Kuala Lumpur available already. For United Kindom’s friend, you can look for broadband-expert.co.uk for great broadband speed offer, base on your budget, choose a good broadband plan.

Computer Shopper Magazine

Source : hxxp://rap*idshare.com/fi*les/136695357/ComShSep.4.rar

PC World Magazine

Source :hxxp://rapidsh*are.com/files/136693189/PcWorSep.4.rar

PC Magazine

Source : hxxp://rap”idsha*re.com/files/136690221/PcMagSep.4.rar

CPU Magazine

Source : hxxp://rapi*dsha*re.com/files/135803067/CPUS2008_www.dl4all.com.rar

Tips: To access the link, just change the hxxp to http, and eliminate the * in the link

Password to upzip the rar file : www.dl4all.com

Disclaimer: The source and link are obtain from other website, just for sharing purposes only, purely not belong to iCalvyn.com. Use with your own risk

Simply throw a stone to a group of people, will hit a DSLR holder

Do you agree?

If now a days have any photography contest, I guess more people will participate. The real Photographfreak really hard to “CARI MAKAN” (Find Eat)

Recently my sister told me there are a photograph contest organize by Sunway group, and I just googling on the related information. The best thing for this contest is :

FREE Registration Fees

Sound great right? free registration fees to participate for this sunway photography contest, and some more a good prize to won, over RM140,000.

Just require few step to register your self in,

1. Register yourself as Sunway World Club member via here
2. The participant tag is the accessibilities to all the authorized Sunway locations listed here. To register for a participant tag please click here (Optional)
3. Login to submit photographs.

Now you are unable to submit your photo yet, the contest is open on 1st of September 2008, till 30th of November 2008, to see more on the rules and regulation, you can try to visit their website for more detail.

This is the list of location which you should photograph at:

1. Sunway Lagoon Resort
2. Menara Sunway
3. Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa
4. Sunway Pyramid
5. Sunway Lagoon Theme Park
6. Sunway University College
7. Sunway Medical Centre
8. Sunway Lagoon Club
9. Sunway Lost World of Tambun
10. Sunway Carnival Mall
11. Sunway Hotel, Seberang Jaya
12. Sunway Hotel, George Town
13. Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh
14. Sunway Hotel Hanoi
15. Monash University, Sunway Campus

I just wonder should spy some couple on the hotel, is they never close their windows… lol…

The time is quite peak, 9 days to complete the whole study. Actually not 9 days, because the time table have split to half days and full days, total is 6 days course

Not much special for my CCNA class, most of the topic I have already study before during my academic time on “Network Communication” which related to IP address, Subnet mask, OSI layer and some theory. Even for the practical, such as, Category 5e cable, UTP color code, using hyper terminal, telnet and network design, I also have basic knowledge on that. (learn from senior)

On this CCNA course, I manage to learn some basic configuration for Cisco product, which previously I totally do not have any knowledge on those command, only see my senior configure before and I not understand at all.

Now, if my company have the cisco switch arrive, like previous mention on CIsco 2960 switch, I can take the oppurtunities to have real practice without using the Cisco simulation software.

After this 2 week CCNA class, 2 continuous week end, and 5 week days, almost every night 7-10pm, at last, we graduate, and get a certification of study.

Other then a certificate, sure include study material, an original CCNA text book (Sure Original, paid so much already), which will be dump in my store room soon.

During the class, we have hand on training on the device, but the device is very old, and not up to date, some of the device seen like not working well too.

For this router, we able to insert extra interface into it, the interface below are serial port interface.

We can add in additional interface such as Network Interface Card (NIC) too

This is the serial cable, which 1 end is DCE and 1 end is DTE, connect router to router.

I still manage to get some update Cisco power point presentation from the tutor, so to the Cisco simulation software, and some others useful tools, will update here soon

I have few friend, also my customer who buy domain and web hosting from me, they have start their own e commerce online shop which selling cloth to local customer. My sister also sell low cost jewellery over her blog.

If talk about Jewellery, I found a website over UK sell a lot nice Silver Jewellery, The average price range is about £15 to £25, some might be cheaper, and some might be expensive depend on the quality.

You can found Silver Bracelets, Silver Bangles Silver Pendants, Silver Necklaces over this website, and they provide free delivery over UK with using first class Royal mail post and second class airmail post for international delivery.

The best thing of this website is, the product able to return if there are faulty when you receive the goods, and also 14days money back guarantee, with term and condition apply. I am just thinking whom birthday is coming soon, might look for some b’day present over this website

Actually is not a software, is just a list of command which able to change your local ip address in ms dos. Still remember the ms-dos command I post up quite some time ago? I am using the “netsh” command to change the local ip address via ms-command prompt.

Change Local Static IP Address in Ms-DOS

Ok, to change a local Static IP Address, open your command prompt and type:

c:\>netsh interface ip set address local static xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz 1

Which X represent IP address, Y represent subnet mask and Z represent gateway, and at the end you require to put “1″ You my check your setting manually after apply the above command for change IP address in ms dos

Change Local DHCP IP Address in Ms-Dos

To set the IP address to become DHCP IP Address, here the command to change IP address in ms dos:

c:\>netsh interface ip set address local dhcp

Before you do any changes, you can actually save your current IP address setting into a text file, and restore the IP address later on.

Save Local IP Address in Ms-Dos

To save the current local IP address setting, you can use this command:

c:\>netsh -c interface dump > network1.txt

After you save this setting, you can apply the command above Static IP Address or DHCP IP Address

Restore Local IP Address in Ms-Dos

To restore back the setting you have save, you just require to use this restore IP Address setting command:

c:\>netsh -f network1.txt

You can play around this few ms-dos command, to change, save and restore your IP address setting.

Here come iCalvyn’s Freeware

With the above coding, you may design your self different batch file, I have create the most simple way to change ip address in ms dos. Assume you require 2 network setting, Office and Home

.

Open a notepad, type in below command and save it as name.bat, which you can name the batch file with your network name, eg. Office.bat, Home.bat, School.bat

cd\ netsh interface ip set address local static xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz 1

Create 1 for your office network and name it as office.bat, another for home network, which name it as home.bat. If your home network using DHCP, type the below code in your notepad and save it as home.bat

:

cd\ netsh interface ip set address local dhcp

Now, you have this 2 batch file on your desktop, just plug in your network cable while you at that particular location, double click on the file, your local IP address will be change accordingly. You may create more different batch file if your laptop require to plug into different network. If you require any assit regarding this change ip address with ms dos, you are welcome to contact me

Any one can guess why I use this topic? Closer…

To be seriously in photography, I do learn before when last time attend photography class, my teacher use to tell us, every picture we snap, need to have a title, without have a title, the photo is consider rubbish.

So, even I have a digital camera at hand, I also don’t simply snap, and people always ask me:

Calvyn, why don’t snap? shy ah?

And I just give them a simple smile , because I do understand CCD in our digital camera have life span, and also the flash.

Last 3 week, week end, Me and Johnathan a.k.a SeraphAngel, went to snap ferry, previously we plan to drive bike, stop into ferry, and start snap, and snap again while return.

Due to the 20 minute travel, we feel not enough for the photo we snap, at the end, we arrive mainland, park our bike there, and we take ferry back to penang again, and when back to mainland to pick up our vehicle at the end. 

Seriously, I did not satisfy with the color of the picture, without edit with software, the picture for me is consider rubbish, but after edit, still can acceptable, but I am still not satisfy with it

The picture look like sunset, but actually is early morning 10am

The weather is not nice, full of haze, so we can’t event snap a clear background of Penang island.

The view is just nice, but when you careful see the water, you will feel disgust.

Because the water actually poluted, all factory behind there leak out dirty water, and also chemical liquid.

I always prefer drive bike, I use to told people I am driving “2 wheel open air sport car“.

IMO, I still feel that driving bike more advantage then driving car. For the picture above, any photographer can stop their car at this location and snap picture? He/She sure get Fcuk from the person incharge there… lol

1 Kangaroo are so lonely

While I am young, my parent always told me this is a gaint kangaroo while we passing by this area.

2 kangaroo will feel more better

at least can chit chat when bored, what a lovely couple

This float are single, just stay alone in the middle of ocean. Sacrify of it loneliness, will bring safty to all the boat there

The sun is coming out, there are too many shadows for the object, photograher don’t like shadows for object, except, they have this title “Shadows”

Transpot will always bring us closer to each others

Hey dude, you both wanna to get sick? this time already 12pm, and the sun is just on top of you… still here to snap picture? You will get sick man… (Johnathan on left, and Nai on right)

Me and johnathan meet Nai at the mainland, Nai is stay at mainland (Bukit Mertajam)

Seriously, this moment are damm hot, sun is just above us. I tough this hot days can get any special effect while we snap picture, but nothing happen

Lucky this is the ending of the railway, no train at there, and also no officer there to supervice, so we can have our freedom to snap there…

Playing with my 50MM lens, now you see now you don’t

Ops, so blur, can’t realize if the train really come…

I wonder if I make some adjustment to the raiway… What will happen next?