Well.
Been awhile since I updated, eh. Been a very busy boy - all of my course classes have finished, and I’m wrapping up the last of my Cisco classes next week. I have my very scary skills test and 2nd half of the TCS due then, so I’m rushing around like a madman fitting in prac time wherever I can. The skills test is the big clincher though - tests all of my skills I’ve built up on the routers since 2nd semester, including troubleshooting ( apparently my teacher kicks me out once I’ve finished and breaks something, then I have to go find it )
The TCS shouldn’t be TOO difficult - just need to add in WAN components to the first half that I did awhile back.
Oh, obligatory quiz thing.
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Finally! I have the phone line in my room connected, kudos to the uber cool Telstra guy for helping me out and finding my lost copper pair 
After a bit of a shaky start, we managed to trace the entire lot to the garage, seems lift or alarm installers fucked the phone wiring entirely, but oh well. Installed now - applied for ADSL, ready to roll.
Also, the electrical thunder storms tonight were quite spectacular.
Just did my Semeseter 4 Final - d00t. So happy I passed, contemplating doing the Voucher exam so I can get the Final FINAL exam cheaper - I should read up a bit on the previous 3 semesters though first.
Telstra called me up this morning to confirm my line being reactivated, techie will come over tomorrow morning, gah, that means I have to wake up early and be concious enough to interact and all of that type stuff. There's already a pair going into my room for the second line, so all it REALLY needs is the port reactivated at the exchange, but yeah.
Going to apply for ADSL once the line is installed. Will be good 
In other news, I've started reading up on the LARTC ( Linux Advanced Routing/Traffic Control ) stuff. Gonna do some funky QoS/traffic shaping for the network hopefully, either way, it shows a hell of a lot nicer information than ifconfig and friends. CBQ here I come.
The move has gone okay - I've managed to fit MOST things into my room, all of my networking and server gear is in the wardrobe, running with an extension cord and a UPS, its all rather full actually. Managed to drain the UPS because the server was compiling - a quick addition of a double adapter and another powerboard, and everything played nice.
