How important are pinouts in CCENT?

sincere11105

I am studying for CCENT. I came across pinouts. Does Cisco really test you on the color scheme?

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NetworkVeteran

If it's in your CCENT/CCNA study guide, it's fair game on the exam.

Nobody can tell you what is actually on the exam without violating NDA and risking their certification.

bbarrick

sincere11105 wrote: »

I am studying for CCENT. I came across pinouts. Does Cisco really test you on the color scheme?

Studying for the same test here, I don't recall the book emphasizing color scheme so much as to what the difference in straight through and crossover cables are. Which devices use which cables between them and which pins they transmit/receive on. However when I'm making a cable I use what I believe is a standard o/w, o, g/w, b, b/w, g, br/w, b for straight through cables. I've only made a crossover cable once so I just google the color scheme for that although I'll probably have it memorized come test time as well.

Ismaeljrp

I can tell you that in networking , IMO it's required knowledge.

xXErebuS

Ismaeljrp wrote: »

I can tell you that in networking , IMO it's required knowledge.

Eh, I'd have to look it up to make one. At one point I knew it though....

NetworkVeteran

Ismaeljrp wrote: »

I can tell you that in networking , IMO it's required knowledge.

In the required knowledge bin I'd list being able to tell apart a straight-through, cross-over, or rolled cable. Knowing the exact pin-outs? Not so much. My time is too expensive to make what can be bought off-the-shelf.

DoubleNNs

I think the reasons why the pinouts are included are so you can understand and differentiate between the straight-thru and crossover cables, as well as get a general idea on what the wires are like inside the rollover cable.

The information is on both the Net+ and the CCENT, and important. However I didn't memorize the colors themselves, just understood the concept, and I was fine on both exams.

RomBUS

Has anyone ever came up with a general mnemonic device on how to pair the color scemes up? Just wondering since this thread was brought up.

NetworkVeteran

RomBUS wrote: »

Has anyone ever came up with a general mnemonic device on how to pair the color scemes up? Just wondering since this thread was brought up.

For me, the key was learning why they chose the pin-outs they did. Now, all I have to remember are the two primary design considerations, and the actual sequencing of contacts/wires is straightforward to recreate.

NetworkVeteran

bbarrick wrote:

a standard o/w, o, g/w, b, b/w, g, br/w, br

After a moment of thought, I present "Ogres Get Bad Brains"

Asif Dasl

bbarrick wrote: »

o/w, o, g/w, b, b/w, g, br/w, b

I have that etched in to my mind any time I hold those 8 little wires before crimping.