IT Networking Principles

 

Please see the attachment for the instructions and what is being asked of this assignment.

 

Objective 

Theoverall objective of this laboratory exercise is to gain experience with basicCisco switch configuration commands and gain an introductory understanding ofthe following:

1.       Operatingin the Ciscos Privileged mode

2.       Configuringthe switch ports

3.       Configuringthe computers network interface

4.       Troubleshootingthe switch  Interface

 

Topology

Figure 1 The Network Topology for This Lab.

Key Concepts

Thefollowing concepts, terms, commands, and steps should have been mastered inthis exercise. 

1.       Steps toenter the switchs privileged EXEC mode (switch#)

2.       Use ofthe following commands to verify their operation in Cisco IOS.

?,   show flash,  show version [sh ver],  show history [sh hist], show interfaces [sh int], configureterminal [conf t], interface FastEthernet  [interface number], [int fa 0/0],

interface GigabitEthernet [interface number], [int gi 0/1],  interface [vlan number],

int vlan 1]

3.       Whathappens when you press the up arrow key on your keyboard?

4.       How to changethe hostname of the switch

5.       How toconfigure the switchs enable secret

6.       How toset the vty password

7.       The stepsfor configuring the IP address for FastEthernet interface 0/0 [Fa0/0] on yourswitch.

8.       The useof the no shut command to enable theVLAN interface.

9.       The usethe shvlan brief command to verify that the interfaces have beenconfigured. 

10.   Use theping command to verify network connectivity

11.   Use the ipconfig/all

12.   The stepsfor verifying the entries into the switchs mac address table

13.   The stepsfor configuring the switch port settings

14.   The stepsfor configuring the default-gateway for the switch

 

ReferenceTables

 

For convenience Table 1 provides the IPaddresses and masks of all necessary interfaces used in the network topologyfor this lab.

 

Table1   Computer  IP Addresses, subnet masks and gateway address for this lab.

Computer	IP Address	Subnet Mask	Gateway Address
PC1	192.168.21.8	255.255.255.240	192.168.21.1
PC2	192.168.21.6	255.255.255.240	192.168.21.1
S1	192.168.21.5	255.255.255.240	192.168.21.1
SwitchA	192.168.21.10	255.255.255.240	192.168.21.1
R1-Fa0/0	192.168.21.1	255.255.255.240	——————

 

 

DetailedLab steps

 

Task#1   

1.      List command sequence to configure (assign)the IP address settings for the router (R1),and the computers,PC1, PC2, and S1 for the network provided in Figure 1.  Usethe IP addresses provided in Table 1. 

 

 

 

 

 

2.      List command sequence to configure switch 1 (SW1) to operate in the network using the IP address,subnet mask, and gateway address specified in Table 1.

 

 

 

 

3.      What command is used toenter the switchs Privileged mode?  Listthe prompt and the command

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.      Use the following commandsto verify their operation in Cisco IOS.

(a)    What happens when you enter a ? at the switch# prompt?

 

 

 

(b)   What information isdisplayed when you enter show flashat the switch# prompt?

 

 

 

 

 

(c)    What command can you use toview the switchs uptime?  

 

 

 

(d)   How long has the switchbeen up?       

 

 

 

(e)   What version of the CiscoIOS software is running on this simulator?

 

 

 

(f)     What command can you use toview the past entries on this switch? 

 

 

 

(g)   What happens when you pressthe up/down keys on your keyboard?

 

(h)   What is the command forlisting the switchs current configuration?

 

 

 

 

5.      List the command sequencerequired to enter the privileged mode and change the hostname of the switch to SwitchA.

 

 

 

 

6.      List the command sequencerequired to configure the enable secret on the switch to be ciscopress.

 

 

 

 

 

7.      List the command sequencerequired to set the console  password on the switch to ciscopress and enable login.

 

 

 

 

 

8.      List the command sequencerequired to set the vty password onthe switch to ciscopress and enablelogin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.      List the command sequence required to enterport configuration mode for interface FastEthernet 0/1. In this mode, whattasks are performed by running speed 100 and duplex full commands?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.  List the command sequencerequired to shut down theFastEthernet 0/5 interface on SwitchA.  

 

 

 

 

 

11.  List the proper command todisplay the status of the FastEthernet0/5 interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.  List the proper command to viewthe switchs MAC address table. 

 

 

 

 

 

13.  What commands can be usedto view the static or dynamic mac addresses? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.  What command can be used toverify that the interfaces on the switch have been properly configured?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task #2   Configuration List

 

The following is a partial list of the items displayedwhen you issue the command showrunning-configuration [sh run] on a switch. Your task is to define each item and its purpose.  You may need to go to the Cisco website () and look up what each of thesecommands mean.

 

1.     noservice pad   

 

 

2.     servicetimestamps debug uptime

 

 

3.     servicetimestamps log uptime

 

 

4.     noservice password-encryption

 

 

5.     systemmtu routing 1500

 

 

6.     ipsubnet-zero

 

 

7.      nofile verify auto

 

 

 

8.     spanning-tree mode pvst

 

 

9.    spanning-treeextend system-id

 

 

10.           Vlan internal allocation policy ascending