How many data bytes are in each ping packet?
The files attached have all the relevant information. Lab using Packet Tracer Software.
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Requirements: 2 pages
IT 263 / NET 405
Lab #2 – Switches and ARP
ANSWERS DOCUMENT
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You should read the Lab #2 Assignment Document before reading this one. You can type your answers into this document or create a separate one. Save your answers file as PDF
Table #1: Fill in these numeric addresses for each PC
Question #1: How many data bytes are in each ping packet?
Question #2: What MAC address do you see in PC1’s ARP table? Type the MAC address value here and specify the name and IP address for the corresponding device in Table #1.
Question #3: What type of packet is sent out first by PC1 – is it DNS, TCP, HTTP, ARP, or ICMP?
Question #4: What is the source and destination MAC address in this first packet? Type numeric values here for each.
Question #5: Which devices did Switch 1 forward the data packet to?
Question #6: Which devices did Switch 2 forward the data packet to?
Question #7: Which device (PC2, PC3 or PC4) responds to the packet initially sent by PC1? Why did this device send a response?
Question #8: What is the source and destination MAC address in this response packet? Type numeric values here for each. For each MAC address, specify the name and IP address for the corresponding device in Table #1.
Question #9: What type of packet is being sent out by PC1 – is it DNS, TCP, HTTP, ARP, or ICMP?
Question #10: What MAC addresses do you see in PC1’s ARP table? Type numeric values here. For each MAC address, specify the name and IP address for the corresponding device in Table #1.
Question #11: Grab a screenshot showing the contents of the Switch1 Forwarding Table (Mac Address Table) and paste here:
Question #12: Which PC devices (PC1, PC2, PC3 and/or PC4) have MAC addresses (from Table #1) in the Switch1 Forwarding Table? There may be additional switch MAC addresses that don’t correspond to any PC.
Question #13: Grab a screenshot showing the contents of the Switch2 Forwarding Table (Mac Address Table) and paste here:
Question #14: Which PC devices (PC1, PC2, PC3 and/or PC4) have MAC addresses (from Table #1) in the Switch2 Forwarding Table? There may be additional switch MAC addresses that don’t correspond to any PC.
Question #15: Is the PC3 MAC address present in the Switch2 Forwarding Table? If not, why is it not there?
IT 263 / NET 405
Lab #2 – Switches and ARP
ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT
There is a separate Lab #2 Answers document that you can edit for your answers. Lab #2 uses Packet Tracer software. Instructions on how to run Packet Tracer on your own computer
The Packet Tracer file you will be using for this lab is “IT263-TDC405-Lab2.pkt”. When you open this file in Packet Tracer, you should see this network:
Wait until all link interface indicators are green triangles.
Part 1: Examine an ARP Table
Click on PC1, then Desktop tab, then Command Prompt option. At the “C:>” prompt, type ipconfig /all. Note that if you see the “—More—“ prompt, you must hit spacebar to continue to the next page.
From these results, fill in the PC1 MAC (Physical) Address and PC1 IP Address in Table #1 in Answers.
Similarly, click PC2, PC3, and PC4 and find their MAC and IP Addresses, and enter them into Table #1 in Answers.
On PC1, execute arp –d – this will clear the ARP table.
On PC1 execute ping 10.1.1.12 – wait for 4 pings to complete.
Answer Question #1 in Answers.
On PC1, execute arp –a
Answer Question #2 in Answers.
Part 2: Observe Packets Sent for Ping
On PC1, execute arp –d – this will clear the ARP table.
In the main Packet Tracer window, click the “Simulation” button at bottom right hand corner. This will put Packet Tracer into Simulation Mode and open a Simulation Panel, which can be resized or moved.
On PC1 execute ping 10.1.1.14
In Packet Tracer window, you should see 2 packets at PC1.
Click the Capture then Forward (CtF) button once – it looks like this: or – it is the rightmost button of the 3 PLAY CONTROLS buttons on lower blue bar (keyboard shortcut = Alt-C). This will move one packet from PC1 to Switch1.
Click this packet on Switch 1 or in Simulation Panel to get “PDU Information” window showing the packet contents (PDU = “Protocol Data Unit” is another term for ‘packet’).
Answer Question #3 in Answers.
Answer Question #4 in Answers.
Close PDU Information window. Click CtF button once to see where Switch 1 forwards the packet.
Answer Question #5 in Answers.
Click CtF button once to see where Switch 2 forwards the packet.
Answer Question #6 in Answers.
Click CtF button once to see who sends a response.
Answer Question #7 in Answers.
Click this packet on Switch 2 or in Simulation Panel to see PDU Information.
Answer Question #8 in Answers.
Close PDU Information window. Click CtF button three (3) more times to see PC 1 send another packet to Switch1.
Click this packet on Switch1 or in Simulation Panel to see packet information.
Answer Question #9 in Answers.
Close PDU Information window.
On main screen, click the “Realtime” button at bottom right hand corner. This take Packet Tracer out of Simulation Mode and close the Simulation Panel.
Go back to PC1 Command Window. You should see that 4 ping replies have been received.
On PC1, execute arp –a
Answer Question #10 in Answers.
Part 3: Examine a Switch Forwarding Table
On PC1, execute ping 10.1.1.14 again. Wait for all 4 pings to complete.
Click on Switch1, then CLI tab. Click in the command window and hit Enter.
At the “Switch>” prompt, execute show mac address.
Answer Question #11 in Answers.
Answer Question #12 in Answers.
On PC1, execute ping 10.1.1.14 again. Wait for all 4 pings to complete.
Click on Switch 2, then CLI tab. Click in the command window and hit Enter.
At the “Switch>” prompt, execute show mac address.
Answer Question #13 in Answers.
Answer Question #14 in Answers.
Answer Question #15 in Answers.
You are finished! Save your Answers file, convert it to PDF, and submit on D2L.
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