MOD002580 Compulsory Assessed Lab 6

Packet Tracer Practical

Task 1. Start a New Packet Tracer activity and connect two PCs and a switch as
shown: [10 marks]

Task 1.1. Configure the two PCs Ethernet interfaces with the IP addresses shown
and prove that they can communicate by sending ping between them.

 PC0 IP Address: 192.168.1.10

 PC0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
 PC1 IP Address: 192.168.1.11
 PC1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
 Ping worked ☐
 MAC Address of PC0
 MAC Address of PC1

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Task 2. Extend the topology as shown below [20 marks]

Task 2.1. Configure the Ethernet interface on Server0 with

 IP Address: 192.168.2.254
 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Task 2.2. On Server0 configure the DHCP service with

 Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1

 DNS Server: 192.168.2.254
 Start IP Address: 192.168.2.10
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
 Maximum number of users:89
 Turn the Service On
 Save the configuration

Task 2.3. Configure PC2 and PC3 to use a DHCP IP configuration.

 What is PC2
i. Default Gateway
ii. DNS Server
iii. IP Address
iv. Subnet Mask

 What is PC3
i. Default Gateway
ii. DNS Server
iii. IP Address
iv. Subnet Mask

Task 2.4. Check that PC2 can ping PC3. ☐

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Task 3. Extend the topology as shown below. Note that the switches are
connected to the routers using the Gigabit interfaces and that the lights on the
interfaces remain at red. [20 marks]

Task 3.1. Configure the Gigabit interface on Router0 and notice that there is an
IOS command window that indicates the commands being executed to perform the
configuration. You will learn more about this during the module.

 IP Address: 192.168.1.1
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
 It is also necessary to change Port Status to: On
 The interface lights have now turned green: ☐

Task 3.2. Repeat (4.1) with Router1 with

 IP Address: 192.168.2.1
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
 It is also necessary to change Port Status to: On
 The interface lights have now turned green: ☐

Task 3.3. PC2 should be able to ping the router interface 192.168.2.1 ☐
 If the ipconfig is executed at the command prompt, it should show
the Default Gateway as 192.168.2.1 ☐
 This is because we set the DHCP server to inform the PC that this
was the Default Gateway value (check 3.2 & 3.3)
 Research online and write on your words what is a Default Gateway?

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Task 3.4. Check that PC1 can ping 192.168.1.1 ☐

 And that ipconfig shows the Default Gateway as 0.0.0.0 ☐
 This is because we did not manually set the Default Gateway.
 Configure the Default Gateway of PC1 to 192.168.1.1. Do not
configure the Default Gateway of PC0 at this point.

Task 4. Complete the topology by connecting the two routers together using a
cross-over cable (a dotted one). [40 marks]
 Configure and enable the second Router0 Gigabit interface as
 IP Address: 192.168.3.1
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252
 Configure and enable the second Router1 Gigabit interface as
 IP Address: 192.168.3.2
 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252
 The lights on the interface between the two routers is now Green ☐

Task 4.1. Select the CLI tab for Router1.

 Keep entering exit until the prompt changes to Router#
 Ping the other router ☐

Task 4.2. Testing

 PC0 and PC1 can communicate ☐

 PC2 and PC3 can communicate ☐
 PC1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC3 can communicate with Router1 ☐
 Router1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC1 can communicate PC3 ☐

Task 4.3. -10 marks if you ticked the final box. You should get request timed out.

Task 4.4. At the PC1 Command Prompt issue the command netstat –r. Copy
the information about the active routed in the box below

This is the
Routing Table
in the PC and
should tell you
that for any
network
destination it
does not know
(0.0.0.0)
then it will ship
the packet to 192.168.1.1 (the Default Gateway) via the 192.168.1.11
(FastEthernet) interface.

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Task 4.5. On Router0, if it shows ‘Press RETURN to get started’ then press
Return, otherwise enter the command exit until you reach the Router> prompt.
 Enter the command show ip route.
 Enter the lines displayed after ‘Gateway of last resort not set’ in the
box below

This is the
Routing Table
on the router
and will be
described to
you in great
detail later in
the module.
Now note the
lines starting
with ‘L’. This
means the router only knows about its own Local interfaces. In order for it to pass
packets to the other router it must know about it. We will look at how to do this
automatically later in the module but now we are going to set this up manually.

Task 4.6. In the Config tab for Router0 Click on the Static button under Routing.
Enter the following information
 Network 192.168.2.0
 Mask 255.255.255.0
 Next Hop 192.168.3.2 (what route to take to
get to the destination network)
 Click on Add
 Enter the show ip route command in Router0 CLI tab. What is
the difference in the Routing Table compared to the previous time?

Task 4.7. Testing

 PC0 and PC1 can communicate ☐
 PC2 and PC3 can communicate ☐
 PC1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC3 can communicate with Router1 ☐
 Router1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC1 can communicate PC3 ☐

Task 4.8. -20 marks if you ticked the final box (you should have learnt from last
time). You should get request timed out.
Task 4.9. Although Router0 knows how to get to 192.168.2.0 network
Router1 does not know how to send the response back to PC1. Configure
Router1 with the info below.
 Network: 192.168.1.0
 Mask: 255.255.255.0
 Next Hop: 192.168.3.1 (what route to take to

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get to the destination network)

 Click on Add
 Enter the show ip route command in Router1 CLI tab. What is
the difference in the Routing Table compared to the previous time?

Task 4.10. Testing

 PC0 and PC1 can communicate ☐
 PC2 and PC3 can communicate ☐
 PC1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC3 can communicate with Router1 ☐
 Router1 can communicate with Router0 ☐
 PC1 can communicate with PC3 ☐
 PC0 can communicate with PC2 ☐

Task 4.11. Don’t make me give you -30 marks!

 Why did the last test not work?
 What did you do to fix it?

Task 5. Now is time for showing off. [10 marks]

 Add Server1 to Switch0.
 Configure its Ethernet interface so it has a similar IP address to PC0
& PC1
 Enable the Web (HTTP) service
 Check that PC3 can browse to the Web server
 What are the Quick Links on the server home page?