How to Configure VLAN, STP, DTP Step

by Step Guide?
In this tutorial we will demonstrate that how can you
Configure Access or Trunk links
Create VLAN
Assign VLAN membership
Configure Intra VLAN routing
Configure VTP Server
Make VTP Clients
Show STP Static
Configure DTP port
To complete these labs either creates a topology as shown in figure
or downloads this file and loads it in packet tracer

Task
You are the administrator at router-switch.com have two
department sales and management. You have given three pc for
sales and three pc in management. You created two VLAN. VLAN 10
for sales and VLAN20 for management. For backup purpose you
have interconnected switch with one extra connection. You have one
router for intera VLAN communications.
Let's start configuration first assign IP address to all pc's
To assign IP address double click on pc and select ip configurations
from desktop tab and give ip address as shown in table given above
VLAN Trunking Protocol
Configure VTP Server
We will first create a VTP Server so it can automatically propagate
VLAN information to other switch. Double click on Switch1 and
select CLI. Set hostname to S1 and create VTP domain name
example and set password to vinita (Remember password is case
sensitive).
Switch 1
Switch>enable
Switch#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#hostname S1

S1(config)#vtp mode server

Device mode already VTP SERVER.
S1(config)#vtp domain example
Changing VTP domain name from NULL to example
S1(config)#vtp password vinita
Setting device VLAN database password to vinita
Configure VTP clients
Once you have created a VTP domain. Configure remaining Switch
to Client mode.
Switch 2
Switch>enable
Switch#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#hostname S2
S2(config)#vtp mode client
Setting device to VTP CLIENT mode.
S2(config)#vtp domain example
Changing VTP domain name from NULL to example
S2(config)#vtp password vinita
Setting device VLAN database password to vinita
S2(config)#
Switch 3
Switch>enable
Switch#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#hostname S3
S3(config)#vtp mode client
Setting device to VTP CLIENT mode.
S3(config)#vtp domain example
Changing VTP domain name from NULL to example
S3(config)#vtp password vinita
Setting device VLAN database password to vinita
S3(config)#
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
Configure DTP port
All Switch ports remain by default in access mode. Access port can
not transfer the trunk frame. Change mode to trunk on all the port
those are used to interconnect the switches
Switch 1
S1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/24
S1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
FastEthernet0/24,
changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
FastEthernet0/24,
changed state to up
S1(config-if)#exit
S1(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
S1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
S1(config-if)#exit
S1(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
S1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
GigabitEthernet1/2,
changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
GigabitEthernet1/2,
changed state to up
S1(config-if)#exit
S1(config)#
Switch 2
S2(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
S2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
GigabitEthernet1/1,
changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
GigabitEthernet1/1,
changed state to up
S2(config-if)#exit
S2(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 1/2
S2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
S2(config-if)#exit
S2(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/23
S2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
FastEthernet0/23,
changed state to down
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:
Line
protocol
FastEthernet0/23,
changed state to up
S2(config-if)#exit
S2(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/24

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S2(config-if)#switchport mode trunk

S2(config-if)#exit
Switch 3
S3(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/24
S3(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
S3(config-if)#exit
S3(config)#interface gigabitEthernet 1/1
S3(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
S3(config-if)#exit
Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Create VLAN
After VTP server configuration its time to organize VLAN. We need
only to create VLAN on VTP server and reset will be done by VTP
Server automatically.
Switch 1
S1(config)#vlan 10
S1(config-vlan)#exit
S1(config)#vlan 20
S1(config-vlan)#exit
S1(config)#
As we have already configure VTP server in our network so we don't
need to create VLAN on S2 or S3. We need only to associate VLAN
with port.
Assign VLAN membership
Switch 1
S1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/1
S1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10
S1(config-if)#interface fastEthernet 0/2
S1(config-if)#switchport access vlan 20
Switch 2
S2(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/1
S2(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10
S2(config-if)#interface fastEthernet 0/2
S2(config-if)#switchport access vlan 20
Switch 3
S3(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/1
S3(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10

S3(config-if)#interface fastEthernet 0/2

S3(config-if)#switchport access vlan 20
Now we have two working vlan. To test connectivity do ping form
10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.3 and 10.0.0.4. if you get successfully replay then
you have successfully created VLAN and VTP server.
Spanning-Tree Protocol
In this configuration STP will block these ports F0/24 of S1 , F0/23
and F0/24 of S2 and F0/24 of S3 to avoid loop at layer to two. Verify
those ports blocked due to STP functions
Verify STP ports
Switch 2
S2#show spanning-tree active
VLAN0001
Spanning tree enabled protocol ieee
Root ID Priority 32769
Address
0002.174D.7794
Cost
4
Port
26(GigabitEthernet1/2)
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Bridge ID Priority 32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1)
Address
00D0.FF08.82E1
Hello Time 2 sec Max Age 20 sec Forward Delay 15 sec
Aging Time 20
Interface
Role Sts Cost
Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- ---- --- --------- -------- --------------------------Fa0/1
Desg FWD 19
128.1 P2p
Fa0/2
Desg FWD 19
128.2 P2p
Fa0/23
Desg FWD 19
128.23 P2p
Fa0/24
Altn BLK 19
128.24 P2p
Gi1/1
Desg FWD 4
128.25 P2p
Gi1/2
Root FWD 4
128.26 P2p
[Output is omitted]
S2#
You can test STP protocols status on S1 and S3 also with
show spanning-tree active command
Router on Stick
At this point of configuration you have two successfully running
VLAN but they will not connect each other. To make intra VLAN

communications we need to configure router . To do this double click

on router and select CLI.
Configure intra VLAN
Router
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
Router(config-if)#no ip address
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0.10
Router(config-subif)#encapsulation dot1Q 10
Router(config-subif)#ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
Router(config-subif)#exit
Router(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0.20
Router(config-subif)#encapsulation dot1Q 20
Router(config-subif)#ip address 20.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
Router(config-subif)#exit
To test connectivity between different vlan do ping form any pc to all
reaming pc. it should be ping successfully. If you have error
download this configured topology and cross check that where you
have committed mistake.
Configured VLAN VTP STP topology
VLAN VTP Server STP DTP command reference sheet
Switch(config)#vlan Creates VLAN 10 and enters VLAN configuration mode
10
for further definitions.
Switch(configvlan)#name Sales

Assigns a name to the VLAN. The length of the name

can be from 1 to 32 characters.

Switch(configvlan)#exit

Applies changes, increases the revision number by 1,

and returns to global configuration mode.

Switch(config)#inter Moves to interface configuration mode

face
fastethernet
0/1
Switch(configSets the port to access mode
if)#switchport mode
access

Switch(configif)#switchport
access vlan 10

Assigns this port to VLAN 10

Switch#show vlan

Displays VLAN information

Switch#show
brief

vlan Displays VLAN information in brief

Switch#show vlan id Displays information about VLAN 10 only

10
Switch#show
name sales

vlan Displays information about VLAN named sales only

Switch#show
interfaces vlan x

Displays interface characteristics for the specified VLAN

Switch#delete
flash:vlan.dat
Delete
filename
[vlan.dat]?
Delete
flash:vlan.dat?
[confirm]
Switch#

Removes the entire VLAN database from flash.

Make sure there is no space between the colon (:) and
the characters vlan.dat. You can potentially erase the
entire contents of the flash with this command if the
syntax is not correct. Make sure you read the output
from the switch. If you need to cancel, press ctrl+c to
escape back to privileged mode:

Switch(config)#inter Moves to interface configuration mode.

face
fastethernet
0/5
Switch(config-if)#no Removes port from VLAN 5 and reassigns it to VLAN 1
switchport
access the default VLAN.
vlan 5
Switch(configif)#exit

Moves to global configuration mode.

Switch(config)#no
vlan 5

Removes VLAN 5 from the VLAN database.

Switch#copy
running-config
startupconfig

Saves the configuration in NVRAM

Switch(config-if)
Puts the interface into permanent trunking mode and
#switchport
mode negotiates to convert the link into a trunk link.
trunk

Switch(config)#vtp
mode server

Changes the switch to VTP server mode.

Switch(config)#vtp
mode client

Changes the switch to VTP client mode.

Switch(config)#vtp
mode transparent

Changes the switch to VTP transparent mode.

Switch(config)#no
vtp mode

Returns the switch to the default VTP server mode.

Switch(config)#vtp Configures the VTP domain name. The name can be

domain
domain- from 1 to 32 characters long.
name
Switch(config)#vtp Configures a VTP password
password password .
Switch(config)#vtp
pruning

Enables VTP pruning

Switch#show
status

vtp Displays general information about VTP configuration

Switch#show
counters

vtp Displays the VTP counters for the switch

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