TITLE: Reproduce basic Device Configuration sequences to ensure device connectivity in Layer 3

Devices using Cisco Packet Tracer Objectives

OBJECTIVES:
 To trace configuration procedures for basic layer 3 devices using command line interface in Packet
Tracer.
 To explain and show network connectivity using Cisco packet tracer.

INTRODUCTION:
We will look at the basic serial network building and see the basic configurations of the routers used and
in the end we will analyze the connectivity of our components used with each other. The connectivity will
be checked by using ping command from one local host (pc) to the router its connected with to the other
local host pc2 and with the other router in our path to pc2. All of this is done we configured our host PCs
by giving them IP addresses and gateway though which the packets will enter and leave. Some in lab task
were performed for implementation of above mentioned tasks.

METHODOLOGY:
TASK 01: Cable the Ethernet and Serial Links of the Network

 This task required us to make wire connection of the given network in manual.
 We use Copper straight through cable for establishing a link between a host PC and switch and for
establishing a connection between a switch and router.
 For establishing a link between the router and a host PC we use a Cross Over cable.
 When a router has to be linked with another router we use Serial DCE (data communication
Componenet).

TASK 02: Perform basic IOS command line interface operations

 First, we enter the privileged mode from the user mode by entering ‘en’ in the CLI section of the
router settings.
 For making configuration settings we need to move to the global configuration mode, we do this
by entering command ‘#Router config t’
TASK 03: Perform basic Configuration of Router R1

 In this task we perform basic configurations of our Router1.

 First we enter the privileged mode by the same methodology as described above and then we assign
a host name to our router by using the command Router(config)#hostname R1 (where R1 is set as
the host name).
 Then we disable DNS lookup so that the router does not attempt to lookup on a DNS entry for a
name that is actually a typing error.
 Then we setup EXEC mode password to our router so that an authentication is performed first in
case if someone tries to change the configuration settings of the router. This could be done by using
enable password or enable secret command. The only difference between these commands is of
encryption, enable secret command saves the password in encrypted form and enable password
stores is in plain text form.
 Now we setup a console password for our router.
  For this we first enter the line configuration mode by entering the command #line console 0.
 Then we set cisco as our password using the command Router(config-line)#password cisco.
 We enter a command which specifies that when to ask for this password I.e. while logging in. So
we use the command Router(config-line)#login
 Then exit the line configuration mode.
 Then we set a password for virtual terminals lines by first entering the command R1(config-line)
#line vty 0 4 and then following the same methodology to set password as above.
 At the end exit the line configuration mode.
 Now we configure the fastethernet interface of our router by first entering R1(config)#int fast 1/0
 Then assign an IP address to the router by entering ip followed by the ip address to be assigned
followed by the subnet mask.
 Enter the no shut down command to change status of this interface to up manually.
 To configure the serial interface enter R1(config)#interface serial 2/0
 Set the clock rate by as 64000 using the command #clock rate 64000
 After bringing its status to up exit this mode.
 The description to our router could be added by using the description command I.e. R1(config-
if)#description Link To R2.
 To save the configuration settings use the command R1#copy run start.
TASK 04: Perform basic Configuration of Router R1

 Repeat all the above steps for R2.

TASK 05: Configure IP Addressing on the Host PCs

 We configure both the PCs by double clicking on each and going to its IP configuration settings
bar and fill the IP address box with the IP 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.3.1 respectively.
TASK 06: Verify and Test the Configurations.

 We verify our IP configurations in this task.

 First we enter the command R1#ip route that displays all the basic configuration details about our
router like its IP address and its connection with the respective ports I.e. which port is connected to
which IP address of the router.
 The command R1#show ip interface brief shows configuration details like IP address of the router,
status of all the interfaces whether they are up or not etc.
 In order to check connectivity with the host we ping the IP address 192.168.1.10 and check whether
our connection with the router is live or not.
TASK 07: Reflection
This task required us to verify that the connectivity of the host connected to R1 to the host connected to R2
or from the host connected to R1 to router R2 or from the host connected to R2 to router R1.

 We went to our PC 1 command line and pinged the router 1 to see its connection with our PC.
 Than we pinged the PC 2 from our PC1 by writing the command ‘ping 192222.168.3.10’. to see
the connectivity of PC1 and PC2
 After that we tried to find the problem in our network that were the packets were dropping hence
we pinged the router 2.
  After all of this we came to know that the connection between router 1 and router 2 were not made
hence our packet got dropped on its way.
TASK 08: Create a startup configuration file

 For this purpose we copy our configuration settings of the router and save it in a notepad file.
 Then upload it in the startup configuration.
 Then we show the running router configuration using the command R1#show running-config
 Copy the output and paste in notepad
 Edit the commands e.g. change the encrypted password text to a readable one, remove the classless
command etc.
TASK 09: Load the start.txt File onto the R1 Router

 To load the startup configuration file we first erase the currently running configuration file. We do
this by using the command R1#erase startup-config.
 Then we enter R1#reload
 Now view the startup configuration by using R1#show startup-config. We also view the running
configuration by using the same command for running configuration.
 We enter the global configuration mode by using config t command
 Then we verify our running configuration by the command show running-config.

CONCLUSION:
This lab helps us understand to trace configuration procedures for basic layer 3 devices in Packet Tracer.
It explains and shows how network connectivity is done using Cisco packet tracer.