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 Experiment No. 1
Aim: Introduction to Router Sim 6.0

RouterSim
RouterSim's Network Visualizer 6.0 offers features and flexibility so that we can design, build and
configure our own network with drag and drop design. With a program that offers over 470 commands
and over 220 supported labs, we are empowered to build, test and preview any kind of network and
environment we want. Network Visualizer 6.0 is ideal for:
• Deployment over a LAN network
• Distance education and deployment on a Citrix server or Microsoft Terminal Services
• Corporate trainers and employees
• Students at colleges, universities, and technical institutes
In addition, we can also use Net Assessment to evaluate our problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
From configured networks supplied by RouterSim or from our own, we can create a test network in
which configuration values can be manually or randomly changed. Our task is to trouble shoot the test
network and corrects alterations in the network. And this is ideal for both instructors and users.
Network Visualizer provides us with real-world-like experience in configuring routing and switching
devices within an internetwork. There are numerous pre-designed labs to choose from if we don't want
to build our own networks:
• Two-Router Labs - These labs cover basic concepts and RIP routing. We work with only
two routers. This is a good set of beginner labs.
• Standard Labs - We are presented with a more extensive set of over 80 labs.
• Extended Labs - With these labs we cover the same concepts as we do in Standard Labs.
However, we have a more complex network to work with. This is the most complex set of labs.
• VLSM Labs - Three labs cover RIPv2 and OSPF single area.
• Switching Lab
• OSPF Lab
• NAT-PAT Labs
• Cisco Networking Academy Semester 2 (supported commands only)
• Net Connect Labs
• Configured Labs - We can use these labs as Master networks in working with Net
Assessment.

Router
A router is a device that interconnects two or more computer networks, and selectively interchanges
packets of data between them. Each data packet contains address information that a router can use to
determine if the source and destination are on the same network, or if the data packet must be transferred
from one network to another. A router is a networking device whose software and hardware are
customized to the tasks of routing and forwarding information. A router has two or more network
interfaces, which may be to different physical types of network (such as copper cables, fiber, or
wireless) or different network standards.
Conceptually, a router operates in two operational planes (or sub-systems):
• Control plane: where a router builds a table (called routing table) as how a packet should
be forwarded through which interface, by using either statically configured statements (called
static routes) or by exchanging information with other routers in the network through a
dynamical routing protocol.
 • Forwarding plane: where the router actually forwards traffic (called packets in IP) from
ingress (incoming) interfaces to an egress (outgoing) interface that is appropriate for the
destination address that the packet carries with it, by following rules derived from the routing
table that has been built in the control plane.
Routers connect two or more logical subnets, which
do not share a common network address. The subnets
in the router do not necessarily map one-to-one to the
physical interfaces of the router. Routers may provide
connectivity inside enterprises, between enterprises and
the Internet, and inside internet service providers (ISPs).
The largest routers (for example the Cisco CRS-1 or
Juniper T1600) interconnect ISPs, are used inside ISPs,
or may be used in very large enterprise networks.
The smallest routers provide connectivity for small
and home offices.

Switch
A network switch or switching hub is a computer networking device that connects network segments.
The term commonly refers to a network bridge that processes and routes data at the data link layer (layer
2) of the OSI model. Switches that additionally process data at the network layer (layer 3 and above) are
often referred to as Layer 3 switches or multilayer switches.
The network switch, packet switch (or just switch) plays an integral part in most Ethernet local area
networks or LANs. Mid-to-large sized LANs contain a number of linked managed switches. Small
office/home office (SOHO) applications typically use a single switch or an all-purpose converged device
such as a gateway access to small office/home broadband services such as DSL router or cable Wi-Fi
router.
Interconnection of different Layer 3 networks is done by
routers. If there are any features that characterize "Layer-3
switches" as opposed to general-purpose routers, it tends to
be that they are optimized, in larger switches, for high-
density Ethernet connectivity. In some service provider and
other environments where there is a need for a great deal of
analysis of network performance and security, switches
may be connected between WAN routers as places for
analytic modules.

There are eight devices that we can use as many times in a network as we wish in creating a network:
• Cisco 2621 router
• Cisco 2811 router
• Cisco 1900 switch
• Cisco 2950 switch
• Cisco 2960 switch
• Cisco 3550 switch
• Cisco 3560 switch
• Hosts
List of Commands supported:
Router Commands
1. Usermode commands
2. Privilegemode commands
3. Global configuration mode commands
4. Interface subconfiguration mode commands
5. Line subconfiguration mode commands
6. Subinterface subconfiguration mode commands
7. IP routing protocol subconfiguration mode commands
Switch supported commands
1. Usermode commands
2. Privilegemode commands
3. Global configuration mode commands
4. Interface subconfiguration mode commands
5. Line subconfiguration mode commands
6. Vlan mode commands
7. Workstation commands