Community Developed Packet Tracer Labs

Selecting, Provisioning and Cabling Routers, Switches and PC’s

Topology
S0/1/0
S0/1/1
R1 R2
G0/0/1 G0/0/1

F0/5 F0/5

S1 S2
F0/6 F0/18

PC-A PC-B

IP Addressing Table
Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask

R1 G0/0/1 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

R1 S0/1/1 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
R2 S0/1/0 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0
R2 G0/0/1 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
S1 VLAN 1 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
S2 VLAN 1 192.168.3.2 255.255.255.0
PC-A Ethernet 192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0
PC-B Ethernet 192.168.3.3 255.255.255.0

Objectives
This lab is designed to use the packet Tracer Physical environment to create and equip a wiring closet.
Routers, and switches will be selected, placed into a rack, and the routers will have specific WAN modules
added. The devices will be cabled according to the diagram, configured using basic commands and
connectivity will be tested.
 Part 1: Create the Wiring Closet

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 Part 2: Connecting Devices

 Part 3: Configuring Devices and PCs
 Part 4: Configure the PCs
 Part 5: Test

Required Resources
 1 Equipment rack and table
 2 Routers (Cisco 4321)
 2 Switches (Cisco 2960)
 2 PCs
 Ethernet and Serial cables as shown in the topology

Instructions

Part 1: Create the Wiring Closet

Within the Packet Tracer Physical environment, this lab will utilize a single wiring closet. Once you have
located the closet, you will create the equipment rack for holding the routers and switches, and a table will be
created to support the PCs. After the equipment and PCs are installed, the devices will be wired, configured,
and tested.

Step 1: Locate the wiring closet and create an equipment rack and table
a. Click within the ‘Home City’ area in the Physical desktop environment.
b. Click within the ‘Corporate Office’ area.
c. Click within the ‘Main Wiring Closet’.
d. In the toolbar in the upper-right section of the screen, locate and select the icon for ‘Create New Rack’.
e. From the same toolbar, locate and select the icon for ‘Create New Table’
f. In the top toolbar, use the zoom-out magnifying glass icon to verify the rack and table were created.

Step 2: Add Routers, Switches and PC’s

a. From the devices section in the bottom-left area of the screen, locate and select the 4321 router. Drag it
into the center of the rack and it should automatically move to the top.
b. Repeat the previous step so there are two 4321 routers in the rack.
c. From the devices section, locate and select a 2960 switch. Drag it to the center of the rack.
d. Repeat the previous step for a second 2960 switch.
e. From the devices section, locate a desktop PC and drag it into the wiring closet. The PC should
automatically place itself on the table. Zoom out to confirm this.
f. Repeat the previous step for a second desktop PC.
g. The devices in the rack can be moved down to align with the PCs. Drag each device down the rack to the
correct position to align with the PCs.

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Step 3: Provision R1
a. Left-click on the top router in the rack to open the configuration box.
b. With the ‘Physical’ tab open, select ‘Zoom In’ to enlarge the router image. Drag the right side of the
configuration box towards the right to expand it enough to see the entire router.
1) Locate the power switch on the router and observe the green power-on indicator under the switch.
2) Click the power switch and observe the green indicator is no longer on.
3) In the column to the left of the router, locate and select the ‘NIM-2T’ Network Interface Module. It will
appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
4) Drag the NIM-2T module to the left-side NIM slot on the router.
5) In the column to the left of the router, locate and select the ‘NIM-Cover’. It will appear in the bottom-
right corner of the screen.
6) Drag the cover to the right-side NIM slot on the router.
7) Toggle the router power switch again to turn the router on.
c. Select the ‘Config’ tab from the top line. Wait for the router to complete booting if necessary.
1) Change the section for ‘Display Name’ to R1 (this must be exactly R1).
2) Observe that the label under the router in the rack has changed to R1.
d. Select the ‘CLI’ tab from the top line.
1) Press ‘Enter’ to get the user-exec mode prompt. Use the enable command to enter privilege-exec
mode.
2) From the privilege-exec mode prompt, use the show ip interface brief command to display and
verify the interface designations on the router.
Question:
What interfaces are on the router?

Note: The router should have Serial 0/1/0 and Serial 0/1/1 interfaces. If the output displays Serial 0/2/0
and Serial 0/2/1, the NIM-2T is in the wrong slot. Power the router off and use the ‘Delete’ tool to remove
the NIM-2T and NIM-Cover. Start at step 3.b.c above and be sure the NIM-2T is in the left NIM slot.

Step 4: Provision R2
a. Locate the second router in the rack.
b. Repeat the process from Step 3 above for this router using R2 for the Display Name.

Step 5: Change display names on other devices

a. Left-click on the upper 2960 switch to open its configuration box.
b. Select the ‘Config’ tab from the top line
c. Change the ‘Display Name’ to S1.
1) Observe that the label under the switch in the rack has changed to S1.
d. Repeat sub-steps a-c above for the remaining switch and the PCs, using the names S2, PC-A and PC-B.

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Wiring Closet (prior to cabling)

Part 2: Connecting Devices

The devices in this network need to be cabled properly using Serial and Ethernet cables. This task should be
done carefully, and each cable connection should be verified to make sure it is connected to the correct ports.
If a mistake is made, the cable should be deleted and done again.

Step 1: Connect the WAN link between the routers

a. From the devices section in the bottom-left area of the screen, locate and select the ‘Connections’ icon (it
looks like a lightning bolt).
b. From the icons of connectivity types, locate and select the red jagged line with clock symbol (Serial DCE).

Device Interface to Device Interface

R2 Serial0/1/0 R1 Serial0/1/1

c. Position the cursor arrow over the router labelled R2 and left-click.
1) From the drop-down menu select Serial0/1/0. Nothing will appear to change on the screen.
d. Position the cursor arrow over the router labelled R1 and left-click.
1) From the drop-down menu select Serial0/1/1. Cable ends should appear on the routers.
e. Hover the cursor arrow over the cable end on R1 and confirm that the dialog box indicates that R1-S0/1/1
connects to R2-S0/1/0.
Note: If the connection is not correct, use the delete icon to remove the cable and repeat this step.

Step 2: Ethernet Connections.

a. From the icons of connectivity types, locate and select the straight black line (Copper Straight-Through).
b. Repeating the process from Part 2, Step 1 above, configure and verify the following connections:

Device Interface to Device Interface

S1 FastEthernet0/5 R1 GigabitEthernet0/0/1

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Device Interface to Device Interface

S1 FastEthernet0/6 PC-A FastEthernet0

S2 FastEthernet0/5 R2 GigabitEthernet0/0/1
S2 FastEthernet0/18 PC-B FastEthernet0

Part 3: Configuring Devices

In this section, the routers and switches will receive basic configurations and IP addresses.

Step 1: Basic device configuration.

a. Click on R1 to open the dialog box and select the ‘CLI’ tab at the top of the box.
b. Click inside the text box and press the ‘Enter’ key to activate the Command Line Interface (CLI).
c. From the user-exec prompt (Router>), use the enable command to access privilege-exec.
d. From the privilege-exec prompt (Router#), use the configure terminal command to access global
configuration mode.
e. Enter basic configuration commands to include:
1) Change the name of this router to R1 using the hostname command.
2) Assign a password of class for the enable secret command.
3) Disable Domain Name resolution with no ip domain-lookup.
4) Create a banner motd that will notify users to Keep Out!
5) Encrypt all passwords with service password-encryption
6) Secure the Console and VTY Lines with password cisco and the login command.
7) Save this configuration using copy running-config startup-config.
8) Repeat the above steps for R2, S1, and S2 substituting the proper device names.

Step 2: R1 interface configuration.

a. On R1, enter configuration mode.
b. Enter interface Serial 0/1/1 to configure the Serial interface.
1) Use a command to identify what is connected to this interface. Example: description Link to R2.
2) Enter the proper IP address and subnet mask from the chart at the beginning of the lab. Example: ip
address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
3) Activate the interface. Example: no shutdown
4) Use exit to return to global configuration mode.
c. Repeat the process from substep-b above for the Gigabit 0/0/1 interface substituting the proper
description and IP address.
d. Within global configuration, enter a static route: R1(config)# ip route 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0 S0/1/1
e. From privilege-exec mode, save the configuration using copy running-config startup-config.

Step 3: R2 interface configuration.

a. Repeat the process from Part 3, Step 2, a-c to configure R2 using the appropriate values from the
diagram and IP addressing table.

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b. Within global configuration, enter a static route: R2(config)# ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 S0/1/0
c. From privilege-exec mode, save the configuration using copy running-config startup-config.

Step 4: S1 management interface configuration.

a. On S1, enter configuration mode.
b. Enter interface vlan 1 to configure the Switch Virtual Interface.
1) Use a command to identify what this interface will be for. Example: description For management.
2) Enter the proper IP address and subnet mask from the chart at the beginning of the lab. Example: ip
address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
3) Activate the interface. Example: no shutdown
4) Use exit to return to global configuration mode.
5) Configure the default gateway address for the switch. Example: ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
c. From privilege-exec mode, save the configuration using copy running-config startup-config.

Step 5: S2 management interface configuration.

a. Repeat the process from Part 3, Step 4 to configure S2 using the appropriate values from the diagram
and IP addressing table.

Part 4: Configure the PCs

Step 1: Configure IP address information on PC-A.
a. Left-click on PC-A and select ‘Desktop’ from the top bar in the box that opened.
b. Within the desktop, select ‘IP Configuration’.
1) Click the radio-button for ‘Static’ if it is not selected.
2) Using values from the IP Addressing chart, enter the IP address for PC-A in the ‘IP Address’ section.
3) Enter the Subnet mask in the appropriate box.
4) Finally, enter the first usable address in the subnet in the ‘Default Gateway’ box.
5) There is no DNS Server.
6) Close this box with the ‘X’ in the upper-right corner.

Step 2: Configure IP address information on PC-B.

a. Repeat the configuration process from Part 4, Step 1 on PC-B using the appropriate IP addresses.

Part 5: Testing
Pings will be used to test connectivity to other devices in the network. From PC-A, connectivity will be verified
to each device in sequence starting with S1. If a ping is not successful, troubleshoot the problem to resolve
connectivity.

Step 1: Left-click on PC-A and select ‘Desktop’.

a. Within the Desktop, select ‘Command Prompt’.
b. At the command prompt (C:\>), generate pings to verify connectivity to various devices.
1) First, try to reach the nearest device, S1: ping 192.168.1.2 (If not successful, troubleshoot until the
ping works).

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2) Next, try to reach the default gateway on router R1. ping 192.168.1.1 (Troubleshoot if needed).
3) Repeat (and troubleshoot) the ping tests for the rest of the IP addresses in the Address Table.

Step 2: Helpful commands while troubleshooting.

a. Use show ip interface brief on routers and switches to verify the correct IP addresses are on the correct
interfaces. Also verify that the interface ‘Status’ and ‘Protocol’ are both ‘up’.
b. Use show cdp neighbors on routers and switches to display connected network devices (not PCs). The
‘Local Interface’ is the one on your device, ‘Port ID’ is the interface on the connected device.

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