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Objectives

Part 1: Verify Switching Technologies

Part 2: Verify DHCP

Part 3: Verify Routing

Part 4: Verify WAN Technologies

Part 5: Verify Connectivity

Scenario

This activity uses a variety of technologies that you have encountered during your CCNA studies, including IPv4 routing, IPv6 routing, port security, EtherChannel, DHCP, and NAT. Your task is to review the requirements, isolate and resolve any problems, and then document the steps you took to verify the requirements.

The company replaced routers R1 and R3 to accommodate a fiber connection between the locations. Configurations from the previous routers with serial connections were modified and applied as a starting configuration. IPv6 is being tested on a small portion of the network and needs to be verified.

Note: Passwords have been removed for ease of troubleshooting in this exercise. The typical password protections should be reapplied; however, the activity will not grade those items.

Addressing Table

Instructions

Part 1:  Verify Switching Technologies

Open configuration window

1. Port security is configured to only allow PC1 to access S1’s F0/3 interface. All violations should disable the interface.

Issue the command on S1 to display the current port security status.

S1# show port-security

2. Enter interface configuration mode for interface F0/3 and set up port security.

S1(config-if)# switchport port-security

S1(config-if)# switchport port-security mac-address sticky

3. Devices in the LAN on S1 should be in VLAN 10. Display the current state of VLAN configuration.

Question:

What ports are currently assigned to VLAN 10?

Type your answers here.

F0/3, F0/4

4. PC1 should be receiving an IP address from the router R1.

Question:

Does the PC currently have an IP address assigned?

Type your answers here.

No, it only has an APIPA address

5. Notice the G0/1 interface on R1 is not in the same VLAN as PC1. Change the G0/1 interface to be a member of VLAN 10 and set portfast on the interface.

S1(config-if)# int G0/1

S1(config-if)# switchport access vlan 10

S1(config-if)# spanning-tree portfast

6. Reset the interface address on PC1 from the GUI or by using the command prompt and the ipconfig /renew command. Does PC1 have an address? If not, recheck your steps. Test connectivity to the TFTP Server. The ping should be successful.
7. The LAN connected to R3 had an additional switch added to the topology. Link aggregation using EtherChannel is configured on S2, S3, and S4. The EtherChannel links should be set to trunk. The EtherChannel links should be set to form a channel without using a negotiation protocol. Issue the command on each switch to determine if the channel is working correctly.

S2# show etherchannel summary

<output omitted>

1      Po1(SU)           –      Fa0/1(P) Fa0/2(P)

2      Po2(SU)           –      Fa0/3(P) Fa0/4(P)

Question:

Were there any problems with EtherChannel?

Type your answers here.

S3 shows Po1 as down (SD)

8. Modify S3 to include ports F0/1 and F0/2 as port channel 1.

S3(config)# interface range f0/1-2

S3(config-if-range)# channel-group 1 mode on

Check the status of the EtherChannel on S3. It should be stable now. If it is not, check the previous steps.

9. Verify the trunk status on all switches.

S3# show int trunk

Question:

Were there any issues with trunking?

Type your answers here.

S2 is using VLAN 1 as the Native VLAN on the link G0/1 interface.

10. Correct the trunk issues on S2.

S2(config)# int g0/1

S2(config-if)# switchport trunk native vlan 99

11. Spanning Tree should be set to PVST+ on S2, S3, and S4. S2 should be configured to be the root bridge for all VLANs. Issue the command to display the spanning-tree status on S2.

S2# show spanning-tree summary totals

Switch is in pvst mode

Root bridge for:

12. The command output shows that S2 is not the root bridge for any VLANs. Correct the spanning-tree status on S2.

S2(config)# spanning-tree vlan 1-1005 root primary

13. Check the spanning-tree status on S2 to verify the changes.

S2# show spanning-tree summary totals

Switch is in pvst mode

Root bridge for: default V30 V40 V50 Native

Close configuration window

Part 2:  Verify DHCP

• R1 is the DHCP server for the R1 LAN.
• R3 is the DHCP server for all 3 LANs attached to R3.
  1. Check the addressing of the PCs.

Question:

Do they all have correct addressing?

Type your answers here.

No, PC3 and PC4 have incorrect gateways

2. Check the DHCP settings on R3. Filter the output from the show run command to start with the DHCP configuration.

Open configuration window

R3# sh run | begin dhcp

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.30.1 192.168.30.9

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.40.1 192.168.40.9

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.50.1 192.168.50.9

!

ip dhcp pool LAN30

 network 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0

 default-router 192.168.30.1

ip dhcp pool LAN40

 network 192.168.40.0 255.255.255.0

 default-router 192.168.30.1

ip dhcp pool LAN50

 network 192.168.50.0 255.255.255.0

 default-router 192.168.30.1

Question:

Are there any issues with the DHCP configurations?

Type your answers here.

The default-router setting is incorrect on LAN40 and LAN50.

3. Make any necessary corrections and reset the IP addresses on the PCs. Check connectivity to all devices.

Question:

Were you able to ping all IPv4 addresses?

Type your answers here.

PC1, PC2, PC3 & PC4 should have full connectivity for IPv4 internally. The hosts are not able to ping outside. This problem will be addressed in Part 3.

Close configuration window

Part 3:  Verify Routing

Verify that the following requirements have been met. If not, complete the configurations.

• All routers are configured with OSPF process ID 1 and no routing updates should be sent across interfaces that do not have routers connected.
• R2 is configured with an IPv4 default route pointing to the ISP and redistributes the default route in the OSPFv2 domain.
• R2 is configured with a default IPv6 fully qualified default route point to the ISP and redistributes the default route in the OSPFv3 domain.
• NAT is configured on R2 and no untranslated addresses are permitted to cross the internet.
  1. Check the routing tables on all routers.

Open configuration window

R3# show ip route ospf

<output omitted>

     10.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 5 subnets, 2 masks

O       10.1.1.0 [110/649] via 10.2.2.1, 01:15:53, GigabitEthernet0/2/0

O    192.168.10.0 [110/649] via 10.3.3.1, 01:15:53, GigabitEthernet0/1/0

192.168.20.0 [110/2] via 10.2.2.1, 01:15:53, GigabitEthernet0/2/0

<output omitted>

Question:

Do all of the networks appear on all routers?

Type your answers here.

All of the networks are in the routing tables. However, the default route is not propagating to R1 and R3, so there is only connectivity to the outside from R2.

2. Ping the Outside Host from R2.

Question:

Was the ping successful?

Type your answers here.

R2 should be able to ping Outside Host

3. Correct the default route propagation.

R2(config)# router ospf 1

R2(config-router)# default-information originate

4. Check the routing tables on R1 and R3 to make certain the default route is present.
5. Test IPv6 connectivity from R2 to Outside Host and TFTP Server. The pings should be successful. Troubleshoot if they are not.
6. Test IPv6 connectivity from R2 to PC4. If the ping fails be sure to check that the IPv6 addressing matches the Addressing Table.
7. Test IPv6 connectivity from R3 to Outside Host. If the ping fails, check the IPv6 routes on R3. Be sure to validate the default route originating from R2. If the route does not appear, modify the IPv6 OSPF configuration on R2.

R2(config)# ipv6 router ospf 1

R2(config-rtr)# default-information originate

8. Check connectivity from R2 to Outside Host. The ping should be successful.

Close configuration window

Part 4:  Verify WAN Technologies

• The serial link between R1 and R2 is used as a backup link in case of failure and should only carry traffic if the fiber link is unavailable.
• The Ethernet link between R2 and R3 is a fiber connection.
• The Ethernet link between R1 and R3 is a fiber connection and should be used to forward traffic from R1.

Open configuration window

1. Take a close look at the routing table on R1.

Question:

Are there any routes using the serial link?

Type your answers here.

Yes. Traffic for the 192.168.20.0 network and the default route are using S0/1/0 as opposed to G0/0/0.

Use the traceroute command to verify any suspicious paths.

R1# traceroute 192.168.20.254

Type escape sequence to abort.

Tracing the route to 192.168.20.254

 

  1   10.1.1.2        1 msec    1 msec    1 msec   

  2   192.168.20.254  1 msec    9 msec    0 msec   

Notice the traffic is being sent via the S0/1/0 interface as opposed to the G0/0/0 interface.

2. The original configurations that came from the previous serial WAN connections were transferred to the new devices. Compare the G0/0/0 interface and Serial0/1/0 interface settings. Notice they both have an OSPF cost value set. Remove the OSPF cost setting from the G0/0/0 interface. It will also be necessary to remove the setting on the link on R3 that connects to R1.

R1(config)# int g0/0/0

R1(config-if)# no ip ospf cost 648

R3(config)# int g0/1/0

R3(config-if)# no ip ospf cost 648

3. Reissue the traceroute command from R1 to verify that the path has changed.
4. The change has been made to direct traffic over the faster link, however the backup route needs to be tested. Shut down the G0/2/0 interface on R3 and test connectivity to the TFTP Server and Outside Host.

Question:

Were the pings successful?

Type your answers here.

TFTP Server can be reached; however, Outside Host cannot be reached. Students should think about other causes for the lack of connectivity. In this case, it is a problem with NAT not being set as inside on the Serial interface on R2.

5. R2 is required to perform NAT for all internal networks. Check the NAT translations on R2.

R2# show ip nat translations

6. Notice that the list is empty if you have only attempted to ping from R1. Attempt a ping from R3 to Outside Host and recheck the NAT translations on R2. Issue the command to display the current NAT statistics which will also provide the interfaces involved in NAT.

R2# show ip nat statistics

<output will vary>

Total translations: 0 (0 static, 0 dynamic, 0 extended)

Outside Interfaces: GigabitEthernet0/0

Inside Interfaces: GigabitEthernet0/1 , GigabitEthernet0/1/0

Hits: 17  Misses: 27

Expired translations: 17

Dynamic mappings:

7. Set the Serial 0/0/0 interface as an inside interface to translate addresses.

R2(config)# int s0/0/0

R2(config-if)# ip nat inside

8. Test connectivity to Outside Host from R1. The ping should now be successful. Re-enable the G0/2/0 interface on R3.

Close configuration window

Part 5:  Verify Connectivity

• Devices should be configured according to the Addressing Table.
• Every device should be able to ping every other device internally. The internal PCs should be able to ping the Outside Host.
• PC4 should be able to ping the TFTP Server and the Outside Host using IPv6.