EP301-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS

MERLIMAU POLYTECHNIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT EP301 SYSTEM COMMUNICATION FUNDAMENTALS

TITLE: CONFIGURING ROUTER USING PACKET TRACER 5.0 INTRODUCTION: 1. There are several methods available for configuring Cisco routers. It can be done over the network from a TFTP server. It can be done through the menu interface provided at bootup, and it can be done from the menu interface provided by using the command setup. 2. The main reason for using the command-line interface instead of a menu driven interface is speed. Once you have invested the time to learn the command-line commands, you can perform many operations much more quickly than by using a menu. This is basically true of all command-line vs. menu interfaces. What makes it especially efficient to learn the command-line interface of the Cisco IOS is that it is standard across all Cisco routers

OBJECTIVES: At the end of this learning, students should be able to: i. configure a router connected with two switches ii. configure router using command line (CLI) MATERIALS NEEDED: i. Software Packet Tracer 5.0 PROCEDURES ; 1. Make the connection as the diagram below.

Choose router type : 2621XM Choose switch type : 2960

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2. Connection map:

i. ii. iii. iv.

Port Fast Ethernet(PC0) to Port Fast Ethernet0/1(Switch0) Port Fast Ethernet0/2(Switch0) to Port Fast Ethernet0/0(Router0) Port Fast Ethernet0/1(Router0) to Port Fast Ethernet0/1(Switch1) Port Fast Ethernet0/2(Switch1) to Port Fast Ethernet(PC1)

3. Double click on PC0 and click on the desktop tab.

EP301-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS 4. Click on IP Configuration

Enter the details as below: IP Address : 10.40.6.202 Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0 Default Gateway : 10.40.6.1 5. Repeat Step 3 & 4 for PC1 and enter the details as below: IP Address : 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway : 192.168.1.254

EP301-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS 6. Double click on Router0 and select the CLI tab.

7. If you see a statement as below: Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: Type n or N and press <enter>

8. Press <RETURN> to get to the user prompt Router> The greater than symbol (>) indicates you are in user mode. 9. Type enable to get into privileged mode. The (#) sign indicates you are now in privileged mode. Router> enable Router# 10. Type configure terminal to get into configuration mode. Router> enable Router# configure terminal Router(config)#

EP301-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS 11. Determine the port name for each routers port. The diagram below shows port Fa0/0 is connected to Switch0 and port Fa0/1 is connected to Switch1

12. - Configure an IP address for Router0 fast Ethernet interface (refer to table below) and activate the interface - Activate the interface it is currently in shutdown mode. You should see a message that the interface has now come up

IP Address Subnet Mask Router(config)#int <tab>

Fast Ethernet 0/0 10.40.6.1 255.0.0.0

Fast Ethernet 0/1 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0

Router(config)#interface fastethernet0/0 Router(config-if)#ip address 10.40.6.1 255.0.0.0 Router(config-if)#no shutdown <enter> After no shutdown it will appears as below: Router(config-if)# %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up

EP301-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS - Type as below for Fa0/1: Router(config-if)#exit <enter> Router(config)#int <tab> Router(config)#interface fastethernet0/1 Router(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0 Router(config-if)#no shutdown

- After no shutdown, it will appear as below: Router(config-if)# %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up 13. After all steps have been done, all blinking nodes will appear green. It indicates that the configuration is right. 14. Select Simple PDU and it from source to receiver according to the Table 1 and observe its status: Source PC0 Router PC1 Router PC0 PC1 Destination Router PC0 Router PC1 PC1 PC0 Table 1 Status

Question: 1. Describe router functions. 2. One of the functions of the network layer (Refer OSI layer) is "path determination". This task may be done by router. Explain briefly on path determination.