Challenge Lab 1

by Leigh Anne Chisholm

Lab Scenario - Integrating Network Infrastructures

Issue
Background
Action Plan
To Complete This Lab
Things to Note
Solution

Lab Scenario - Integrating Network Infrastructures

Issue
The organization you work for has recently merged with another organization. A team has
begun integrating existing systems with a goal of creating a seamless, transparent network
infrastructure. The head office of the new organization is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Your
Chief Information Officer has concerns about application security, and has decided that Fort
Worth will be the only location hosting an accounting server. End-users in Seattle and
Minneapolis require some way of accessing the accounting server in Fort Worth.

Background
Seattle and Minneapolis currently have a wide area network connection that operates at 10
Mbps. This service is a managed service provided by the XYZ Telecommunications Company.
As a managed service, XYZ owns the Cisco 4500 routers, and is solely responsible for their
configurations. Upon request, XYZ will configure the routers with any provided routing or
access-list filtering. The Cisco 3600 router at Fort Worth is part of a managed network service
contract, and is also owned by the XYZ Telecommunications Company.

Action Plan
Two Frame Relay links will be added to the existing network infrastructure, creating a fully
meshed, fault-tolerant network. The organization will purchase 3 Cisco 1601 routers to support
the Frame Relay network. Your task is to design a network configuration that connects the
Frame Relay network to the existing corporate networks.

To Complete This Lab

1. Create a logical network diagram outlining your addressing scheme.
2. Create configurations for all three Cisco 1600 series routers.
3. Document any needed changes (using Cisco IOS commands) for the XYZ
Telecommunications Company routers.
4. Identify the process by which client workstations from Seattle and Minneapolis will connect
to the 10.0.0.0 network.
Things to Note
1. All routing taking place between Seattle and Minneapolis is being handled by static routing
entries in the Cisco 4500 Series routers. There are no plans to change this routing policy.
2. Workstations in all cities currently have their default gateway set to the Ethernet 0 interfaces
of the local XYZ Telecommunications Company-owned Cisco router.

Solution
There's a new twist to this month's CCNA Lab Scenario.

First of all, the presented situation requires that you apply all of your CCNA knowledge in order
to come up with a solution. This lab does not apply specifically to a particular month's White
Paper.
Second, there can be multiple solutions, some better than others.
An third, we're not going to present the solution(s) right now. We want our readers to submit a
solution. It's kinda like a contest. Solutions must be received via e-mail prior to May 19. Leigh
Anne Chisholm will review the solutions and select the best one(s), which will be posted next
month. In addition, the winner will receive a copy of the CCIEprep Exam Study Guide.
E-mail suggested solutions to:
The cutoff date for submitting proposed solutions has
past.
You can find the author's solution in the June 2000
CCNA Lab Scenario.

[NA-Chal-LS1-F01]
[2000-05-10-01]