Network Technologies Lab

Monday Exercises
gmacri@sunu.rnc.ro

Network technologies lab, Monday, 24 August ´97 CEENet 98 / track 1 1/11

 exercise 1
ping command
 Use ping command
 Windows 95
– msdos prompt: ping target-address
– Windows 95 ping ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/tucows

 Slackware Linux
– use man command to get the parameters of ping
command

 Cisco router (look to the exercise no. 6 and 10)

– ping command

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 exercise 2
traceroute command
 Use traceroute command
 Windows 95
– msdos prompt: tracert target-address
– Windows 95 ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/tucows

 Slackware Linux
– use man command to get the parameters of
traceroute command

 Cisco router (look to the exercise no. 6 and 10)

– trace command

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 exercise 3
initial configuration
 serial connection from PC to cisco router console port
% minicom /dev/ttyS0

 power on router, watch the loading messages

 initial config dialog

 configure e0 for row ethernet

 ip routing yes; but “no” to all routing protocols (especially

RIP!)

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 exercise 4
configure ethernet interface
 telnet to the router from one of the 1E PCs in the row.
router>enable
router#conf t
router(config)#int e0
router(config-if)#ip addr 147.175.87.xx 255.255.255.xx
router(config-if)#no shut
router(config-if)#^z
router#sho ip int br

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 exercise 5 (1/2)
configure static routes
 configure the router with the same static routes

 to create static routes, use the “ip route” command:

ip route net-prefix netmask nexthop

 e.g.:
router#conf t
router(config)#ip route 147.175.87.0
255.255.255.0 147.175.87.1

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 exercise 5 (2/2)
configure static routes
 now add a static default route

 the default route is represented by net prefix 0.0.0.0 and

netmask 0.0.0.0, e.g.
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 147.175.87.xx

 use ping and traceroute to test

router# ping target-ip-addr
router# trace target-ip-addr

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 exercise 7 (1/2)
configure passwords
 there are (at least) 6 passwords to be set: console login
password, 4 vty passwords, and the enable password
 set the console password
router(config)#line con 0
router(config-line)#password mysecret
 set the vty passwords
router(config-line)#line vty 0 4
router(config-line)#password mysecret
router(config-line)#exit
 set the enable password
router(config)#enable password mysecret
router(config)#^Z

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 exercise 7 (2/2)
configure passwords
 examine the config, note that the passwords are in plaintext
show running
...
enable password mysecret
...
line con 0
password mysecret
...
line vty 0 4
password mysecret
login

 encrypt the passwords, then examine the config again

router(config)#service password-encryption
router(config)#^Z
router#sho run
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 exercise 8
configure syslogging
 configure syslogging on the PC:
 edit /etc/syslog.conf, add this line
local0.debug /var/log/cisco
 daemon syslogd to re-read its configuration file using ps and kill
comands

 configure the router to do syslogging:

router(config)#logging buffered
router(config)# logging facility local0
router(config)# logging 169.222.31.42

 some things that cause log messages:

 shutting down or bringing up an interface, any configuration
change, any debug command
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 exercise 9
configure DNS resolver
 configure cisco router
 use ip name-server command
 use ip domain-name comand
 use ip domain-list command

 configure Linux system for resolv.conf

 use administrative cisco commands

router#ping www.stuba.sk.
router#trace www.stuba.sk.

 use other commands:

router# telnet dec50.vm.stuba.sk.
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