MECH 3019 Part Time Assignment March 2023
Configuring Network Routers
Build the network shown on packet tracer and document each of the steps, with screen shots in a word document. Each step should be clearly marked/numbered in your Microsoft Word report.
Step 1: Network Topology (15%)
- Build the network as shown using packet tracer.
- Subnet your allocated IP address range, for each of the 3 networks, using fixed size sub netting.
Step 2: Configure an IP address
on PC-A and PC-C (5%).
- Select a suitable IP Address and mask for your PCs
- Assign the IP address and subnet mask to the PC in windows.
Step 3: Configure basic router settings (20%).
- Connect to your building router using the CLI and set hostnames as your student number (b123456_R1)
- Configure suitable IP Addresses on your routers interfaces.
- Test connectivity on each individual link using the PING command to show that each interface has an IP Address and is correctly configured.
Step 4: Configure OSPF router settings (20%).
- Enable OSPF routing protocol on building router (see lab sheet 7)
- Advertise your directly connected networks to the building router (see lab sheet 7)
- Demonstrate that your building router is now neighbors with the campus router. (see lab sheet 7)
Step 5: Test end-to-end connectivity (10%).
Verify using ping at the command prompt that the two end PCs can communicate across the network.
MECH 3019 Part Time Assignment March 2023
Step 6: Reflection (30%)
- Explain why routing needs to be configured on both the routers? What problem is it solving?
- Explain the benefits of OSPF over Static Routing?
- Explain how redundancy could be added to this network, what would need to be modified.
Note:-
- Clearly explain and document steps 1-6 above in your report.
- Upload both your word document report and packet tracer file to moodle.
- Clearly include the configuration information for both your routers as an appendix in your report. The “show run” command will generate this information on the command line.