The Bryant Advantage Ultimate CCNA Lab Workbook

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IP Addressing Lab

Youve got to know how to assign IP addresses to pass the CCNA exams, and youre about to get a lot of practice. Were going to configure physical interfaces, logical interfaces, and loopback interfaces. You also need to know how to name a router. We do this with the hostname command. Change the names of the routers to whatever you like, but after practicing this command, change the names back to R1, R2, R3, SW1, and SW2. Those are the names youll see through the lab workbook.
R1#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R1(config)#hostname Router1 Router1(config)#hostname R1 R1(config)#^Z R1#

The ^Z youll see on the screen is what ctrl-z sends to the console, and of course, you know from your CCNA reading that ctrl-z brings you back out to the enable prompt. Notice that the hostname command took effect immediately, as all global commands do. Lets take a look at the networks well be configuring. Network Type Ethernet (R2, R3) Serial to Frame Relay Cloud (All) Directly Connected Serial Interfaces (R1, R3) Router 1 Loopback Address Router 2 Loopback Address Router 3 Loopback Address Network / Subnet Mask 172.23.23.0 /27 172.12.123.0 /24 172.12.13.0 /24 1.1.1.1 / 32 2.2.2.2 /32 3.3.3.3 / 32

Here's a drawing of the network (ignore the OSPF commands -- for now :).

Lets start with R1. DO NOT OPEN THE SERIAL 0 INTERFACE.

R1#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R1(config)#interface serial0 R1(config-if)#ip address 172.12.123.1 255.255.255.0 R1(config-if)#interface serial1 R1(config-if)#ip address 172.12.13.1 255.255.255.0 R1(config-if)#no shut 00:18:34: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to down R1(config-if)#interface loopback0 R1(config-if)#ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 R1(config-if)#write (OR copy run start) Building configuration.

Dont worry about the line protocols being down; other labs will take care of that. All were doing right now is setting the IP addresses and opening the interfaces. Get used to saving your work as often as possible with wr, short for write. Use IOS Help to see the options and the defaults. (Remember, IOS Help is the question mark symbol.) You can also use copy run start. Dont forget to open the interfaces! If youre having a connectivity problem and run a command such as show interface ethernet 0, and you see the following, it means the interface is manually closed and needs to be

opened with the no shutdown command.

R2#show interface ethernet0 Ethernet0 is administratively down, line protocol is down

Now configure R2s interfaces. Do not open interface serial0.

R2(config)#interface serial0 R2(config-if)#encap frame R2(config-if)#no frame inverse-arp R2(config-if)#interface serial 0.123 multipoint R2(config-subif)#ip address 172.12.123.2 255.255.255.0 R2(config-if)#interface ethernet0 R2(config-if)#ip address 172.23.23.2 255.255.255.224 R2(config-if)#no shut 00:28:45: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up 00:28:46: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up R2(config-if)#interface loopback0 R2(config-if)#ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255 R2(config-if)#^Z R2#

Note that you configured frame relay on R2. That allows us to create the multipoint subinterface. Frame Relay will be covered completely in a later lab, but you cannot create that multipoint interface until youve enabled frame relay. Also notice that you dont have to run no shut on a loopback interface. (Its not wrong if you do, but you dont have to.) Lets configure R3s interfaces. Do not open interface serial0 .
R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#interface serial 0 R3(config-if)#encap frame R3(config-if)#no frame inverse-arp R3(config-if)#interface serial0.31 point-to-point R3(config-subif)#ip address 172.12.123.3 255.255.255.0 R3(config-subif)#interface serial 1 R3(config-if)#ip address 172.12.13.3 255.255.255.0 R3(config-if)#no shut 00:33:32: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to up 00:33:33: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed state to up R3(config-if)#interface ethernet0 R3(config-if)#ip address 172.23.23.3 255.255.255.224 R3(config-if)#no shut 00:33:46: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up 00:33:47: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed sta te to up R3(config-if)#interface loopback0 00:33:54: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed

state to down R3(config-if)#ip address 3.3.3.3 255.255.255.255

Again, note that you configured frame relay on the serial0 physical interface, then created a point-to-point subinterface. The Serial0 physical interface then had to be opened. I urge you to not just walk through these labs, but to use the show and debug commands youll read about in this book, in my Ultimate CCNA Study Guide, and to use IOS Help often to see the other options. Take advantage of the fact that youre working with real Cisco routers and switches, not "router simulators". You do not need to configure IP addresses on the switches. Theres another command Id like to introduce you to, since we all mistype from time to time. Notice what happens when you mistype a command on a Cisco router:
R3#hudjgmg Translating "hudjgmg"...domain server (255.255.255.255) % Unknown command or computer name, or unable to find computer address

By default, a Cisco router or switch is going to attempt to resolve a mistyped command via DNS. Thats what the domain server is that its looking for, and of course you know that 255.255.255.255 is a layer 3 broadcast. This only takes about 15 seconds to come back with the unknown command line in a practice lab, but it can take much longer in a production network. To disable this default behavior, use the global command no ip domain-lookup on each device in your pod. Notice that immediately after using this command, the router tries to resolve the command locally but does not send the broadcast out.
R3#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. R3(config)#no ip domain-lookup R3(config)#^Z R3#jfujjke Translating "jfujjke" % Unknown command or computer name, or unable to find computer address

As with all commands you read about and practice with in my books, do not run a command on a production network unless you are sure of the result. VERY sure.This is particularly true of the debugs youll be using in my labs. Congratulations! Youve now configured plenty of IP addresses. If youre confronted with that task on one of your CCNA exams, youre more than ready. Just dont forget to open the interfaces on exam day!
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