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Static Routing Activity

This lesson on static routing aims to teach students about static routing concepts, configuration, verification, and troubleshooting using Cisco routers. It includes hands-on activities with a provided network topology and IP addressing table, and covers common issues such as wrong next-hop addresses and interface statuses. An optional enrichment activity challenges students to add a third router and ensure full network connectivity.

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Static Routing Activity

This lesson on static routing aims to teach students about static routing concepts, configuration, verification, and troubleshooting using Cisco routers. It includes hands-on activities with a provided network topology and IP addressing table, and covers common issues such as wrong next-hop addresses and interface statuses. An optional enrichment activity challenges students to add a third router and ensure full network connectivity.

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LESSON: STATIC ROUTING

Subject: Computer Networking / Network Fundamentals


Duration: 3 hours
Tool: Cisco Packet Tracer (or actual Cisco routers)

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Explain what static routing is and when it is used


2. Configure static routes using Cisco IOS
3. Verify static routes using show commands
4. Troubleshoot common static routing issues

II. MATERIALS
 Cisco Packet Tracer
 PC or Laptop
 Network diagram (provided below)
 Console/CLI access

III. INTRODUCTION (15 minutes)


Motivation

Ask:

“How does a router know where to send packets if there are many networks?”

Explain:

 Static Routing is manually configured by the network administrator


 Best for:
o Small networks
o Stable networks
o Backup routes
IV. TOPOLOGY (ACTUAL CISCO SETUP)
Network Topology
PC1 ---- R1 ---- R2 ---- PC2

IP Addressing Table

Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask


PC1 NIC [Link] [Link]
R1 G0/0 [Link] [Link]
R1 G0/1 [Link] [Link]
R2 G0/0 [Link] [Link]
R2 G0/1 [Link] [Link]
PC2 NIC [Link] [Link]

Default Gateway:

 PC1 → [Link]
 PC2 → [Link]

V. ACTIVITY 1: STATIC ROUTING CONFIGURATION


(60 minutes) (30pts)
Step 1: Basic Router Configuration

On R1

enable
configure terminal
hostname R1
interface g0/0
ip address [Link] [Link]
no shutdown
exit
interface g0/1
ip address [Link] [Link]
no shutdown
exit

On R2
enable
configure terminal
hostname R2
interface g0/0
ip address [Link] [Link]
no shutdown
exit
interface g0/1
ip address [Link] [Link]
no shutdown
exit

Step 2: Configure Static Routes

On R1

ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]

On R2

ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]

💡 Explain:

ip route <destination network> <subnet mask> <next-hop>

VI. ACTIVITY 2: STATIC ROUTE VERIFICATION (30


minutes) (20 pts)
Verification Commands

On R1 and R2

show ip route

✔ Look for:

S [Link]/24 via [Link]


S [Link]/24 via [Link]

Connectivity Test

From PC1

ping [Link]
From PC2

ping [Link]

✅ Successful ping = correct static routing

VII. ACTIVITY 3: TROUBLESHOOTING STATIC


ROUTING (45 minutes) (30 pts)
Scenario 1: Wrong Next-Hop Address

❌ Misconfiguration:

ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]

Troubleshooting Steps:

1. Check routing table:

show ip route

2. Check interface status:

show ip interface brief

3. Verify IP addressing
4. Correct the route:

no ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]


ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]

Scenario 2: Interface Down

Command to check:

show ip interface brief

Fix:

interface g0/1
no shutdown
Scenario 3: Missing Default Gateway on PC

Fix on PC:

 Desktop → IP Configuration
 Set correct Default Gateway

VIII. ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY (Optional) (plus 30 pts.)


Challenge Task

Add a third router (R3) and configure:

 Static routes for all networks


 Test full connectivity

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