AY 2013-14, Semester III
AY 2013-14, Semester IIIDATA COMMUNICATIONS
Semester III
AY 2013-14,
Experiment #4
ESTABLISHING LAN USING PC
Student Name: ________________________________
Student ID: ___________
Section: ___________
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Objectives:
At the end of the experiment, I should be able to:
Introductory Questions:
Q1. What is a LAN?
Q2. What is a WAN?
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IV. List of Required Equipment and Materials:
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Component Name
PC
Cat 5 Cables
Switch or Hub
Specification / value
Quantity
Experiment Procedure:
A. Activate a Command Line Interface (CLI) window
1. Go to Start button on the left-bottom corner of your desktop,
and drug to Run, see below.
Figure 1: Retrieving Run Window
2. Click on the Run option. A Run window will appear with blank
field.
Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.2: Run window
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3. On the blank field, type CMD and click OK. A CLI window will be
activated, and it will appear as below:
Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.3: A Command Line
Interface window
Configuring an IP Address
4. Retrieve the Local Area Connection Properties window, by Clicking
Start, drag to Settings > Network Connections > Local Area
Connection and Click on.
Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.4: Retrieving a Local
Area Connection
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A Local Area Connection Properties window will appear as below:
Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.5: Local Area
Connection Properties window
Pull the Horizontal Bar down to the bottom and locate the Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) option. See below.
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Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.6: Drag down to
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) option
Double-Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Below window will
appear.
Figure 7: Setting to Manual IP
Click on Use the following IP address radio button and fill the blank
field, below is an example value:
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Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.8: Filling up new IP
address
Press OK button, and the window will close. IP manual configuration has
just been completed.
Check the changes of the IP.
Go to CMD window.
Type ipconfig on the CLI window and press [Enter].
Your new configuration will appear as below:
Figure 9:
Configure IP to DHCP or Automatic Obtain.
Go to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window The window will appear as
below:
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Figure 10: (TCP/IP) Properties window
Tick on Obtain an IP address automatically radio button.
Press OK button, and the window will close.
Youve just completed the IP automatic configuration (DHCP).
Check the changes of the IP.
Go to CLI window.
Type ipconfig on the CLI window and press [Enter].
Check the result.
What is the difference between Automatic and Manual configuration ? And how
are they different ?
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Ping to a Host
Activate the CLI window.
Type Ping host address and press [Enter]
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Figure Error! No text of specified style in document.91: Ping reply
A reply will be received in seconds, showing the connectivity
between your PC and the targeted host (in percentage of packet
loss).
Conclusion / Analysis of Results:
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Viva Question:
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Discuss the role of cross over cable and straight cable to establish LAN.
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