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Challenge Lab
Basic Router Configuration Part II
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
Erase the startup configuration and reload a router to the default state.
Perform basic configuration tasks on a router.
Configure and activate Ethernet interfaces.
Test and verify configurations.
Reflect upon and document the network implementation.
In this exercise, you will open the Packet Tracer File titled Basic Router Configuration Part II
and follow these lab instructions to work through the lab.
Below is the Address Table for the Network:
Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask Def. Gateway
Fa0/0 [Link] [Link] N/A
RALEIGH
S0/0/0 [Link] [Link] N/A
Fa0/0 [Link] [Link] N/A
DALLAS
S0/0/0 [Link] [Link] N/A
PC1 N/A [Link] [Link] [Link]
PC2 N/A [Link] [Link] [Link]
Activity
This activity is very similar to the Basic Router Configuration lab you already completed. This
time you will complete these activities without having the commands outlined for you. Try to
complete this lab from memory. Refer to the previous lab instructions only if absolutely
necessary.
Task 1: Erase and Reload the Routers.
1. Open the RALEIGH router
2. Enter privileged EXEC mode.
3. Clear the configuration.
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4. Reload the configuration.
5. Repeat Steps 1 through 4 on router DALLAS to remove any startup configuration file
that may be present.
Task 2: Perform Basic Configuration of Router RALEIGH.
1. Enter privileged EXEC mode.
2. Enter global configuration mode.
3. Configure the router name as RALEIGH.
4. Disable DNS lookup.
5. Configure the EXEC mode password using the secure option for creating a password.
Use class for the password.
6. Configure a message-of-the-day banner that states !!!AUTHORIZED ACCESS ONLY!!!
7. Configure the console password on the router.
8. Configure the password for the virtual terminal lines. Use cisco as the password.
9. Configure the FastEthernet0/0 interface according to the addressing table. Don’t forget
to enable the interface.
10. Configure the Serial0/0/0 interface according to the addressing table. Don’t forget to
enable the interface. Set the clock rate to 64000.
11. Return to privileged EXEC mode.
12. Save the RALEIGH configuration.
Task 3: Perform Basic Configuration of Router DALLAS.
1. For DALLAS, repeat Steps 1 through 12 from Task 2.
Task 4: Configure IP Addressing on the Host PCs.
1. Configure the host PC1 using the addressing table.
2. Configure the host PC2 using the addressing table.
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Task 5: Verify and Test the Configurations.
1. Verify that routing tables have the following routes using the show ip route command.
Take a snip of the output from both routers and include in the Word document you will
submit to your instructor. Your output should look similar to the following:
RALEIGH#show ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route
Gateway of last resort is not set
C [Link]/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
C [Link]/24 is directly connected, Serial0/0/0
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DALLAS#show ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route
Gateway of last resort is not set
C [Link]/24 is directly connected, Serial0/0/0
C [Link]/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
2. Verify interface configurations. Use the show ip interface brief command to quickly verify
the configuration of each router’s interfaces. Take a snip of the output from both routers and
include in the Word document you will submit to your instructor. Your output should look
similar to the following:
RALEIGH#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 [Link] YES manual up up
FastEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Serial0/0/0 [Link] YES manual up up
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Serial0/0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Vlan1 unassigned YES manual administratively down down
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DALLAS#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 [Link] YES manual up up
FastEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Serial0/0/0 [Link] YES manual up up
Serial0/0/1 unassigned YES unset down down
Vlan1 unassigned YES manual administratively down down
If both interfaces are up and up, then both routes will be in the routing table. Verify this
again by using the show ip route command.
3. Test connectivity. Test connectivity by pinging from each host to the default gateway that
has been configured for that host. Take a snip of the output from both routers and include in
the Word document you will submit to your instructor.
From the host attached to RALEIGH, is it possible to ping the default gateway?
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From the host attached to DALLAS, is it possible to ping the default gateway?
__________
If the answer is no for any of the above questions, troubleshoot the configurations to find
the error using the following systematic process:
1. Check the PCs. Check the router interfaces using the show ip interface brief command.
Are the interfaces up and up? ____________
If your answer is yes, then you should be able to successfully ping the default gateway.
4. Test connectivity between router RALEIGH and DALLAS.
From the router RALEIGH, is it possible to ping DALLAS using the command ping
[Link]? ____________
From the router DALLAS, is it possible to ping RALEIGH using the command ping
[Link]? ____________
If the answer is no for the questions above, troubleshoot the configurations to find the
error using the following systematic process:
1. Check the cabling.
Are the routers physically connected? ____________
Are link lights blinking on all relevant ports? ____________
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2. Check the router configurations.
Do they match the Topology Diagram? ____________
Did you configure the clock rate command on the DCE side of the link? ____________
3. Check the router interfaces using the show ip interface brief command.
Are the interfaces “up” and “up”? ____________
If your answer to all three steps is yes, then you should be able to successfully ping from
DALLAS to RALEIGH and from DALLAS to R3.
Task 7: Reflection
Step 1: Attempt to ping from the host connected to RALEIGH to the host connected to
DALLAS.
This ping should be unsuccessful.
Step 2: Attempt to ping from the host connected to RALEIGH to router DALLAS.
This ping should be unsuccessful.
Step 3: Attempt to ping from the host connected to DALLAS to router RALEIGH.
This ping should be unsuccessful.
What is missing from the network that is preventing communication between these
devices?
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The lab is complete. Save the Word document that contains your snips as Day 6 Lab 2 and
e-mail to your instructor.