Static Routing

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Objectives
▪ Define the general role a router plays in networks.
▪ Describe the directly connected networks, different
router interfaces.
▪ Examine directly connected networks in the routing
table and use the CDP protocol.
▪ Describe static routes with exit interfaces.
▪ Describe summary and default route.
▪ Examine how packets get forwarded when using
static routes.
▪ Identify how to manage and troubleshoot static
routes.
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General Role of the Router
▪ Functions of a Router
– Best Path Selections
– Forwarding packets to destination

▪ Introducing the Topology

– 3 1800 series routers connected via WAN links
– Each router connected to a LAN represented by a switch and a PC

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General Role of the Router
▪ Connections of a Router for WAN
– A router has a DB-60 port that can support 5 different cabling
standards

▪ Connections of a Router for Ethernet

– 2 types of connectors can be used: Straight through and
Cross-over
• Straight through used to connect:
– Switch-to-Router, Switch-to-PC, Router-to-Server,
Hub-to-PC, Hub-to-Server
• Cross-over used to connect:
– Switch-to-Switch, PC-to-PC, Switch-to-Hub, Hub-to-
Hub, Router-to-Router

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Interfaces
▪ Examining Router Interfaces
– Show IP router command – used to view routing table
– Show Interfaces command – used to show status of an
interface
– Show IP Interface brief command – used to show a portion of
the interface information
– Show running-config command – used to show configuration
file in RAM

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Interfaces
▪ Configuring an Ethernet interface
– By default all serial and Ethernet interfaces are down
– To enable an interface use the No Shutdown command

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Interfaces
▪ Verifying Ethernet interface
– Show interfaces for fastEthernet 0/0 – command used to show
status of fast Ethernet port
– Show ip interface brief
– Show running-config
▪ Ethernet interfaces participate
in ARP

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Interfaces
▪ Configuring a Serial interface
– Enter interface configuration mode
– Enter in the ip address and subnet mask
– Enter in the no shutdown command

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▪ Example:
– R1(config)#interface serial 0/0
– R1(config-if)#ip address [Link] [Link]
– R1(config-if)#no shutdown

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Interfaces
▪ Examining Router Interfaces
– Physically connecting a WAN Interface.
– A WAN Physical Layer connection has sides:
• Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) – This is the
service provider. CSU/DSU is a DCE device.
• Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) – Typically the router is
the DTE device.

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Interfaces
▪ Configuring serial links in a lab environment
– One side of a serial connection must be considered a DCE.
– This requires placing a clocking signal – use the clock rate
command.
– Example:
• R1(config)#interface serial 0/0
• R1(config-if)#clockrate 64000
– Serial Interfaces require a clock signal to control the timing of
the communcations.

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ Purpose of the debug ip routing command
– Allows you to view changes that the router performs when
adding or removing routes.
– Example:
• R2#debug ip routing
• IP routing debugging is on

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ To configure an Ethernet interface
– Example:
• R2(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0
• R2(config-if)#ip address [Link] [Link]
• R2(config-if)#no shutdown

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ When a router only has its interfaces configured & no
other routing protocols are configured then:
– The routing table contains only the directly connected networks
– Only devices on the directly connected networks are reachable

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ Checking each
route in turn
– The ping
command is
used to check
end to end
connectivity

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 Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ Purpose of CDP
– A layer 2 cisco proprietary tool used to gather information
about other directly connected Cisco devices.

▪ Concept of neighbors
– 2 types of neighbors:
• Layer 3 neighbors
• Layer 2 neighbors

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ CDP show commands
– Show cdp neighbors command
• Displays the following information:
– Neighbor device ID
– Local interface
– Holdtime value, in seconds
– Neighbor device capability code
– Neighbor hardware platform
– Neighbor remote port ID
– Show cdp neighbors detail command
• Useful in determining if an IP address configuration error

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Routing Table and CDP Protocol
▪ Disabling CDP
– To disable CDP globally use the following command
• Router(config)#no cdp run

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Purpose of a static route
– A manually configured route used when routing from a network
to a stub network

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ IP route command
– To configure a static route use the following command: ip route
– Example:
• Router(config)# ip route network-address subnet-mask {ip-
address | exit-interface }

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Dissecting static route syntax
– ip route - Static route command
– [Link] – Destination network address
– [Link] - Subnet mask of destination network
– [Link] - Serial 0/0/0 interface IP address on R2, which is
the "next-hop" to this network

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Configuring routes to 2 or more remote networks
– Use the following commands for R1
• R1(config)#ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]
• R1(config)#ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Zinin’s 3 routing principles
– Principle 1: “Every router makes its decision alone, based on
the information it has in its own routing table.”
– Principle 2: “The fact that one router has certain information in
its routing table does not mean that other routers have the
same information.”
– Principle 3: “Routing information about a path from one
network to another does not provide routing information about
the reverse, or return path.”

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Using Zinin’s 3 routing principles, how would you
answer the following?
– Would packets from PC1 reach their destination?
• Yes, packets destined for [Link]/24 and
[Link]/24 networks would reach their destination.
– Does this mean that any packets from these networks destined
for [Link]/24 network will reach their destination?
• No, because neither R2 nor R3 router has a route to the
[Link]/24 network.

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Resolving to an Exit Interface
– Recursive route lookup - Occurs when the router has to perform
multiple lookups in the routing table before forwarding a packet.
A static route that forwards all packets to the next-hop IP address
goes through the following process (reclusive route lookup).
• The router first must match static route’s destination IP
address with the Next hop address.
• The next hop address is then matched to an exit interface.

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Configuring a Static route with an Exit Interface
– Static routes configured with an exit interface are more efficient
because the routing table can resolve the exit interface in a
single search instead of 2 searches
– Example of syntax require to configure a static route with an
exit interface

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Modifying Static routes
– Existing static routes cannot be modified. The old static route
must be deleted by placing no in front of the ip route
– Example:
• no ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]
– A new static route must be rewritten in the configuration

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Verifying the Static Route Configuration
– Use the following commands
• Step 1 show running-config
• Step 2 verify static route has been entered correctly
• Step 3 show ip route
• Step 4 verify route was configured in routing table
• Step 5 issue ping command to verify packets can reach
destination and that Return path is working

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Static Routes with Exit Interfaces
▪ Ethernet interfaces and ARP
– If a static route is configured on an Ethernet link and
packet is sent to the next-hop router then…
• The destination MAC address will be the address of the
next hop’s Ethernet interface
• This is found by the router consulting the ARP table
• If an entry isn’t found then an ARP request will be sent out

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Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Packet forwarding with static routes (recall Zinin’s 3
routing principles)
▪ Router 1
– Packet arrives on R1’s Fastethernet 0/0 interface
– R1 does not have a route to the destination network,
[Link]/24
– R1 uses the default static route

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Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Packet forwarding with static routes (recall Zinin’s 3
routing principles)
▪ Router 2
– The packet arrives on the Serial 0/0/0 interface on R2
– R2 has a static route to [Link]/24 out Serial0/0/1

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Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Packet forwarding with static routes. (recall Zinin’s 3
routing principles)
▪ Router 3
– The packet arrives on the Serial0/0/1 interface on R3
– R3 has a connected route to [Link]/24 out Fastethernet
0/1

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Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Troubleshooting a Missing Route
▪ Tools that can be used to isolate routing problems
include:
– Ping - tests end to end connectivity
– Traceroute - used to discover all of the hops (routers) along
the path between 2 points
– Show IP route - used to display routing table & ascertain
forwarding process
– Show ip interface brief - used to show status of router
interfaces
– Show cdp neighbors detail - used to gather configuration
information about directly connected neighbors

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Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Solving a Missing Route
▪ Finding a missing or mis-configured route requires
methodically using the correct tools
– Start with PING - if ping fails then use traceroute to determine
where packets are failing to arrive

▪ Issue: show ip route to examine routing table

– If there is a problem with a mis-configured static route remove
the static route then reconfigure the new static route

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 Static Routes and Packet Forwarding
▪ Solving a Missing Route

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Summary and Default Route
▪ Summarizing routes reduces the size of the routing
table.
▪ Route summarization is the process of combining a
number of static routes into a single static route.

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Summary and Default Route
▪ Configuring a summary route
– Step 1: Delete the current static route
– Step 2: Configure the summary static route
– Step 3: Verify the new static route

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Summary and Default Route
▪ Default Static Route
– This is a route that will match all packets. Stub routers that
have a number of static routes all exiting the same interface
are good candidates for a default route.
• Like route summarization this will help reduce the size of
the routing table.

▪ Configuring a default static route

– Similar to configuring a static route. Except that destination IP
address and subnet mask are all zeros.
– Example:
• Router(config)#ip route [Link] [Link] [exit-interface | ip-
address ].

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Summary and Default Route
▪ Static routes and subnet masks
– The routing table lookup process will use the most specific
match when comparing destination IP address and subnet
mask

▪ Default static routes and subnet masks

– Since the subnet mask used on a default static route is [Link]
all packets will match

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Summary
▪ Routers
– Operate at layer 3.
– Functions include best path selection & forwarding packets.
▪ Connecting Networks
– WANs
• Serial cables are connected to router serial ports.
• In the lab environment clock rates must be configured for
DCE.
– LANs
• Straight through cables or cross over cables are used to
connect to fastethernet port. (The type of cable used
depends on what devices are being connected.)
▪ Cisco Discovery Protocol
– A layer 2 proprietary protocol.
– Used to discover information about directly connected Cisco
devices.

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Summary
▪ Static Routes
– This is a manually configured path that specifies how the router
will get to a certain point using a certain path.
▪ Summary static routes
– This is several static routes that have been condensed into a
single static route.
▪ Default route
– It is the route packets use if there is no other possible match for
their destination in the routing table.
▪ Forwarding of packets when static route is used
– Zinin’s 3 routing principles describe how packets are forwarded
▪ Troubleshooting static routes may require some of the following
commands:
– Ping
– Traceroute
– Show IP route
– Show ip interface brief
– Show cdp neighbors detail
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