Wide Area Network Technologies

This document provides a comprehensive overview of wide area network technologies, including address planning, IPv4 and IPv6 routing configuration, and IPv4IPv6 network NAT-PT. It also includes verification steps and a bibliography for further reading.

Running head: WIDE AREA NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES
Wide Area Network Technologies
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Table of Contents
1. Address Planning...................................................................................................................2
1.1. Workout of IPv6 subnet for company HQ and each branch from the address block......2
1.2. Address assignment table for the company network.......................................................3
2. IPv4 Routing Configuration...................................................................................................4
3. IPv6 Routing Configuration...................................................................................................4
4. IPv4IPv6 Network NAT-PT..................................................................................................7
5. Verification............................................................................................................................9
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................14

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1. Address Planning
1.1. Workout of IPv6 subnet for company HQ and each branch from the address
block
AB12:1640::/51
AB12:1640:0:2000::/51
AB12:1640:0:4000::/51
AB12:1640:0:6000::/51
AB12:1640:0:8000::/51
AB12:1640:0:A000::/51
AB12:1640:0:C000::/51
1.2. Address assignment table for the company network
HQ Router

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Subnet ::/51
Network AB12:1640::/51
Default- Gateway AB12:1640::1
PC AB12:1640::2D0:58FF:FEDB:6638
Server AB12:1640::204:9AFF:FEB2:C907
Branch A
Subnet ::/51
Network AB12:1640:0:2000::/51
Default- Gateway AB12:1640:0:2000::1
PC AB12:1640:0:2000:260:47FF:FE1D:E822
Server AB12:1640:0:2000:2D0:58FF:FE16:1545
Branch B
Subnet ::/51
Network AB12:1640:0:4000::/51
Default- Gateway AB12:1640:0:4000::1
PC AB12:1640:0:4000:2E0:8FFF:FEDD:1912
Server AB12:1640:0:4000:2D0:BCFF:FEA2:249A
Branch C
Subnet 255.255.255.128
Network 150.50.40.0
Default- Gateway 150.50.40.1
PC 152.50.40.2
Server 150.50.40.100
Network Connections

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Branch A  HQ AB12:1640:8000::/51
Branch A  Branch B AB12:1640:A000::/51
Branch B  HQ AB12:1640:C000::/51
Branch C  HQ 150.50.40.0/30
2. IPv4 Routing Configuration
HQ Router Configuration
router ospf 101
network 150.50.40.128 0.0.0.3 area 101
Branch C Router Configuration
router ospf 101
network 150.50.40.0 0.0.0.127 area 101
network 150.50.40.128 0.0.0.3 area 101
3. IPv6 Routing Configuration
HQ Router Configuration
enable
conf t
ipv6 unicast-routing
ipv6 router ospf 101
router-id 1.1.1.1

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exit
interface FastEthernet0/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640::1/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:8000::3/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/1
ip address 150.50.40.130 255.255.255.252
interface Serial0/1/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:C000::3/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
Branch A Router Configuration
enable
conf t
ipv6 unicast-routing
ipv6 router ospf 101
router-id 2.2.2.2
exit
interface FastEthernet0/0

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ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:2000::1/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:8000::1/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/1
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:A000::1/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
Branch B Router Configuration
enable
conf t
ipv6 unicast-routing
ipv6 router ospf 101
router-id 3.3.3.3
exit
interface FastEthernet0/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:4000::1/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/0
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:C000::2/51

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ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
interface Serial0/0/1
ipv6 address AB12:1640:0:8000::2/51
ipv6 ospf 101 area 101
Branch C Router Configuration
enable
conf t
router ospf 101
network 150.50.40.0 0.0.0.127 area 101
network 150.50.40.128 0.0.0.3 area 101
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 150.50.40.130
int Fa0/0
ip add 150.50.40.1 255.255.255.128
int S 0/0/0
ip add 150.50.40.129 255.255.255.252
4. IPv4IPv6 Network NAT-PT
HQ Router Configuration
enable
conf t
interface FastEthernet0/0

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ipv6 nat
exit
interface Serial0/0/0
ipv6 nat
exit
interface Serial0/0/1
ipv6 nat
exit
interface Serial0/1/0
ipv6 nat
exit
ipv6 nat v4v6 source 150.50.40.129 AB12::1640:129
ipv6 nat v6v4 source AB12:1640::2D0:58FF:FEDB:6638 151.50.3.3
ipv6 nat v4v6 source 150.50.40.100 AB12::3000:100
ipv6 nat prefix AB12::/96

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5. Verification
Pinging from HQ PC to Branch A PC
Pinging from HQ PC to Branch A Server
Pinging from HQ PC to Branch B PC

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Pinging from HQ PC to Branch B Server
Pinging Branch A PC to HQ PC
Pinging Branch A PC to Branch B PC

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Pinging Branch A PC to Branch B Server
Pinging Branch B PC to HQ PC
Pinging Branch B PC to HQ Server
The HQ router is configured with IPv4 and IPv6 nat such that it can be connected with
Branch C IPv4 network and here static routing is used for it is demonstrated below

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Each of the branches are pinged with the corresponding IPv6 address and the output of the
ping verification is given below:

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Bibliography
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Rosewell, J., Kear, K., Jones, A., Smith, A., Donelan, H., Mikroyannidis, A., ... & Moss, N.
(2018). Open Networking Lab: online practical learning of computer networking.