University Project: MN503 - Practical Overview of Networking Concepts

This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of networking, covering detailed configurations for switches and routers using Cisco Packet Tracer. The assignment includes setting up switch configurations such as hostname, system clock, and interface configurations with IP addresses and VLANs. Router configurations encompass hostname setup, system clock settings, interface descriptions, and IP addressing. The document demonstrates the creation of VLANs, VTP domain and password configurations, and the use of ping commands for testing connectivity. Troubleshooting steps are outlined for common issues, and the analysis section highlights the benefits of the designed network. The student has provided a complete report on the overview of networking concepts, including device configuration and troubleshooting.

Running head: OVERVIEW OF NETWORKING
MN503 - Overview of Networking
Student Name:
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Table of Contents
1. Detailed Network in Netsim...............................................................................................................................2
2. Network device configurations...........................................................................................................................2
a. Switch Configuration......................................................................................................................................2
Hostname as your name.................................................................................................................................2
Set system clock to May 2017 10:00 am.........................................................................................................2
Display the name of the file and version of IOS..............................................................................................3
Display the name of the interfaces.................................................................................................................3
Display 6 IOS modes.......................................................................................................................................4
b. Router configuration......................................................................................................................................5
Hostname as your family name......................................................................................................................5
Set system clock to Jun 2017 1:00pm.............................................................................................................5
Display the name of the file and version of IOS..............................................................................................5
Display the name of the interfaces.................................................................................................................6
Display 6 IOS Modes.......................................................................................................................................6
3. Network device configurations...........................................................................................................................7
a. Switch configuration.......................................................................................................................................7
Set IP addresses on PC and switch..................................................................................................................7
Create VLAN...................................................................................................................................................9
Ping each other...............................................................................................................................................9
Set VTP domain with your first name...........................................................................................................10
Set VTP password with your family name....................................................................................................10
Demonstrate VTP packets............................................................................................................................10
b. Router configuration....................................................................................................................................10
Descriptions on interfaces............................................................................................................................10
Directly connected devices to router............................................................................................................13
IP addresses for each interfaces...................................................................................................................13
Subnet mask.................................................................................................................................................13
Ping the routers............................................................................................................................................13
4. Troubleshooting steps......................................................................................................................................14
5. Analysis of the current network.......................................................................................................................15
Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................................16

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1. Detailed Network in Netsim
2. Network device configurations
a. Switch Configuration
Hostname as your name
Switch>enable
Switch# conf terminal
Switch (config) #hostname Parth
Output:
Parth (config) #
Set system clock to May 2017 10:00 am
Parth #CLOCK ?
Parth #CLOCK SET ?
Parth #CLOCK SET 10:00:00 ?
Parth #CLOCK SET 10:00:00 9 ?
Parth #CLOCK SET 10:00:00 9 May ?

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Parth #CLOCK SET 10:00:00 9 May 2017 ?
Parth #CLOCK SET 10:00:00 9 May 2017 Australia?
Output:
Display the name of the file and version of IOS
Parth # show version
Output:
Display the name of the interfaces
Parth # show interfaces
Output:

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Display 6 IOS modes
1. EXEC mode
2. Privileged EXEC mode
3. Global Configuration mode
4. Interface Configuration mode
5. Setup mode
6. Show mode

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b. Router configuration
Hostname as your family name
Router>enable
Router# config
Router (config) # hostname Patel
Output:
Patel (config) #
Set system clock to Jun 2017 1:00pm
Patel # CLOCK ?
Patel # CLOCK SET ?
Patel # CLOCK SET 13:00:00 ?
Patel # CLOCK SET 13:00:00 9 ?
Patel # CLOCK SET 13:00:00 9 June ?
Patel # CLOCK SET 13:00:00 9 June 2017 ?
Patel # CLOCK SET 13:00:00 9 June 2017 Australia ?
Output:
Display the name of the file and version of IOS
Patel # show version
Output:

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Display the name of the interfaces
Patel # show interfaces
Output:
Display 6 IOS Modes
1. EXEC mode
2. Privileged EXEC mode

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3. Global Configuration mode
4. Interface Configuration mode
5. Setup mode
6. Show mode
3. Network device configurations
a. Switch configuration
Set IP addresses on PC and switch
IP address setup on Switch

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Parth>en
Parth#conf terminal
Parth (config)# interface fa 0/1
Parth (config-if)# ip address 10.20.0.1 255.255.255.0
Parth (config-if)# interface fa 0/2
Parth (config-if)# ip address 10.30.0.1 255.255.255.0
Parth (config-if)# interface fa 0/3
Parth (config-if)# ip address 10.40.0.1 255.255.255.0
Output:
IP address setup on PC

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C:> ip address 5.10.0.1 255.255.255.0
Output:
Create VLAN
Vlan on Switch 1
Parth>en
Parth#conf terminal
Parth (config) # vlan 10
Parth (config) # interface fa 0/2
Parth (config-if) # switchport access vlan 10
Ping each other
Ping PC
Ping Switch

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Set VTP domain with your first name
Parth>en
Parth # conf terminal
Parth (config) # vtp domain Parth
Output:
Set VTP password with your family name
Parth (config) # vtp password Patel
Demonstrate VTP packets
b. Router configuration
Descriptions on interfaces
Description on Router 1
Patel>en
Patel# config
Patel (config) # interface serial 0/0
Patel (config-if) # description Parth
Patel (config-if) # exit
Patel (config) # exit

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Patel # show run interface serial 0/0
Output:
Description on Router 2
Router>en
Router# config
Router (config) # hostname R2
R2 (config) # interface serial 0/0
R2 (config-if) # description Patel
R2 (config-if) # exit
R2 (config) # exit
R2# show run interface serial 0/0
Output:

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Description on Router 3
Router>en
Router# config
Router (config) # hostname R3
R3 (config) # interface serial 0/0
R3 (config-if) # description Parth1
R3 (config-if) # exit
R3 (config) # exit
R3# show run interface serial 0/0
Output:

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Directly connected devices to router
IP addresses for each interfaces
Router 1
interface serial 0/0
ip address 20.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface ethernet 0
ip address 20.1.0.1 255.255.255.0
Router 2
interface serial 0/0
ip address 20.0.0.2 255.255.255.0
interface ethernet 0
ip address 20.1.0.2 255.255.255.0
Router 3
interface serial 0/0
ip address 20.0.0.3 255.255.255.0
interface ethernet 0
ip address 20.1.0.3 255.255.255.0
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
Ping the routers
Router 1

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Router 2
Router 3
4. Troubleshooting steps
The issues being faced while configuring devices in the network design are presented as below along with the
troubleshooting steps that were followed:
Identifying the interface
Issue: For configuring the network with accuracy, it is essential to identify the appropriate interface that have
to be configured in each device. Thus, it was quite difficult to identify the proper interface while configuring the
switches as there are many interfaces.
Solution: This issue was resolved with the knowledge of proper commands and determining the interfaces with
the help of “show interfaces” command. This command helped to identify the interfaces that were configured
and connected to which devices.
Ping through PC to the required interface of a device

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Issue: The configuration of the devices are carried out by defining IP addresses for the various interfaces.
However, the major issue identified was that the devices are not correctly responding to the ping. This showed
that the devices are not properly configured.
Solution: For troubleshooting this issue, the IP addressing scheme was rechecked and the various interfaces of
the devices were also checked to identify the issue. The subnet masking was also altered and configured again
to ensure successful connectivity in between devices of the designed network.
5. Analysis of the current network
The analysis of the designed network helped to achieve the following benefits as listed as below:
 Separate network for guests with authorization
 Organization of the network according to group of employees
 Unauthorized access to sensitive data can be prevented

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