Module 1 - 11: Labs

: WANs and Routers

Lab Exercise: Connecting Console Interfaces

In this lab, students connect a PC to a router using a console or rollover cable.

Lab Exercise: Connecting Router LAN Interfaces

In this lab, students identify the Ethernet or Fast Ethernet interfaces on the router, and identify and locate the proper cables to connect the router and PC to a hub or switch.

Lab Exercise: Connecting WAN Interfaces

In this lab, students identify the serial interfaces on the router and identify and locate the proper cables to interconnect the routers.

: Introduction to Routers

e-Lab Activity: Logging into the Router

In this lab, students access the router command-line interface and activate privileged level configuration options.

e-Lab Activity: Router User Interface Modes

In this lab, students learn to use the enable command to enter into privileged EXEC mode on the Cisco IOS.

e-Lab Activity: Operation of the Cisco IOS

This lab demonstrates how to put a new Cisco IOS image onto the router.

Lab Exercise: Router Configuration Using Setup

In this lab, students use the System Configuration Dialog (setup) to establish some basic router configuration.

Lab Exercise: Establishing a Console Session with HyperTerminal

In this lab, students connect a router and workstation using a console cable and configure HyperTerminal to establish a console session with the router.

e-Lab Activity: Keyboard Help in the CLI

This purpose of this lab is to learn the help system in the Cisco IOS.

e-Lab Activity: IOS Auto-Completion

In this lab, students use the router auto-completion feature (TAB key) and the history buffer.

Lab Exercise: Command Line Fundamentals

In this lab, students log into a router in both user and privileged modes and use several basic router commands to determine how the router is configured.

: Configuring a Router

Lab Exercise: Command Modes and Router Identification

In this lab, students identify basic router modes of user EXEC and privileged EXEC and to use commands to enter specific modes.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Router Passwords

In this lab, students configure a password for console login to user mode and configure a password for virtual terminal (Telnet) sessions.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Router Passwords

In this lab, students configure passwords for the console, virtual terminals, and a secret password.

e-Lab Activity: Command-line Interface Command Modes

In this lab, students learn to enter some of the most common modes the router supports.

Lab Exercise: Using Router show Commands

In this lab, students become familiar with the basic router show commands.

e-Lab Activity: Router Default Settings

In this lab, students view the basic configuration and interface details to see the router defaults.

Lab Exercise: Configuring a Serial Interface

In this lab, students will configure a serial interface on the GAD and BHM routers so they can communicate.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring a Serial Interface

In this lab, students access the router command-line interface and activate privileged level configuration options.

Lab Exercise: Making Configuration Changes

In this lab, students configure some basic router settings and bring interfaces up and down.

Lab Exercise: Configuring an Ethernet Interface

In this lab, students configure an Ethernet interface on the router with an IP address and a subnet mask.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring an Ethernet Interface

In this lab, students configure an Ethernet interface on the router.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Interface Descriptions

In this lab, students practice choosing a description for an interface and use interface configuration mode to enter that description.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Message-of-the-Day (MOTD)

In this lab, students enter a message-of-the-day (MOTD) on the router which will allow all users to view the message upon entering the router.

e-Lab Activity: Housekeeping

In this lab, students implement basic configuration setting on a router. This includes tasks such as setting the router clock settings, interface descriptions, and the message-of-the-day.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Host Tables

In this lab, students create IP host tables by associating router names with IP addresses.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Host Tables

In this lab, students create IP host tables that allow a router to use names to identify all of the attached interfaces on that router.

Lab Exercise: Backing Up Configuration Files

In this lab, students capture the running configuration of a router to an ASCII text file with HyperTerminal.

: Learning about Other Devices

e-Lab Activity: Implementation, Monitoring, and Maintenance of CDP

In this lab, students learn some commands associated with the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and learn to view some CDP information.

Lab Exercise: Creating a Network Map using CDP

In this lab, students use CDP commands to get information about neighboring network devices.

Lab Exercise: Using CDP Commands

In this lab, students use CDP commands to obtain information about neighboring networks and devices.

e-Lab Activity: Address Resolution Protocol

In this lab, students use the show ARP command, which is another means of learning about neighboring devices.

e-Lab Activity: CDP Neighbors

In this lab, students use Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) commands.

Lab Exercise: Establishing and Verifying a Telnet Connection

In this lab, students establish a Telnet connection to a remote router and verify that the application layer between source and destination is working properly.

Lab Exercise: Suspending and Disconnecting Telnet Sessions

In this lab, students establish a Telnet session with a remote router and then suspend and re-establish a Telnet session.

Lab Exercise: Advanced Telnet Operations

In this lab, students use the Telnet command to remotely access other routers.

Lab Exercise: Connectivity Tests - Ping

In this lab, students use the ping command to send ICMP datagrams to a target host.

Lab Exercise: Connectivity Tests - Traceroute

In this lab, student use the traceroute command to determine the path from a source to a destination.

e-Lab Activity: Alternate Connectivity Tests - Ping

In this lab, students use the ping command to send ICMP datagrams to a target host and using the information retrieved, accomplish the tasks.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting IP Address Issues

In this lab, students configure two routers and two workstations in a small WAN.

: Managing Cisco IOS Software

Lab Exercise: Using the Boot System Command

In this lab, the students will display information about the Cisco IOS Image that runs on the router.

e-Lab Activity: Preparing for Boot System Commands

In this lab, the students will display information relating to the router boot procedure, using the appropriate show commands.

e-Lab Activity: Configuration Register

In this lab, the students will learn to change the boot procedure of the router.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting Configuration Register Boot Problems

In this lab, the students will check and document the configuration register settings related to the boot method.

e-Lab Activity: Troubleshooting IOS Boot Failure

In this lab, the students will check and document the configuration register settings related to the boot method, configure the router to boot from NVRAM, and reload the router.

Lab Exercise: Managing Configuration Files with TFTP

In this lab, the students will backup a copy of a router configuration file and reload the backup configuration file from a TFTP server into RAM on a router.

Lab Exercise: Managing IOS Images with TFTP

In this lab, the students will backup a copy of a router IOS from flash to a TFTP server.

Lab Exercise: Password Recovery Procedures

In this lab, the students will gain access to a router with an unknown privileged mode (enable) password.

Lab Exercise: Managing IOS Images with ROMmon and Xmodem

In this lab, the students will recover a Cisco 1700 series router using ROM monitor (ROMmon) (rommon >) due to a missing or corrupt IOS boot flash image.

: Routing and Routing Protocols

e-Lab Activity: Static Route Operation

In this lab, the student will learn how to create a static route.

e-Lab Activity: Static Routes

In this lab, the students will practice using static routes by troubleshooting a network connected in the fashion outlined in the topology map.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Static Routes

In this lab, the student will learn to configure some static routes.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Default Route Forwarding

In this lab, the students will configure a default static route.

e-Lab Activity: Verifying Static Route Configuration

In this lab, the students will use show commands to verify the default static route configuration created in the previous lab.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Static Routes

In this lab, the students will configure static routes between routers to allow data transfer between routers without the use of dynamic routing protocols.

e-Lab Activity: Static Routes

In this lab, the students will configure static routes between routers to allow data transfer between routers without the use of dynamic routing protocols.

e-Lab Activity: Routing Configuration

In this lab, the students will configure the routers to start a routing process, then add the networks that will be advertised.

: Distance Vector Routing Protocols

Lab Exercise: Configuring RIP

This lab is to setup an IP addressing scheme using class B networks and configure the RIP dynamic routing protocol on routers.

e-Lab Activity: RIP

In this lab, the students will take a look at the router topology before starting the lab.

e-Lab Activity: Using Classless IP Routing

In this lab, the student will configure the router to use classless routing when forwarding packets.

e-Lab Activity: Verifying RIP Configuration

This lab is to use IOS show commands to verify the operation of a router running RIP.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting RIP

This lab is to set up an IP addressing scheme using class B networks.

e-Lab Activity: Troubleshooting RIP Update Issues

This lab is  to perform a basic configuration of the router Pretoria.

e-Lab Activity: Troubleshooting RIP

In this lab, the students will be troubleshooting the Routing Information Protocol on the Luanda and Lusaka routers.

Lab Exercise: Preventing Routing Updates Through an Interface

This lab is to prevent routing updates through an interface to regulate advertised routes.

e-Lab Activity: Preventing Routing Updates Through an Interface

In this lab, the students will learn to prevent routing updates through an interface to regulate advertised routes and observe the results.

Lab Exercise: Load Balancing Across Multiple Paths

This lab is to configure load balance across multiple paths.

e-Lab Activity: Load Balancing Across Multiple Paths

In this lab, the students will load balance across multiple paths and observe load balancing.

e-Lab Activity: Integrating Static Routes with RIP

In this lab, the students will enable RIP to propagate static routes.

Lab Exercise: Configuring IGRP

This lab is to setup an IP addressing scheme using class C networks

e-Lab Activity: Configuring IGRP

In this lab, the students will learn to configure IGRP.

Lab Exercise: Default Routing with RIP and IGRP

This lab is to configure a default route and use RIP to propagate this default information to other routers.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring Default Routing with RIP and IGRP

In this lab, the students will configure a default route and use RIP to propagate this default information to other routers.

e-Lab Activity: Verifying IGRP Configuration

In this lab, the students will use IOS show commands to verify the operation of a router running IGRP.

e-Lab Activity: IGRP

In this lab, the students will set up dynamic routing between networks using IGRP.

Lab Exercise: Unequal Cost Load Balancing with IGRP

This lab is to observe unequal-cost load balancing and tune IGRP networks by using advanced debug commands.

: TCP/IP Suite Error and Control Messages

There are no labs for this module.

: Basic Router Troubleshooting

Lab Exercise: Using show ip route to Examine Routing Tables

In this lab, students will set up an IP addressing scheme using class B networks.

Lab Exercise: Gateway of Last Resort

In this lab, students will configure RIP routing and default routes (gateways) on the routers.

e-Lab Activity: Administrative Distance

In this lab, the students will analyze the effects of using two routing protocols.

Lab Exercise: Last Route Update

In this lab, the student will gather information about routing updates and routing protocols.

e-Lab Activity: Layer 3 Troubleshooting Using ping

In this lab, the students will use the ping command to send ICMP echo requests to an adjacent router.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting Using ping and telnet

This lab is to gather information about routing updates and routing protocols.

e-Lab Activity: Troubleshooting Layer 1: Using show interfaces

In this lab, the students will verify that the physical serial 0/0 link is up, reset the interface counters, and check the interface again to see what happens after a counter reset.

e-Lab Activity: Cisco Discovery Protocol

In this lab, the students will use CDP to obtain information about neighboring Cisco devices.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting Using traceroute

This lab is to use the traceroute or tracert command to verify that the network-layer between source, destination and each router along the way is working properly.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting Routing Issues with show ip route and show ip protocols

This lab uses the show ip route and show ip protocols commands to diagnose a routing configuration problem.

e-Lab Activity: Troubleshooting Using show controllers serial

In this lab, the students will use the show controllers command to see what cable is attached to the serial interface.

Lab Exercise: Troubleshooting Routing Issues with debug

This lab is to utilize a systematic OSI troubleshooting process to diagnose routing problems.

: Intermediate TCP/IP

Lab Exercise: Multiple Active Host Sessions

This lab will show port usage on a single host attached to a router.

Lab Exercise: Well-Known Port Numbers and Multiple Sessions

In this lab, the student will enable HTTP services on a router

: Access Control Lists (ACLs)

e-Lab Activity: Creating ACLs

In this lab, the students will explore the syntax for creating standard and extended access-lists.

e-Lab Activity: Verifying ACLs

In this lab, the students will verify configured access-lists on the router.

Lab Exercise: Configuring Standard Access Lists

In this lab, the student will configure and apply a standard ACL to permit or deny specific traffic.

Lab Exercise: Standard ACLs

In this lab, the student will plan, configure, and apply a standard ACL to permit or deny specific traffic. The student will then test the ACL to determine if the desired results were achieved.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring a Standard Access List

In this lab, the students will plan, configure, and apply a standard ACL to permit or deny specific traffic and test the ACL to determine if the desired results were achieved.

e-Lab Activity: Standard ACL

In this lab, the students will configure a standard access-control list for the local router "Rome".

e-Lab Activity: Standard ACL

In this lab, the students will configure a standard access-control list for the local router "Athens".

e-Lab Activity: Standard ACL

In this lab, the students will configure a standard access-control list for the local router "Bucharest".

e-Lab Activity: Standard ACL

In this lab, the students will configure a standard access-control list for the local router "Sofia".

Lab Exercise: Configuring Extended Access Lists

This lab is to configure, and apply an extended ACL to permit or deny specific traffic.

Lab Exercise: Simple Extended Access Lists

This lab is to configure, and apply extended access lists to filter network to network, host to network, and network to host traffic.

e-Lab Activity: Configuring an Extended Access List

In this lab, the student will plan, configure, and apply and extended ACL to permit or deny specific traffic and test the ACL to determine if the desired results were achieved.

e-Lab Activity: Extended ACL

In this lab, the students will configure an extended access-control list for the local router "Mexico_City".

e-Lab Activity: Extended ACL

In this lab, the students will configure an extended access-control list for the local router "Jakarta".

e-Lab Activity: Extended ACL

In this lab, the students will configure an extended access-control list for the local router "Kuwait".

e-Lab Activity: Extended ACL

In this lab, the students will configure an extended access-control list for the local router "Abuja".

Lab Exercise: Configuring a Named Access List

In this lab, the student will create a named ACL to permit or deny specific traffic.

Lab Exercise: Simple DMZ Extended Access Lists

In this lab, the student will use extended access lists to create a simple DeMilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Lab Exercise: Multiple Access Lists Functions (Challenge Lab)

In this lab, the student will configure and apply an extended access control list to control Internet traffic using one or more routers.

e-Lab Activity: Named ACL

In this lab, the students will configure a named access-control list for the local router "Ouagadougou".

e-Lab Activity: Configuring a Named Access List

In this lab, the students will create a named ACL to permit or deny specific traffic and test the ACL to determine if the desired results were achieved.

Lab Exercise: VTY Restriction

In this lab, the student will use the access-class and line commands to control telnet access to the router.

e-Lab Activity: Access Control Lists

In this lab, the students will practice using ACLs to filter IP traffic.




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