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Lab Report No 3 Computer Network Lab: Switch Administrative Function

This lab report describes configuring a Cisco switch using Cisco Packet Tracer software. The objectives were to familiarize with Cisco IOS and use basic configuration commands. The procedures covered enabling the switch, checking and modifying the running and startup configurations, setting the hostname, backing up the running configuration to startup, setting passwords, and viewing MAC address tables. The conclusion discusses the different memory types in Cisco devices and that switches transmit data more efficiently than hubs.

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Lab Report No 3 Computer Network Lab: Switch Administrative Function

This lab report describes configuring a Cisco switch using Cisco Packet Tracer software. The objectives were to familiarize with Cisco IOS and use basic configuration commands. The procedures covered enabling the switch, checking and modifying the running and startup configurations, setting the hostname, backing up the running configuration to startup, setting passwords, and viewing MAC address tables. The conclusion discusses the different memory types in Cisco devices and that switches transmit data more efficiently than hubs.

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Lab Report No 3

COMPUTER NETWORK LAB

Submitted by

Ahsan Riaz (140967)

Section
BEE-8D
Submitted to
Sir Aqib Khan

Switch Administrative function


Objectives:
This lab exercise is designed for understanding and using basic configuration commands on a
Cisco Switch interacting through Cisco IOS. In this lab:

 To familiar with cisco packet switcher software


 Using basic configuration commands on a cisco interacting through cisco ios.

Equipment:
 Computer
 Packet Tracer (version 5 or higher)

Introduction:
This lab introduces Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) which is the proprietary CLI
(command line interface) based software empowering nearly all the Cisco devices. IOS is a
package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly
integrated with a multitasking operating system.

In this lab we used cisco packet switcher software which is based on transmission of data in the
form of packets .We also got familiar with how CLI based software empowering nearly all the
cisco devices.
Procedure:
 First of all turn on the pc( personalcomputer).
 Open the cisco packet switcher software from the desktop of the computer.
 Click on switch and goto cli tab .
 Type switch >enable command to enable the functioning of switch.
 Examine the current running configuration by using command
Switch# show running-config
 Then check the current contents of Nvram
Switch # show startup-config
 It will show startup config isnot present.
 Enter enable and then type command of
Switch # config t
 Then provide hostname by using command
Switch(config)# hostname lab3
Lab3(config)# exit
 Notice the prompt change in configuration to reflect in new name.
 Examine the current configuration that follows to verify there is no configuration except
its hostname.
Lab3# show running-config
 Then type a command to check destination file name
Lab3# cop running-config startup-config

 To show configuration that is stored in NVRAM type a command


Lab3# show startup-config
 Enter config-line mode for console
 For passwordsetting enter command
 Lab3#config t
 Lab3(config)#line con 0
 Lab3(CONFIG-LINE)#password ateeb
 Lab3(config-line)#exit

 After this command type enable command which will show the password then type a
secret password.
 Lab3(config)#enable password ateeb
 Lab3(config)#enable secret khan

 Then goto exit command when you put password it will not shown to the user .
 Determine the layer 2 addresses of the pc network interface cards check by using
ipconfig /all in program prompt.

To determine the mac address through terminal settings and layer 2 settings whether
both are same or not.
Type command
lab3#show mac address-table
 Then use the command for option of selecting mac address
 To remove existing mac address use the command
Lab3# clear mac-address-table dynamic

Conclusion:
From this we conclude that Cisco devices have 4 types of memories present:
a) ROM
b) Flash
c) NV-RAM
d) RAM
From this lab, we observe that there are two method to transmit data either by hub or switch.
Transmitting data using switch is more efficient then using hub. Data will transfer fast and more
advance using switch then hub. Use of switch is more effective way.

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