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Computer Networks Lab

Objective: Implementation of the initial switch and router configurations on the simulation platform.

Topology Diagram 1

The topology consists of two networks, N1 and N2. Network N1 consists of a Customer PC accessing the switch
2960 named switch0 using console. The switch is connected with the Customer Server using a straight-through
cable. The switch in this network is connected to router 1841 named Customer Router. In network N2, same
configuration is there as in the case of network N1 to create an ISP network. The two routers of networks N1 and N2
are connected using the cross-over cable.

Task 1: Perform the initial configurations of Switch0 with respect to the following parameters: Host name, Console
password, vty password, privileged EXEC mode password, privileged EXEC mode secret, IP address on VLAN
interface, and default gateway.

Steps:

1. From the Customer PC, use a console cable and terminal emulation software to connect to the console of
the Switch0.
2. Hostname configuration: Set the host name on the switch to CustomerSwitch.
Switch>enable
Switch#configure terminal
Switch(config)#hostname CustomerSwitch
3. Privileged mode password and secret configuration: from global configuration mode, configure the
password as ‘cisco’ and secret as ‘cisco123’.
CustomerSwitch(config)#enable password cisco
CustomerSwitch(config)#enable secret cisco123
4. Console password configuration: change from global configuration mode to line configuration mode, set
the password to cisco and require the password to be entered at the login.
CustomerSwitch(config)#line console 0
CustomerSwitch(config-line)#password cisco
CustomerSwitch(config-line)#login
CustomerSwitch(config-line)#exit
5. Configure the vty password: change from global configuration mode to line configuration mode for the
vty line 0 through 15, set the password to cisco and require the password to be entered at the login.
CustomerSwitch(config)#line vty 0 15
CustomerSwitch(config-line)#password cisco
CustomerSwitch(config-line)#login
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CustomerSwitch(config-line)#exit
6. Configure the IP address on VLAN1: change from global configuration mode to interface configuration
mode for VLAN1 and assign the IP address 192.168.1.5 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
CustomerSwitch(config)#interface vlan 1
CustomerSwitch(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0
CustomerSwitch(config-if)#no shutdown
CustomerSwitch(config-if)#exit
7. Configure the default gateway: assign the default gateway to 192.168.1.1 using the global configuration
mode.
CustomerSwitch(config)#ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
8. Verify the configuration: The customer switch should be able to ping the ISP server at 209.165.201.10.
CustomerSwitch(config)#end
CustomerSwitch# ping 209.165.201.10

Answer the following:

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Topology Diagram 2

The topology consists of two networks, N1 and N2. Network N1 consists of a Customer PC connected with
Customer Switch. The switch is connected with the Customer Server using a straight-through cable. The switch in
this network is connected to router 1841 named Router0. In network N2, same configuration is there as in the case
of network N1 to create an ISP network. The two routers of networks N1 and N2 are connected using the cross-over
cable. The Customer PC accesses the Router0 using console.

Task 2: Perform the initial configurations of Router0 with respect to the following parameters: Host name,
passwords, banner messages, and other router configurations.
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Steps:
1. Configure the router hostname: On Customer PC, use the terminal emulation software to connect to the
console of the Router0.
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#hostname CustomerRouter
2. Configure the privileged mode and secret passwords: from global configuration mode, configure the
password as ‘cisco’ and secret as ‘cisco123’.
CustomerRouter(config)#enable password cisco
CustomerRouter(config)#enable secret cisco123
3. Configure the console password: change from global configuration mode to line configuration mode, set
the password to ‘cisco123’ and require the password to be entered at the login.
CustomerRouter(config)#line console 0
CustomerRouter(config-line)#password cisco123
CustomerRouter(config-line)#login
CustomerRouter(config-line)#exit
4. Configure the vty password to allow Telnet access to the router: change from global configuration
mode to line configuration mode for the vty line 0 through 4, set the password to ‘cisco123’ and require the
password to be entered at the login.
CustomerRouter(config)#line vty 0 4
CustomerRouter(config-line)#password cisco123
CustomerRouter(config-line)#login
CustomerRouter(config-line)#exit
5. Configure password encryption, a Message of the Day (MOTD) banner, and turn off domain server
lookup.
a. Currently, the line passwords and the enable password are shown in clear text when you show the
running configuration. Verify this now by entering the show running-config command. To avoid
the security risk of someone looking over your shoulder and reading the passwords, encrypt all
clear text passwords. Use the show running-config command again to verify that the passwords
are encrypted. To provide a warning when someone attempts to log in to the router, configure a
Message of the Day (MOTD) banner.
CustomerRouter(config)#service password-encryption
CustomerRouter(config)#banner motd $Authorized Access Only!$
b. Test the banner and passwords. Log out of the router by typing the exit command twice. The
banner displays before the prompt for a password. Enter the password to log back into the router.
You may have noticed that when you enter a command incorrectly at the user or privileged EXEC
prompt, the router pauses while trying to locate an IP address for the mistyped word you entered.
For example, try to use emable command instead of ‘enable’.
CustomerRouter>emable
c. To prevent this from happening, use the following command to stop all DNS lookups from the
router CLI.
CustomerRouter(config)#no ip domain-lookup
d. Save the running configuration to the startup configuration.
CustomerRouter(config)#end
CustomerRouter#copy run start
6. Verify the configuration.
a. Log out of your terminal session with the Cisco 1841 customer router.
b. Log in to the Cisco 1841 Customer Router. Enter the console password when prompted.
c. Navigate to privileged EXEC mode. Enter the privileged EXEC password when prompted.
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Answer the following:

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Submission Instructions:

1. Execute the network commands taught in the lab and write the answers to the questions.
2. Take the screenshot of your network configuration and submit them together with the answers to the
questions in a single file.
3. Write your name, roll number, batch, and assignment number on the top of the submitted file.
4. Submit the pdf with filename as “rollno.pdf” on Google Classroom.
5. No other form of submission will be accepted for evaluation.
6. Submit it by the deadline, failing which 4 marks will be deducted.