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Lab 7

This document describes a lab activity where students will use Cisco Packet Tracer to observe and record MAC addresses and IP addresses as data packets travel across a network. Students will perform packet captures at different network devices to identify addressing information and answer questions about address handling. The objectives are to understand MAC address learning, frame forwarding, and the distinction between MAC and IP addresses.

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Lab 7

This document describes a lab activity where students will use Cisco Packet Tracer to observe and record MAC addresses and IP addresses as data packets travel across a network. Students will perform packet captures at different network devices to identify addressing information and answer questions about address handling. The objectives are to understand MAC address learning, frame forwarding, and the distinction between MAC and IP addresses.

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Lab.

7 Identify MAC and IP Addresses

Objectives
1. The Ethernet MAC Address.
2. MAC Address Table building and frames forwarding in Switch.
3. Distinguish between MAC & IP Address.
4. Packet Capture for Ping
5. Answer the questionnaires using packet capture outputs
Pre-lab Preparation:
1. Read thoroughly and prepare the experiment sheet.
2. You should try using Packet Tracer at home before the lab session.
3. You must bring a printed copy of this experiment with you to the lab.
Lab Requirements
1. CISCO Packet Tracer version 7.0
2. Students personal computers / laptops
Lab Description (In the lab to be performed by instructor)
In this lab, students will perform (Activity No. 5.3.1.3 Packet Tracer - Identify MAC and IP
Addresses).

The activity is optimized for viewing PDUs. In this activity, the devices are already configured.
Students will perform
1. packet capturing in simulation mode.
2. Complete the table Example Spreadsheet Format for parameters (At Device,
Destination MAC, Source MAC, Source IPv4, Destination IPv4)
3. Answer the questionnaires using packet capture outputs.

By completion of this lab the students should be able to understand the IP / MAC Address
learning, Frame Filtering and the ARP mapping on a network.
Packet Tracer Activity - Identify MAC and IP Addresses

Figure 1. Topology Diagram

Activity Part 1:

Activity description: Gather PDU Information


Note: Review the Reflection Questions in Activity Part 2 before proceeding with Activity
Part 1. It will give you an idea of the types of information you will need to gather.

Gather PDU information as a packet travels from 172.16.31.2 to 10.10.10.3.


a. Click 172.16.31.2 and open the Command Prompt.
b. Enter the ping 10.10.10.3 command.
c. Switch to simulation mode and repeat the ping 10.10.10.3 command. A PDU appears
next to 172.16.31.2.
d. Click the PDU and note the following information from the Outbound PDU Layer tab:
Destination MAC Address: 00D0:BA8E:741A
Source MAC Address: 000C:85CC:1DA7
Source IP Address: 172.16.31.2
Destination IP Address: 10.10.10.3
At Device: Computer
e. Click Capture / Forward to move the PDU to the next device. Gather the same
information from Step 1d. Repeat this process until the PDU reaches its destination.
Record the PDU information you gathered into a spreadsheet using a format like the table
shown below:

Test At Device Dest. MAC Src MAC Src IPv4 Dest IPv4
Ping from 172.16.31.2 00D0:BA8E:741A 000C:85CC:1DA7 172.16.31.2 10.10.10.3
172.16.31.2
to 10.10.10.3 Hub -- -- -- --
Switch1 00D0:BA8E:741A 000C:85CC:1DA7 -- --
Router 0060:4706:572B 00D0:588C:2401 172.16.31.2 10.10.10.3
Switch0 0060:4706:572B 00D0:588C:2401 -- --
Access Point -- -- -- --
10.10.10.3 0060:4706:572B 00D0:588C:2401 172.16.31.2 10.10.10.3

Table 1. Addressing Details for Devices

Gather additional PDU information from other pings.


Repeat the process in Step 1 and gather the information for the following tests:
Ping 10.10.10.2 from 10.10.10.3.
Ping 172.16.31.2 from 172.16.31.3.
Ping 172.16.31.4 from 172.16.31.5.
Ping 172.16.31.4 from 10.10.10.2.
Ping 172.16.31.3 from 10.10.10.2.

Activity Part 2:

Activity description: Reflection Questions


Answer the following questions regarding the captured data:
Were there different types of wires used to connect devices? Yes, copper and fiber
___________________________________________________________________________
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Did the wires change the handling of the PDU in any way? NO
_________________________________________________________________________________

Did the Hub lose any of the information given to it? NO


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What does the Hub do with MAC addresses and IP addresses? NOTHING
_________________________________________________________________________________

Did the wireless Access Point do anything with the information given to it? Yes. It repackaged it
as wireless 802.11
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___

Was any MAC or IP address lost during the wireless transfer? NO


_________________________________________________________________________________

What was the highest OSI layer that the Hub and Access Point used? Layer 1
_________________________________________________________________________________

Did the Hub or Access Point ever replicate a PDU that was rejected with a red “X”? YES
_________________________________________________________________________________

When examining the PDU Details tab, which MAC address appeared first, the source or the
destination? Destination
___________________________________________________________________________
___

Why would the MAC addresses appear in this order? A switch can begin forwarding a frame to a
known MAC address more quickly if the destination is listed first.
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Was there a pattern to the MAC addressing in the simulation? NO


_________________________________________________________________________________

Did the switches ever replicate a PDU that was rejected with a red “X”? NO
_________________________________________________________________________________
Every time that the PDU was sent between the 10 network and the 172 network, there was a
point where the MAC addresses suddenly changed. Where did that occur? It occurred at the
Router.
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Which device uses MAC addresses starting with 00D0? The Router.
_________________________________________________________________________________

To what devices did the other MAC addresses belong? To the sender and receiver.
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Did the sending and receiving IPv4 addresses switch in any of the PDUs? NO
___________________________________________________________________________
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If you follow the reply to a ping, sometimes called a pong, do the sending and receiving IPv4
addresses switch? YES
___________________________________________________________________________
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What is the pattern to the IPv4 addressing in this simulation? Each port of a router requires a set
of non-overlapping addresses.
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Why do different IP networks need to be assigned to different ports of a router? The function of a
router is to inter-connect different IP networks.
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If this simulation was configured with IPv6 instead of IPv4, what would be different?  The IPv4
addresses would be replaced with IPv6 addresses, but everything else would be the same.
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