CS310 Assignment 2
CS310 Assignment 2
CS310 Assignment 2
Weight: 15%
Group work: You may choose to work in groups of no more than 4 members
Submission: GNS3 project file complete with all startup config scripts.
In this assignment you will be designing and configuring a network for a university
environment, which has been allocated 123.45.0.0/16 IP address space. There are two
faculties namely Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science. Each faculty has two subnets;
staff subnet and student subnet.
Part 1
Divide the allocated address space between faculty subnets such that the staff subnet in
each faculty gets 256 IP addresses and the student subnet in each faculty gets 512 IP
addresses (inclusive of network and broadcast address). In other words each faculty gets
256 + 512 = 768 IP addresses. Be sure to avoid addressing conflicts with other existing
subnets such as subnet linking routers (Fig. 1)
Part 2
Construct the following network topology in GNS3 simulator. Ensure that all the
hostnames and network addresses are well labeled. Use Cisco 3725 routers.
Configure all the routers using the assigned hostnames and IP address. Configure the routers to
use RIP to automatically update the routing tables.
You should be able to ping the Default_Gateway from Router02 and Router03.
[Hint Use RIP version 2 with no auto-summary]
Part 4
Setup Virtual PC (VPC) in each of the three subnets as shown above. The virtual PC’s provide
lightweight PC environment to execute tools such as ping, and trace route.
Each VPC should be able to ping the others.
Part 5
The staff subnet in each faculty will be hosting services meant for access by university staff
only. Configure the access control list (ACL) on Router02 and Router03 such that any traffic
from the student subnets are blocked from entering the staff subnets. Traffic to and from other
subnets should pass through.
Pinging FA1 (VPC in the Faculty of Arts staff subnet) from FAS1 (VPC in the Faculty of Arts
student subnet) should fail. Likewise pinging FS1 (VPC in the Faculty of Science staff subnet)
from FAS1 (VPC in the Faculty of Arts student subnet) should fail.
On the other hand you should succeed in pinging the Default_Gateway from any PC on any
subnet.
Execute trace route (tracert 123.45.250.1) command on FA1 and FSS1. Paste the results next to
the respective subnet on your network topology
Part 6
Configure DHCP services on Router02 and Router03 such that the all VPCs can get IP
addresses dynamically assigned.
Part 7
Use the following checklist to ensure you network is configured correctly.
Test ✔
Router02 can ping Router01
Router03 can ping Router01
Router02 can ping Default_Gateway
Router03 can ping Default_Gateway
FAS1 cannot ping FA1
FAS1 cannot ping FS1
FSS1 cannot ping FS1
FSS1 cannot ping FA1
FAS1 can ping FSS1
FSS1 can ping FAS1
FA1 can ping FS1
FS1 can ping FA1
FA1 can ping Default_Gateway
FAS1 can ping Default_Gateway
FS1 can ping Default_Gateway
FSS1 can ping Default_Gateway
For each of your routers make sure to save your running configuration using the command
write mem
For the VPCs use the save filename command to save the configurations to a file.
Finally save the GNS3 project, i.e. the topology together with the startup configs.
Export the complete GNS3 project, and submit it on moodle. Only one submission is necessary
from each group. Make sure your submission is complete and has all the necessary files to run
the simulation.