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Packet Tracer - Configuring IPv4 Static and Default Routes

Topology

Addressing Table

Device Interface IPv4 Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway

G0/0 172.31.1.1 255.255.255.128 N/A


R1 S0/0/0 172.31.1.194 255.255.255.252 N/A
G0/0 172.31.0.1 255.255.255.0 N/A
S0/0/0 172.31.1.193 255.255.255.252 N/A
R2 S0/0/1 172.31.1.197 255.255.255.252 N/A
G0/0 172.31.1.129 255.255.255.192 N/A
R3 S0/0/1 172.31.1.198 255.255.255.252 N/A
PC1 NIC 172.31.1.126 255.255.255.128 172.31.1.1
PC2 NIC 172.31.0.254 255.255.255.0 172.31.0.1
PC3 NIC 172.31.1.190 255.255.255.192 172.31.1.129

Objectives
Part 1: Examine the Network and Evaluate the Need for Static Routing
Part 2: Configure Static and Default Routes
Part 3: Verify Connectivity

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Background
In this activity, you will configure static and default routes. A static route is a route that is
entered manually by the network administrator to create a reliable and safe route. There are
four different static routes that are used in this activity: a recursive static route, a directly
attached static route, a fully specified static route, and a default route.

Part 1: Examine the Network and Evaluate the Need for Static Routing
a. Looking at the topology diagram, how many networks are there in total?

Ans: 5 networks
b. How many networks are directly connected to R1, R2, and R3?
Ans: With R1, two networks are directly connected. With R2, 3 networks are directly connected and
with R3, two networks are directly connected.
c. How many static routes are required by each router to reach networks that are not directly
connected?
Ans: For R1, it needs three static routing
For R2, it needs two static routing
For R3, it needs three static routing

d. Test connectivity to the R2 and R3 LANs by pinging PC2 and PC3


from PC1. Why were you unsuccessful?
Ans: Ping were unsuccessful because even if the packet came to
R1, R1 did not know the route to the networks connected to PC2
and PC3 since static routing is not performed yet.

Part 2: Configure Static and Default Routes


Step 1: Configure recursive static routes on R1.
a. What is recursive static route?
Ans: It is when we give the next hop IP address after the subnet mask.

b. Why does a recursive static route require two routing table lookups?
Ans: In the first lookup, it gets the IP address of the next hop. In the second lookup, the route
needs to be seen in order to send it to the destination.

c. Configure a recursive static route to every network not directly connected to R1, including
the WAN link between R2 and R3.
d. Test connectivity to the R2 LAN and ping the IP addresses of PC2
and PC3. Why were you unsuccessful?

Ans: The packet reaches the destination correctly however, to


ping, to get the response is also necessary. Since we have not
established the static routing from the other networks to PC1’s
network, we can not get any response. Therefore, it does not ping.

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Step 2: Configure directly attached static routes on R2.


a. How does a directly attached static route differ from a recursive static route?
Ans: In directly attached static route, the exit option is the exit interface from that specific router.
In a recursive route, the exit option is the next hop from that specific router. Recursive has to
access two routing table lookups and therefore, is slower than directly connected static route.

b. Configure a directly attached static route from R2 to every network not directly connected.
c. Which command only displays directly connected networks?
show ip route connected
d. Which command only displays the static routes listed in the routing table?
show ip route static
e. When viewing the entire routing table, how can you distinguish between a directly
attached static route and a directly connected network?
After the command of ‘show ip route’, we see that there are S, Land C as an initial word of the lines.
S are indicating static routes and C are indicating directly connected.

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Step 3: Configure a default route on R3.


a. How does a default route differ from a regular static route?
Ans: A default route is also known as a default gateway which is not needed to manually configure.
It directs packets without an already known gateway to the required destination. The static route is
needed to manually configure by recursive or by direct connection (or both) to know where the
packet needs to be sent and in which route it should be sent.

b. Configure a default route on R3 so that every network not directly connected is reachable.
c. How is a static route displayed in the routing table?
Ans: When we use ‘show ip route’ command, static route is displayed by a capital S in the
beginning of the line.

Step 4: Document the commands for fully specified routes.


Note: Packet Tracer does not currently support configuring fully specified static routes. Therefore, in
this step, document the configuration for fully specified routes.
a. Explain a fully specified route.
Ans: a fully specified route is the one where both directly connected static routing and recursive
static routing is configured. This ensures a fully connected static routing.

b. Which command provides a fully specified static route from R3 to the R2 LAN?
Ans: ip route 172.31.0.0 255.255.255.0 172.31.1.197

c. Write a fully specified route from R3 to the network between R2 and R1. Do not configure
the route; just calculate it.
Ans: ip route 172.31.1.192 255.255.255.252 192.31.1.197

d. Write a fully specified static route from R3 to the R1 LAN. Do not configure the route; just
calculate it.
Ans: ip route 172.31.1.0 255.255.255.128 192.31.1.197

Step 5: Verify static route configurations.


Use the appropriate show commands to verify correct configurations.
Which show commands can you use to verify that the static routes are configured correctly?
Ans: show ip route static

Part 3: Verify Connectivity


Every device should now be able to ping every other device. If not, review your static and default
route configurations.

Ping successful

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Suggested Scoring Rubric

Question Possible Earned


Activity Section Location Points Points

Part 1: Examine the Network


and Evaluate the Need for a-d 10
Static Routing
Part 1 Total 10
Part 2: Configure Static and Step 1 7
Default Routes
Step 2 7
Step 3 3
Step 4 10
Step 5 3
Part 2 Total 30
Packet Tracer Score 60
Total Score 100

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