Student Name: _______________________________

Last two digits of your Student Number: ___________ _________ / 20 Marks

Lab 2- DCN230- Designing/ Implementing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme

Note: While taking screenshots, open a notepad on side with your name typed in
it.

Topology

Objectives
Part 1: Design a Network Subnetting Scheme
 Create a subnetting scheme that meets the required number of subnets and host addresses.
 Complete the diagram, showing where the host IP addresses will be applied.
Part 2: Configure the Devices
 Assign an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway to the PCs.
 Configure the router Gigabit Ethernet interfaces with an IP address and subnet mask.
 Create two loopback interfaces on the router, and configure each with an IP address and subnet mask.
Part 3: Test and Troubleshoot the Network
 Verify and troubleshoot network connectivity using ping.

Background / Scenario
In this lab, starting from a single network address and network mask, you will subnet the network into multiple
subnets. The subnet scheme should be based on the number of host computers required in each subnet, as
well as other network considerations, like future network host expansion.
After you have created a subnetting scheme and completed the network diagram by filling in the host and
interface IP addresses, you will configure the host PCs and router interfaces, including loopback interfaces.
The loopback interfaces are created to simulate additional LANs attached to router R1.
After the network devices and host PCs have been configured, you will use the ping command to test for
network connectivity.
This lab provides minimal assistance with the actual commands necessary to configure the router. However,
the required commands are provided in Appendix A. Test your knowledge by trying to configure the devices
without referring to the appendix.

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Required Resources
 1 Router
 1 Switch
 2 PCs

Part 1: Design a Network Subnetting Scheme

Step 1: Create a subnetting scheme that meets the required number of subnets and required
number of host addresses.
In this scenario, you are a network administrator for a small subdivision within a larger company. You must
create multiple subnets out of the 192.168.XX.0/24 (replace the XX characters by the last two digits of your
student ID number) network address space to meet the following requirements:
 The first subnet is the employee network. You need a minimum of 35 host IP addresses.
 The second subnet is the administration network. You need a minimum of 20 IP addresses.
 The third and fourth subnets are reserved as virtual networks on virtual router interfaces, loopback 0
and loopback 1. These virtual router interfaces simulate LANs attached to R1.
 You also need two additional unused subnets for future network expansion.
Note: Variable length subnet masks will not be used. All the device subnet masks will be the same length.
Answer the following questions to help create a subnetting scheme that meets the stated network
requirements:
1) [One mark] How many host addresses are needed in the largest required subnet?
_____________________
2) [One mark] What is the minimum number of subnets required?
_________________________________The network that you are tasked to subnet is
192.168.0.0/24. What is the /24 subnet mask in binary?
________________________________________________________________________________
3) [One mark] The subnet mask is made up of two portions, the network portion, and the host portion.
This is represented in the binary by the ones and the zeros in the subnet mask.
In the network mask, what do the ones represent? ________________________________________
In the network mask, what do the zeros represent? _______________________________________
4) [One mark] To subnet a network, bits from the host portion of the original network mask are changed
into subnet bits. The number of subnet bits defines the number of subnets. Given each of the possible
subnet masks depicted in the following binary format, how many subnets and how many hosts are
created in each example?
Hint: Remember that the number of host bits (to the power of 2) defines the number of hosts per
subnet (minus 2), and the number of subnet bits (to the power of two) defines the number of subnets.
The subnet bits (depicted in bold type face) are the bits that have been borrowed beyond the original
network mask of /24. The /24 is the slash prefix notation and corresponds to a dotted decimal mask of
255.255.255.0.
(/25) 11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________, Number of hosts? ________________

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(/26) 11111111.11111111.11111111.11000000
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________, Number of hosts? ________________
(/27) 11111111.11111111.11111111.11100000
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________ Number of hosts? ________________
(/28) 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________ Number of hosts? _________________
(/29) 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111000
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________ Number of hosts? _________________
(/30) 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111100
Dotted decimal subnet mask equivalent: ________________________________
Number of subnets? ________________ Number of hosts? _________________
5) [One mark] Considering your answers, which subnet masks meet the required number of minimum
host addresses?
________________________________________________________________________________
6) [One mark] Considering your answers, which subnet masks meets the minimum number of subnets
required?
________________________________________________________________________________
7) [One mark] Considering your answers, which subnet mask meets both the required minimum
number of hosts and the minimum number of subnets required?
________________________________________________________________________________
8) [One mark] When you have determined which subnet mask meets all of the stated network
requirements, you will derive each of the subnets starting from the original network address. List the
subnets from first to last below. Remember that the first subnet is 192.168.0.0 with the newly
acquired subnet mask.
Subnet Address / Prefix Subnet Mask (dotted decimal)
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________
___________________ / ____ __________________________

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___________________ / ____ __________________________

Step 2: [Six marks] Complete the addressing table and diagram showing where the host IP
addresses will be applied.

Addressing Table
Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway

R1 G0/0 N/A
G0/1 N/A
Lo0 N/A
Lo1 N/A
S1 VLAN 1 N/A N/A N/A
PC-A NIC
PC-B NIC

On the following lines provided, fill in the IP addresses and subnets masks in slash prefix notation. On the
router, use the first usable address in each subnet for each of the interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet 0/0, Gigabit
Ethernet 0/1, loopback 0, and loopback 1. Fill in an IP address for both PC-A and PC-B. Also enter this
information into the Addressing Table on Page 1.

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Part 2: Configure the Devices

In Part 2, set up the network topology and configure basic settings on the PCs and router, such as the router
Gigabit Ethernet interface IP addresses, and the PC’s IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways.
Refer to the Addressing Table for device names and address information.
Note: Appendix A provides configuration details for the steps in Part 2. You should attempt to complete Part 2
prior to reviewing Appendix A.

Step 1: Configure the router. (Check the Appendix for all the necessary commands)
a. Enter into privileged EXEC mode and then global config mode.
Router>enable
Router#config terminal
Router(config)#
b. Assign the R1 as the hostname for the router.
c. Configure both the G0/0 and G0/1 interfaces with IP addresses and subnet masks, and then enable them.
d. Loopback interfaces are created to simulate additional LANs on R1 router. Configure the loopback
interfaces with IP addresses and subnet masks. After they are created, loopback interfaces are enabled,
by default. (To create the loopback addresses, enter the command interface loopback 0 at the global
config mode)
Note: You can create additional loopbacks for testing with different addressing schemes, if desired.
e. Save the running configuration to the startup configuration file.

Step 2: Configure the PC interfaces.

a. Configure the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway settings on PC-A.
b. Configure the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway settings on PC-B.

Part 3: Test and Troubleshoot the Network

In Part 3, you will use the ping command to test network connectivity.
Note: While taking screenshots, open a notepad on side with your name typed in it.
a. [One mark] Test to see if PC-A can communicate with its default gateway. From PC-A, open a command
prompt and ping the IP address of the router Gigabit Ethernet 0/1 interface. Do you get a reply?
_________________
Enter a screenshot here:
b. [One mark] Test to see if PC-B can communicate with its default gateway. From PC-B, open a command
prompt and ping the IP address of the router Gigabit Ethernet 0/0 interface. Do you get a reply?
________________
Enter a screenshot here:
c. [One mark] Test to see if PC-A can communicate with PC-B. From PC-A, open a command prompt and
ping the IP address of PC-B. Do you get a reply? _________________
Enter a screenshot here:
d. If you answered “no” to any of the preceding questions, then you should go back and check all of your IP
address and subnet mask configurations, and ensure that the default gateways have been correctly
configured on PC-A and PC-B.

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e. If you verify that all the settings are correct, and you can still not ping successfully, then there are a few
additional factors that can block ICMP pings. On PC-A and PC-B within Windows, make sure that the
Windows Firewall is turned off for the Work, Home, and public networks.
f. [One mark] Experiment by purposely misconfiguring the gateway address on PC-A to 10.0.0.1. What
happens when you try and ping from PC-B to PC-A? Do you receive a reply?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

Reflection
1. [One mark] Subnetting one larger network into multiple smaller subnetworks allows for greater flexibility and
security in network design. However, what do you think some of the drawbacks are when the subnets are
limited to being the same size?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
2. [One mark] Why do you think the gateway/router IP address is usually the first usable IP address in the
network?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________

Appendix A: Configuration Details for Steps in Part 2

Step 1: Configure the router.

a. Console into the router and enable privileged EXEC mode.
Router> enable
Router#

b. Enter into configuration mode.

Router# conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
c. Assign a device name to the router.
Router(config)# hostname R1
R1(config)#

d. Configure both the G0/0 and G0/1 interfaces with IP addresses and subnet masks, and enable them.
R1(config)# interface g0/0
R1(config-if)# ip address <ip address> <subnet mask>
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
R1(config-if)# interface g0/1
R1(config-if)# ip address <ip address> <subnet mask>
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
e. Loopback interfaces are created to simulate additional LANs off of router R1. Configure the loopback
interfaces with IP addresses and subnet masks. When they are created, loopback interfaces are enabled,
by default.
R1(config)# interface loopback 0

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R1(config-if)# ip address <ip address> <subnet mask>

R1(config-if)# interface loopback 1
R1(config-if)# ip address <ip address> <subnet mask>
R1(config-if)# end
f. Save the running configuration to the startup configuration file.
R1# copy running-config startup-config

Step 2: Configure the PC interfaces.

a. Configure the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway settings on PC-A.

b. Configure the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway settings on PC-B.

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