Lab ID: 9.9K1015A001.00I1.

NetSim Demo Lab: Configuration Demo I

Introduction
The demo version of Boson NetSim will execute only the limited command set required to complete this
lab. You will need to purchase a licensed version in order to access all of the commands supported by
Boson NetSim. To purchase a licensed version of Boson NetSim, please visit Boson.com.

An introductory video is available on Boson’s YouTube channel that demonstrates how to use the Boson
NetSim software. If you have not used Boson NetSim before, this video is a great way to get started; if you
recently upgraded NetSim, the video will show you the difference in the user interfaces.

Objective
Configure RouterA so that PC1 and PC2 will be able to communicate with PC3 and PC4. Then log on to
the console of PC1 and PC2, and ping PC3 and PC4. The configuration for RouterB, SwitchA, SwitchB,
and all four PC hosts has already been completed.

Lab Topology
The topology for this lab contains three networks: the 10.1.1.4/30 wide area network (WAN) that contains
the serial interfaces that connect RouterA and RouterB, the 192.168.100.0/24 local area network (LAN)
that connects PC1 and PC2 to the FastEthernet 0/0 interface of RouterA, and the 192.168.200.0/24 LAN
that connects PC3 and PC4 to the FastEthernet 0/0 interface of RouterB. Enhanced Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is used to exchange routing table updates between RouterA and RouterB.

The topology diagram below represents the NetMap in the Simulator. To access each of the devices from
within the Simulator, select the device name from the Devices drop-down menu on the Consoles pane or
open the NetMap tab, right-click the device, and click Configure in Simulator.
WAN
10.1.1.4/30
S0/0
DCE S0/0

RouterA RouterB
Fa0/0 Fa0/0
192.168.100.1 192.168.200.1

SwitchA SwitchB

PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4

192.168.100.2 192.168.100.3 192.168.200.2 192.168.200.3
Network A Network B
192.168.100.0/24 192.168.200.0/24
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 Command Summary
Command Description
clock rate clock-rate sets the clock rate for a Data Communications Equipment
(DCE) interface
configure terminal enters global configuration mode from privileged EXEC mode
enable enters privileged exec mode
end ends and exits configuration mode
exit exits one level in the menu structure
hostname host-name sets the device name
interface type number changes from global configuration mode to interface
configuration mode
ip address ip-address subnet-mask assigns an IP address to an interface
network network-address activates the specified routing protocol on the specified network
ping ip-address sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo
request to the specified address
router eigrp autonomous-system- enters router configuration mode for EIGRP
number
show ip interface brief displays a brief summary of interface status and configuration
show ip route displays the IP routing table
show running-config displays the active configuration file
shutdown; no shutdown disables an interface; enables an interface

The IP addresses and subnet masks used in this lab are shown in the tables below:

IP Addresses
Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask
RouterA Serial 0/0 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.252
FastEthernet 0/0 192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0
RouterB Serial 0/0 10.1.1.6 255.255.255.252
FastEthernet 0/0 192.168.200.1 255.255.255.0

Device IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway

PC1 192.168.100.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1
PC2 192.168.100.3 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1
PC3 192.168.200.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.200.1
PC4 192.168.200.3 255.255.255.0 192.168.200.1

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 Lab Tasks
Task 1: Configure the WAN Interface on RouterA
A video is available that demonstrates the step used in Task 1 and Task 2 of this lab. Please select the
demo video from Boson’s YouTube channel.

This portion of the lab documentation will describe the tasks you should perform. If you have difficulty
with these steps, you can see all of the commands you should enter in the Solutions section later in this
document.

1. On RouterA, configure the appropriate host name.

2. On RouterA, configure the Serial 0/0 interface with the appropriate IP address and subnet mask;
refer to the IP Addresses table.

3. On RouterA, configure the Serial 0/0 interface to provide clocking for the serial link that connects
RouterA and RouterB. The clock speed should be 64 kilobits per second (Kbps).

4. On RouterA, examine the state of Serial 0/0. Use the appropriate command from the Command
Summary table.

5. On RouterA, enable the Serial 0/0 interface.

6. Verify your configuration by issuing a ping from RouterA to RouterB’s Serial 0/0 interface (10.1.1.6).
The ping should be successful. If not, check your configuration and try again.

Task 2: Configure the LAN Interface on RouterA

1. On RouterA, configure the FastEthernet 0/0 interface with the appropriate IP address and subnet
mask; refer to the IP Addresses table.

2. Examine the state of FastEthernet 0/0. Use the appropriate command from the Command Summary
table.

3. On RouterA, enable the FastEthernet 0/0 interface.

4. From RouterA, ping PC1 (192.168.100.2) and PC2 (192.168.100.3). The pings should be
successful. If not, check your configuration and try again.

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 Task 3: Configure the EIGRP Dynamic Routing Protocol on RouterA
All interfaces on RouterA should be configured and operational at this point. If you would like to view a
video that shows the steps performed in Task 3 and Task 4, please select the appropriate video from
Boson’s YouTube channel.
1. From PC1, ping PC3 (192.168.200.2) and PC4 (192.168.200.3). Are these pings successful? Why
or why not? _____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

2. What command could you use on RouterA to troubleshoot this problem? _____________________

3. Can you see routes to the 192.168.200.0/24 network in the routing table on RouterA? __________

4. On RouterA, configure an EIGRP process; use an autonomous system (AS) number of 100.

5. On RouterA, configure EIGRP to announce all networks that are directly connected to RouterA.

Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity

1. From PC1, ping PC3 (192.168.200.2) and PC4 (192.168.200.3). Are the pings successful? ______

2. If the pings from PC1 to PC3 and PC4 failed before and are now successful, briefly explain why this
is so. __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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 Lab Solutions
Task 1: Configure the WAN Interface on RouterA
A video is available that demonstrates the step used in Task 1 and Task 2 of this lab. Please select the
demo video from Boson’s YouTube channel.
1. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to configure the appropriate host name:

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#hostname RouterA

2. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to configure Serial 0/0’s IP address and
subnet mask:

RouterA(config)#interface serial 0/0

RouterA(config-if)#ip address 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.252

3. On RouterA, you should issue the following command on the Serial 0/0 interface to configure
clocking:

RouterA(config-if)#clock rate 64000

4. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to examine the Serial 0/0 interface:

RouterA(config-if)#exit
RouterA(config)#exit
RouterA#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Serial0/0 10.1.1.5 YES unset administratively down down
Serial0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
FastEthernet0/0 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
FastEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down

5. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to enable the Serial 0/0 interface:

RouterA#configure terminal
RouterA(config)#interface serial 0/0
RouterA(config-if)#no shutdown

6. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to ping RouterB’s Serial 0/0 interface. The
ping should be successful:

RouterA(config-if)#exit
RouterA(config)#exit
RouterA#ping 10.1.1.6

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 Task 2: Configure the LAN Interface on RouterA
1. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to configure the FastEthernet 0/0 interface
with the appropriate IP address and subnet mask:

RouterA#configure terminal
RouterA(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0
RouterA(config-if)#ip address 192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0

2. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to examine the state of the FastEthernet 0/0
interface:

RouterA(config-if)#exit
RouterA(config)#exit
RouterA#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Serial0/0 10.1.1.5 YES unset up up
Serial0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
FastEthernet0/0 192.168.100.1 YES unset administratively down down
FastEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down

3. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to enable the FastEthernet 0/0 interface:

RouterA#configure terminal
RouterA(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0
RouterA(config-if)#no shutdown

4. From RouterA, pings to PC1 (192.168.100.2) and PC2 (192.168.100.3) should be successful:

RouterA(config-if)#exit
RouterA(config)#exit
RouterA#ping 192.168.100.2
RouterA#ping 192.168.100.3

Task 3: Configure and Troubleshoot the EIGRP Dynamic Routing Protocol on RouterA
If you would like to view a video that shows the steps performed in Task 3 and Task 4, please select the
appropriate video from Boson’s YouTube channel.
1. From PC1, pings to PC3 (192.168.200.2) and PC4 (192.168.200.3) are unsuccessful because
RouterA does not have a route to the 192.168.200.0/24 network, which is the network where PC3
and PC4 reside.

C:>ping 192.168.200.2
C:>ping 192.168.200.3

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 2. You could issue the following command at the privileged EXEC prompt on RouterA to troubleshoot
the failed pings to PC3 and PC4:

RouterA#show ip route
Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B – BGP
D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E – EGP
i - IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default
U - per-user static route

Gateway of last resort is not set

10.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets

C 10.1.1.4 is directly connected, Serial0/0
C 192.168.100.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0

3. No, there are no routes to the 192.168.200.0/24 network in the IP routing table on RouterA.

4. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to configure the EIGRP process:

RouterA#configure terminal
RouterA(config)#router eigrp 100

5. On RouterA, you should issue the following commands to configure EIGRP to announce all directly
connected networks:

RouterA(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
RouterA(config-router)#network 192.168.100.0

Task 4: Verify Network Connectivity

1. From PC1, pings to PC3 (192.168.200.2) and PC4 (192.168.200.3) should be successful:

C:>ping 192.168.200.2
C:>ping 192.168.200.3

2. Now that the EIGRP process on RouterA has been configured, RouterA and RouterB can exchange
information about their directly connected networks. This causes an entry to be created in the IP
routing table on RouterA that tells RouterA to send any traffic addressed to the 192.168.200.0/24
network to 10.1.1.6, which is the IP address of the Serial 0/0 interface on RouterB.

When PC1 sends a ping packet to PC3 and PC4, PC1 determines that the traffic is not addressed
to the local network of PC1, so PC1 sends the traffic to its default gateway, 192.168.100.1, which
is the FastEthernet 0/0 interface of RouterA. RouterA interrogates its IP routing table to find a
route to the 192.168.200.0/24 network and determines that it has learned a route via EIGRP to the
192.168.200.0/24 network. RouterA now knows to forward that traffic out its Serial 0/0 interface to
reach that network.

Prior to receiving EIGRP updates from RouterB, RouterA had no route to the 192.168.200.0/24
network, so it dropped any packets addressed to 192.168.200.0/24.

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 Sample Configuration Script
RouterA RouterA (continued)
RouterA#show running-config interface FastEthernet0/0
Building configuration... ip address 192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0
Current configuration : 790 bytes no ip directed-broadcast
! !
Version 12.3 interface FastEthernet0/1
service timestamps debug uptime no ip address
service timestamps log uptime no ip directed-broadcast
no service password-encryption shutdown
! !
hostname RouterA router eigrp 100
! network 10.0.0.0
ip subnet-zero network 192.168.100.0
! !
ip cef ip classless
no ip domain-lookup no ip http server
! !
interface Serial0/0 line con 0
ip address 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.252 line aux 0
no ip directed-broadcast line vty 0 4
clock rate 64000 !
! no scheduler allocate
interface Serial0/1 end
no ip address
no ip directed-broadcast
shutdown
!

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