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LAB7 Basic Static Routing Default Routing

The document describes how to configure basic static routing on routers, including configuring static routes using next-hop addresses and exit interfaces, and configuring a default static route. Procedures include cabling routers according to a topology, clearing configurations, configuring basic settings, testing connectivity, and verifying routing tables.

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LAB7 Basic Static Routing Default Routing

The document describes how to configure basic static routing on routers, including configuring static routes using next-hop addresses and exit interfaces, and configuring a default static route. Procedures include cabling routers according to a topology, clearing configurations, configuring basic settings, testing connectivity, and verifying routing tables.

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LAB#7 Basic Static Route Configuration

Objectives
• Cable a network according to the Topology Diagram.

• Erase the startup configuration and reload a router to the default state.
• Perform basic configuration tasks on a router.
• Interpret debug ip routing output.
• Configure and activate Serial and Ethernet interfaces.
• Test connectivity.
• Configure a static route using an exit interface.
• Compare a static route with intermediate address to a static route with exit interface.
• Configure a default static route.

Procedures:
In this lab activity, you will create a network that is similar to the one shown in the Topology
Diagram. Begin by cabling the network as shown in the Topology Diagram. You will then
perform the initial router configurations required for connectivity. Use the IP addresses that are
provided in the Addressing Table to apply an addressing scheme to the network devices. After
completing the basic configuration, test connectivity between the devices on the network. First
test the connections between directly connected devices, and then test connectivity between
devices that are not directly connected. Static routes must be configured on the routers for end-
to-end communication to take place between the network hosts. You will configure the static
routes that are needed to allow communication between the hosts. View the routing table after
each static route is added to observe how the routing table has changed.

Task 1: Cable, Erase, and Reload the Routers.


Step 1: Cable a network that is similar to the one in the Topology Diagram.
Step 2: Clear the configuration on each router Clear the configuration on each of the routers
using the erase startup-config command and then reload the routers. Answer no if asked to save
changes.

Task 2: Perform Basic Router Configuration.


Step 1: Use global configuration commands. On the routers, enter global configuration mode
and configure the basic global configuration commands including:
• hostname
• no ip domain-lookup
• enable secret
Step 2: Configure the console and virtual terminal line passwords on each of the routers.
• password
• login
Step 3: Add the logging synchronous command to the console and virtual terminal lines. This
command is very helpful in both lab and production environments and uses the following syntax:
Router(config-line)#logging synchronous
To synchronize unsolicited messages and debug output with solicited Cisco IOS software output
and prompts for a specific console port line, auxiliary port line, or virtual terminal line, we can
use the logging synchronous line configuration command. In other words, the logging
synchronous command prevents IOS messages delivered to the console or Telnet lines from
interrupting your keyboard input. For example, you may have already experienced something
similar to the following example:
Note: Do not configure R1 interfaces yet.
R1(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address 172.16.3.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config)#line console 0
R1(config-line)#logging synchronous
R1(config-line)#line vty 0 4
R1(config-line)#logging synchronous

Task 3: Configure a Static Route Using a Next-Hop Address.


Step 1: To configure static routes with a next-hop specified, use the following syntax:
Router(config)# ip route network-address subnet-mask ip-address
• network-address:—Destination network address of the remote network to be added to the
routing table.
• subnet-mask—Subnet mask of the remote network to be added to the routing table. The subnet
mask can be modified to summarize a group of networks.
• ip-address—Commonly referred to as the next-hop router’s IP address.
On the R3 router, configure a static route to the 172.16.1.0 network using the Serial 0/0/1
interface of R2 as the next-hop address.

R3(config)#ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2


R3(config)#
Step 2: View the routing table to verify the new static route entry. Notice that the route is coded
with an S, which means that the route is a static route.
Task 4: Configure a Static Route Using an Exit Interface.

To configure static routes with an exit interface specified, use the following syntax:
Router(config)# ip route network-address subnet-mask exit-interface
• network-address—Destination network address of the remote network to be added to the
routing table.
• subnet-mask—Subnet mask of the remote network to be added to the routing table. The subnet
mask can be modified to summarize a group of networks.
• exit-interface—Outgoing interface that would be used in forwarding packets to the destination
network
Use the show running-config command to verify the static routes that are currently configured
on R3.

Task 5: Configure a Default Static Route.


In the previous steps, you configured the router for specific destination routes. But could you do
this for every route on the Internet? No. The router and you would be overwhelmed. To minimize
the size of the routing tables, add a default static route. A router uses the default static route
when there is not a better, more specific route to a destination. Instead of filling the routing table
of R1 with static routes, we could assume that R1 is a stub router. This means that R2 is the
default gateway for R1. If R1 has packets to route that do not belong to any of R1 directly
connected networks, R1 should send the packet to R2. However, we must explicitly configure R1
with a default route before it will send packets with unknown destinations to R2. Otherwise, R1
discards packets with unknown destinations. To configure a default static route, use the
following syntax:
Router(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 { ip-address | interface }
Step 1: Configure the R1 router with a default route
Configure the R1 router with a default route using the Serial 0/0/0 interface of R1 as the next-
hop interface.
R1(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.2.2
R1(config)#

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