Lab 3.4.3 Part A: Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing
Step 1: Connect the equipment
Step 2: Perform basic configurations
on the router
Step 3: Configure Fast Ethernet
connections for each VLAN on the router
Step 4: Configure Switch 1
Step 5: Configure Switch 2
Step 6: Configure Switch 3
Step 7: Configure Host 1
Step 8: Configure Host 2
Step 9: Configure Host 3
Step 10: Configure the server
Step 11: Verify connectivity
The router should be able to ping
the interfaces of the other devices.
a. From the router, issue a
ping to Host 1.
Is the ping successful?
b. From the router, issue a
ping to Host 2.
Is the ping successful?
c. From the router, issue a
ping to Host 3.
Is the ping successful?
d. From the router, issue a
ping to the server.
Is the ping successful?
Host 1 should be able to ping all
other devices.
a. From Host 1, ping Host 2.
Is the ping successful?
b. From Host 1, ping the server.
Is the ping successful?
Why can Host 1 ping the server?
c. From the server, ping Host
1.
Is the ping successful?
d. From Switch 3, issue the
command show spanning-tree.
Which ports are being used on Switch
3?
What is the role of each of these ports?
Which switch is acting as the root?
What is the protocol that allows
VLANs to communicate without switching loops?
Step 12: Reflection
a. Why does this topology not
scale well?
b. Why would a VLAN benefit from
trunking?
c. Which device provides connectivity between
different VLANs?
