Lab 6.1.3-6.1.4 – Configuring Static and Default Routes

Objective:

- Configure static and default routes between routers to allow data transfer between routers without the use of dynamic routing protocols.
- IP addresses and subnet masks for each device have already been predefined.

Step 1

a) In simulation mode, send a packet from PC0 to PC2. Notice that the Sterling router failed to the packet to the next hop.

Step 2

a) While in simulation mode, open up a terminal session for each router. Check the routing tables for each router with the command: show ip route. Notice there are no routes for the other networks.

Step 3

a) In Topology Mode, open a terminal session for the Sterling router.

b) Get into global configuration mode and add the following static routes:

i. ip route 172.16.3.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.2

ii. ip route 172.16.5.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.2

iii. ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.2.2

c) In privileged exec mode, input copy run start to save the running-configuration to startup-configuration.

d) Open up a terminal session for the Hoboken router.

e) Get into global configuration mode and add the following static routes:

i. ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.1

ii. ip route 172.16.5.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.4.2

f) In privileged exec mode, input copy run start to save the running-configuration to startup-configuration.

g) Open up a terminal session for the Waycross router.

h) Get into global configuration mode and add the following static routes:

i. ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.4.1

ii. ip route 172.16.3.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.4.1

iii. ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.4.1

i) In privileged exec mode, input copy run start to save the running-configuration to the startup-configuration.

Step 4

a) While in simulation mode, open up a terminal session for each router. Check the routing tables for each router with the command: show ip route. The static routes entered above should appear in the output.

b) Doing a show running-config will also display the new static routes in the output.

Step 5

a) In simulation mode, send a packet from PC0 to PC2. The packet will successfully propagate to PC2.