Lab Title Basic Router Routes

                                Your Name:  

DSI Number:

NETW204

DeVry University

Date: 05/31/2015

Professor Name: Professor Mateaki

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Procedure 3

Results 3

Application and Analysis 3

Questions 3

Conclusion and Recommendation 4

Lessons Learned……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4

References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 

Introduction

Discuss what you will do in this lab. Provide some background information on the main idea in this lab and discuss the purpose of the lab activity.

In this lab I will configure and verify initial router configuration as well as configure and verify the routing configuration for static and default routes. This Lab is to help us get a better understand how to configuring of static and default routes in the field today. This Lab will assist in teaching us the proper steps to configuring static and default routes which will help proper functionality of the network and routing tables.

Procedure

How did you go about implementing the lab activity? Describe the steps you took to ensure that the final implementation meets the original business goal. For example, did you design a new IP scheme and assign IP addresses to devices based on a given range of IP addresses? Did you assign IP addresses manually, dynamically, or both? Did you name devices based on location? Did you or would you connect switches first or routers first, why? Did you configure the end devices or the infrastructure devices first? What was the plan to verify that the network work?

Note that the procedure must take into consideration not only the steps you took to implement the lab solution but also the order in which you carried out those steps and a rationale for doing so.

I setup the essential router configuration, then did the basic interface configuration and then I had to verify the network connectivity. I finished by configuring and verified static and default routes.

Results

Discuss your findings here. You devise some steps to complete the lab. Did the lab work? Did you make adjustments to your original procedure? How can you tell that the lab activity implemented meets the business needs?

Yes, this Lab did work. The thing I changed while doing this Lab was the number of distractions I allow to happen. I did run into a problem with Java activation with this lab for some reason but was able to correct the problem.

Application and Analysis

Below are some sample questions that will guide you as you complete this lab section.

From the information given, can you develop a set of instructions to implement the solution in a small-to medium-sized network?

I believe I may be able to put together a set of instructions for implementation into a small or medium-sized network with successful results.

What, if anything, would you change before applying the lab activity in a production (live) network?

I would change the name and ip scheme to the company’s desired info..

What vertical market (Financial, Manufacturing, Education, Healthcare, Telecommunications, etc.) does this lab activity align with the most? Why?

It is possible to find traces of this Lab in all of the listed markets. Most markets will have some sort of static address in their network.

How was this lab activity similar to other labs that you have done in the past?

This Lab is configuring a router which is similar to the rest of the Labs.

Can you distinguish between concepts and application?

A concept is an idea and application is taking that concept and applying it into motion.

Questions

1. What new concepts or theories have you learned about after completing this lab activity? I learned about how Gateway of Last Resort can help keep congestion down by rerouting unknown packets to a predetermined route to the outside of the network.

2. In this class, we use the three steps approach to complete the lab activity. The steps include plan, implement, and verify. Discuss and explain how you execute each step in this lab activity.

This week was challenging I was able to move into a new house with my wife and I had to adjust my time in order to complete my Lab. Once I read through the Lab and entered in all of the router commands I verified that the commands I entered were correct.

3. What challenges, if any, have you encountered in this lab? How have you addressed those challenges? If you have not experienced any challenge, tell us what new troubleshooting commands you have learned this week and how that command has helped you complete the lab activity.

The only challenge I had with this Lab is the Java activation problem I ran into really set me back as far as consuming valuable time I did not have this week to give up. I was able to correct this problem.

4. How would you apply what you have learned this week in future courses or in the IS/IT field?

Conclusion and Recommendation

In the conclusion, you need to address what you intended to do and correlate that with what you actually did. Did the two differ in any way? Please explain any difference between expectation and observation.

Again I believe that perhaps this course may be best to take on campus instead of online with a more hands on and live instruction to get the best understanding of the information learned within this course.

What would you suggest that we do differently to improve the lab experience? If you do not have any suggestions for this week, then what do you wish we add or remove from this week’s lab to enhance your overall learning experience?

How did the lab activity align with today’s technology?

Lessons Learned

This is the take-away message. What have you learned from this lab activity? Assume this question comes from your grandma, what would you tell her? She does not need to have a technical background to understand what you did. In brief, make it plain and simple.

I learned that distractions can cause a number of issues while trying to configure any part of any network no matter how small or big the network is.

References

Please provide any external references used to complete this lab assignment.

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