The Introduction to Networks Lab Manual provides students enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy Introduction to Networks course with a convenient, complete collection of all the course lab exercises that provide hands-on practice and challenges.
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The Introduction to Networks Lab Manual provides students enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy Introduction to Networks course with a convenient, complete collection of all the course lab exercises that provide hands-on practice and challenges.
Chapter 1 - Exploring the Network ............................ 1
1.0.1.2 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet ............................................................ 1
1.1.1.8 Lab - Researching Network Collaboration Tools ................................................................ 2
1.2.3.3 Lab - Researching Converged Network Services .............................................................. 17
1.3.1.3 Lab - Mapping the Internet ................................................................................................ 20
1.4.4.3 Lab - Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities ................................................ 31
1.5.1.1 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now ................................................. 36
Chapter 2 - Configuring a Network Operating System .................. 37
2.0.1.2 Class Activity - It Is Just an Operating System! ................................................................ 37
2.1.4.9 Lab - Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term ...................................................... 38
2.3.3.4 Lab - Building a Simple Network ..................................................................................... 49
2.3.3.5 Lab - Configuring a Switch Management Address ........................................................... 64
2.4.1.1 Class Activity - Tutor me! ................................................................................................. 72
Chapter 3 - Network Protocols and Communications .................... 74
3.0.1.2 Class Activity - Let's just talk about this... ....................................................................... 74
3.2.3.6 Lab - Researching Networking Standards ......................................................................... 75
3.2.4.7 Lab - Researching RFCs ................................................................................................... 79
3.3.3.4 Lab - Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic .............................................................. 84
3.4.1.1 Class Activity - Guaranteed to work! .............................................................................. 104
Chapter 4 - Network Access .................................................... 106
4.0.1.2 Class Activity - Let me tell you what I heard at a conference... ..................................... 106
4.1.2.4 Lab A - Identifying Network Devices and Cabling ......................................................... 109
4.2.2.7 Lab - Building an Ethernet Crossover Cable ................................................................... 112
4.2.4.6 Lab - Viewing Wireless and Wired NIC Information ...................................................... 118
4.5.1.1 Class Activity - Linked In! .............................................................................................. 130
Chapter 5 - Ethernet ............................................................... 132
5.0.1.2 Class Activity - Join my social circle! ............................................................................. 132
5.1.3.6 Lab - Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses ............................................................ 134
5.1.4.3 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames ...................................................... 143
5.2.1.8 Lab - Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark ........................ 151
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5.3.1.10 Lab - Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables .............................................. 163
5.4.1.1 Class Activity - MAC and choose... ................................................................................ 169
Chapter 6 - Network Layer ......................................................... 171
6.1.1.2 Class Activity - The road less traveled...or is it? ............................................................ 171
6.2.2.8 Lab - Viewing Host Routing Tables ................................................................................... 173
6.3.1.9 Lab - Exploring Router Physical Characteristics ............................................................ 179
6.4.3.5 Lab - Building a Switch and Router Network ................................................................. 190
6.5.1.1 Class Activity - Can you read this map? ......................................................................... 203
Chapter 7 - Transport Layer ................................................ 205
7.0.1.2 Class Activity - We Need to Talk .................................................................................... 205
7.2.1.8 Lab - Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake ...................................... 206
7.2.3.5 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture ............................................... 212
7.2.4.3 Lab - Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures ......................................... 218
7.3.1.1 Class Activity - We Need to Talk, Again ......................................................................... 232
Chapter 8 - IP Addressing .......................................................... 233
8.0.1.2 Class Activity - The Internet of Everything (IoE) ........................................................... 233
8.1.2.7 Lab - Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses ...................................... 235
8.1.2.8 Lab - Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary .................................................................... 242
8.1.4.8 Lab - Identifying IPv4 Addresses .................................................................................... 246
8.2.5.4 Lab - Identifying IPv6 Addresses .................................................................................... 249
8.2.5.5 Lab - Configuring IPv6 Addresses on Network Devices ................................................ 259
8.3.2.7 Lab - Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute ...................................... 270
8.4.1.1 Class Activity - The Internet of Everything...Naturally! ................................................ 286
Chapter 9 - Subnetting IP Networks ....................................... 287
9.0.1.1 Class Activity - Call me! ................................................................................................. 287
9.1.4.8 Lab - Calculating IPv4 Subnets ....................................................................................... 288
9.1.4.9 Lab - Subnetting Network Topologies ............................................................................ 295
9.1.4.10 Lab - Researching Subnet Calculators .......................................................................... 303
9.2.1.3 Lab - Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme .................... 308
9.2.1.4 Lab - Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme ................................. 317
9.4.1.1 Class Activity - Can you call me now? ........................................................................... 324
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Chapter 10 - Application Layer ........................................................ 325
10.0.1.2 Class Activity - What would happen if... ...................................................................... 325
10.1.2.4 Lab - Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing ................................................................ 327
10.2.2.9 Lab - Observing DNS Resolution ................................................................................. 331
10.2.3.3 Lab - Exploring FTP ..................................................................................................... 336
10.4.1.1 Class Activity - Make it happen! ................................................................................... 346
Chapter 11 - It's a Network .............................................. 348
11.0.1.2 Class Activity - Did you notice...? ................................................................................ 348
11.2.2.6 Lab - Researching Network Security Threats ............................................................... 350
11.2.4.5 Lab - Accessing Network Devices with SSH ................................................................ 355
11.2.4.6 Lab - Securing Network Devices ................................................................................... 367
11.3.2.3 Lab - Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute ............................................ 376
11.4.2.6 Lab - Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software ......... 381
11.4.2.7 Lab - Managing Device Configuration Files Using TFTP, Flash, and USB ................. 388
11.4.2.8 Lab - Researching Password Recovery Procedures ...................................................... 403
11.6.1.1 Class Activity - Design and Build a Small Business Network (Capstone Project) ....... 407
Appendix A - Supplemental Labs ................................... 409
0.0.0.1 Lab - Initializing and Reloading a Router and Switch .................................................... 409
0.0.0.2 Lab - Installing the IPv6 Protocol and Assigning Host
Addresses with Windows XP ......................................................................................................... 413