JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

GACHANGO KENNETH MUNGAI

KEITANY AMY JEBII
DAVID S WANYONYI
LINDA ORIMBA ATIENO
MUCHOKI CYPRIAN MWANGI
MUTISO ALEX KYALO

EN273-0387/2010
EN273-1873/2010
EN273-1901/2010
EN273-0405/2010
EN273-0394/2010
EN273-2272/2009

NETWORK DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

LAB REPORT
NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION

DECEMBER 2015

OBJECTIVES

Determine the number of subnets needed.

Determine the number of hosts needed.

Design an appropriate addressing scheme.

Assign addresses and subnet mask pairs to device interfaces and hosts.

Examine the use of the available network address space.

Determine how static routing could be applied to the network.

INTRODUCTION
Addressing is the process of assigning unique identifiers to different hosts and
networks(subnets in a given network). Its necessitated by the following;

A new type of physical network is installed at a location.

Growth of the number of hosts requires splitting the local network into two or more
separate networks.

Growing distances require splitting a network into smaller networks, with gateways
between them.

It was introduced to avoid having to request additional IP network addresses. The host
number part of the IP address is subdivided into a second network number and a host number.
This second network is termed a sub network or subnet. The IP address is interpreted as:
<network number><subnet number><host number>. The two kinds of subnetting are:
1. Static sub-netting: implies that all subnets obtained from the same network use
the same subnet mask, and
2. Variable length sub-netting: characterized by the fact that subnets obtained from
the same network do not use the same subnet mask. An existing subnet can be
split into two parts by adding another it to the subnet portion of the subnet mask.
Other subnets in the network are unaffected by the change.

REQUIREMENTS
I.
II.
III.

Packet tracer software

Laptop
Worksheet manual

PROCEDURE
The topology presented below was implemented using GNS3 network simulation software.
A working topology is attached on the email.

Configuring ISP

Configuring HQ

Configuring WEST

Configuring EAST

Configuring BRANCH1

Configuring BRANCH2

Configuring BRANCH3

Configuring BRANCH4

RESULTS

Addressing Table
Device

Interface

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

ISP

S0/0/0

209.165.200.227

255.255.255.224

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.16.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.14.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.18.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/1/0

209.165.200.226

255.255.255.224

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.12.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.15.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.8.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/1/0

172.16.10.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.20.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.19.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.22.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/1/0

172.16.24.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

Fa0/0
S0/0/0

172.16.2.1
172.16.9.254

255.255.254.0
255.255.254.0

N/A
N/A

HQ

West

East

Branch 1

Device

Interface

IP Address

Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

S0/0/1

172.16.6.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.4.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.11.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.7.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.28.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.23.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.26.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

Fa0/0

172.16.30.1

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/0

172.16.25.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

S0/0/1

172.16.27.254

255.255.254.0

N/A

PC1

NIC

172.16.17.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.16.1

PC2

NIC

172.16.13.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.12.1

PC3

NIC

172.16.21.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.20.1

PC4

NIC

172.16.3.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.2.1

PC5

NIC

172.16.5.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.4.1

PC6

NIC

172.16.29.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.28.1

PC7

NIC

172.16.31.254

255.255.254.0

172.16.30.1

Branch 2

Branch 3

Branch 4

DISCUSSION
Task 1: Examine the Network Requirements.
Examine the network requirements and answer the questions below. Keep in mind that IP addresses will
be needed for each of the LAN interfaces.
How many subnets are needed? _____15_____
What is the maximum number of IP addresses that are needed for a single subnet? _____500_____
How many IP addresses are needed for each of the branch LANs? _____100_____
How many IP addresses are needed for all of the connections between routers? _____16_____
What is the total number of IP addresses that are needed? _____1716_____

Task 2: Design an IP Addressing Scheme.

Step 1: Subnet the 172.16.0.0 network based on the maximum number of hosts required by the
largest subnet..
What will the subnet mask be for the subnetworks? __________255.255.254.0 or /23_______________

How many usable host IP addresses are there per subnet? _____510_____

Reflection
How many IP address in the 172.16.0.0 network are wasted in this design? _____63820_____
What would the command be to add a default static route for your entire network design from the HQ
router to the ISP router?
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 209.165.200.227
Can the West, Branch 1, and Branch 2 networks be summarized into one route on the HQ router? This
summarized route should also include the serial links that connect the West, Branch 1, and Branch 2
routers. _____yes_____
What would be the command used to add this summary route to the routing table?
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.0.0 255.255.240.0 serial 0/0

Can the East, Branch 3, and Branch 4 networks be summarized into one route on the HQ router? This
summarized route should also include the serial links that connect the East, Branch 3, and Branch 4
routers. _____yes_____

What would be the command used to add this summary route to the routing table?
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.16.0 255.255.240.0 serial 0/1

What would the command be to add a default static route on the West router to send traffic for all
unknown destinations to the HQ router?
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

What would the command be to add a default static route on the East router to send traffic for all unknown
destinations to the HQ router?
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

Can the Branch 1 and Branch 2 networks be summarized into one route on the West router? This
summarized route should also include the serial link that connects the Branch 1 and Branch 2 routers.
_____yes_____

What would be the command used to add this summary route to the routing table? Use the S0/0/1
interface of the West router as the exit interface.
___________________________________________________________________________________

ip route 172.16.0.0 255.255.248.0 serial 0/1

Can the Branch 3 and Branch 4 networks be summarized into one route on the East router? This
summarized route should also include the serial link that connects the Branch 3 and Branch 4 routers.
_____yes_____
What would be the command used to add this summary route to the routing table? Use the S0/0/1
interface of the East router as the exit interface.
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.24.0 255.255.248.0 serial 0/1

The Branch 1 router requires a static route for traffic destined for Branch 2. All other traffic should be sent
to the West router using a default static route. What commands would be used to accomplish this?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.4.0 255.255.254.0 serial 0/1

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

The Branch 2 router requires a static route for traffic destined for Branch 1. All other traffic should be sent
to the West router using a default static route. What commands would be used to accomplish this?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.2.0 255.255.254.0 serial 0/1

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

The Branch 3 router requires a static route for traffic destined for Branch 4. All other traffic should be sent
to the East router using a default static route. What commands would be used to accomplish this?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.30.0 255.255.254.0 serial 0/1

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

The Branch 4 router requires a static route for traffic destined for Branch 3. All other traffic should be sent
to the East router using a default static route. What commands would be used to accomplish this?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
ip route 172.16.28.0 255.255.254.0 serial 0/1

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0/0

CONCLUSION
The lab was a success and the objectives were individually met.

REFERENCES
Class Notes.
James D. McCabe. Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design. Morgan Kaufmann,
United States. 2010. Print.