Configure Static Routing is the routing that network administrator configures the network routers manually, instead of using routing protocols RIP, OSPF, etc. which utilized in the dynamic routing. The benefits of static routing are minimum bandwidth usage, no overhead on router CPU and much more and perfect for a small network with a few routers. But it is not without cons. It ‘s hard to configure all routers manually in the vast network and troubleshooting is always harder than configuration.

As a network administrator or student of CCNA, you must know the configuration of static routing. It helps you understand the process and functions of routing in the network apparently.

Configure Static Routing Using Cisco Packet Tracer

To perform this task, you must create a lab and configure the basic IP addressing for all PCs and Routers or download my CCNA Lab – Static Route with Cisco packet tracer. CCNA Lab – Static Route – no Configure.

I have configured the Static Route the same as the screenshot, and it is not yet configured routing. You must configure it with below step by step Static Routing guide.

Static Routing command syntax: Ip route [destination network address] [mask] [next hop address or interface name]

1. In the R1 type the following commands to introduce two LANs 192.168.10.0/24 and 192.168.30.0/24 for Router 1.

R1(config)#ip route 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.20.2 150
R1(config)#ip route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.2 150

2. Router2: Add three networks for router 2 and be sure that do not configure it with wrong IP address.

R2(config)#ip route 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1 150
R2(config)#ip route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.20.1 150
R2(config)#ip route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.20.1 150

3. Router3: Do the same as router 2 but with different destination and exit interface address.

R3(config)#ip route 192.168.30.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.20.1 150
R3(config)#ip route 10.10.20.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1 150
R3(config)#ip route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1 150

So it’s easy and not too much difficulty. If you want to accomplish this task, firstly you must try to understand the concept of routing and then try to configure it.

You can download the complete Static Routing Lab from the link below and look at the routing configuration with ‘show ip route or show run‘ commands.  CCNA Lab – Static Route. If you have any question, please feel free to ask us.

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Configure DHCP on Cisco Router. Last week we published a topic about installation and configuration of DHCP Server in Windows Server 2012 R2. We have introduced the DHCP Server “Install and Configure DHCP Server on Windows Server 2012 R2” and told the necessary services and network protocols requirement if you don’t know the basic of DHCP Server? you must read the article first.

Create and Configure a CCNA Lab within Cisco Packet Tracer.

Download the DHCP configuration in Cisco router lab of packet tracer from the end of this post or try to create your own network lab with two routers and their LAN networks and then configure it with the following step by step guide.

Configure the Router 1 with below IP address and initial configuration. I assume you know and understand the basic router and Switch configuration clearly. So no need to explain the functions of the basic router and switch commands line.

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)#hostname R1
R1(config)#interface serial 0/0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.252
R1(config-if)#no shutdown

R1(config-if)#clock rate 64000
R1(config-if)#

For Router 2, configure the same interface serial 0/0/0 and FastEthernet 0/0 with the following commands.

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#hostname R2
R2(config)#interface serial 0/0/0
R2(config-if)#ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.252
R2(config-if)#no shutdown

R2(config-if)#

R2(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
R2(config-if)#ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
R2(config-if)#no shutdown

Configure DHCP on Cisco Router Using Packet Tracer

Let’s configure Router 2 as DHCP Server and set the clients to get their IP address from DHCP Server in Cisco Router.

In the R2 while you are in the config mode, type the command ‘IP DHCP excluded-address 192.168.10.1 192.168.10.20‘ and then press enter. This command ‘ip dhcp excluded-address’ will create an exclusive range of IP addresses which reserved for Network Servers and DHCP Server will not assign them to clients.

The ‘ip dhcp pool‘ command creates a pool for a network. You can create many pools on a router for all Local area network that connected to the router.

R2>enable
R2#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R2(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.10.1 192.168.10.20
R2(config)#ip dhcp pool Technig_Clients
R2(dhcp-config)#
R2(dhcp-config)#network 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0
R2(dhcp-config)#default-router 192.168.10.1
R2(dhcp-config)#dns-server 192.168.10.100
R2(dhcp-config)#

Now go to client setting and set the IP Configuration to DHCP and see the client get a new IP address from DHCP Server.

So that’s it, configure DHCP on Cisco router within a minute! Simple and easy.

DHCP Relay on Cisco Router

Remember some DHCP options (DHCP Relay Agent) when you need to provide IP addresses from a DCHP server to clients that are outside of your network or are not in the same Local Area Network. You must use the ‘ip helper-address‘ to forward the DHCP client requests to the remote host.

Configure the R1 to relay the DHCP client request. It does not work without routing. So configure Routers with static or dynamic routing. Here I’m testing with RIP.

R1>enable
R1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip helper-address 10.10.10.2
R1(config-if)#exit

R1(config)#router rip
R1(config-router)#network 10.10.10.0
R1(config-router)#network 192.168.30.0
R1(config-router)#exit

Go to the client IP configuration setting and see the forwarded request by DHCP Server.

Hope you learn the configuration of the DHCP Server on the Cisco Router and Download the DHCP on Cisco Router Packet Tracer.

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CCNA is one of the top paying IT certifications, a Cisco certified network associate with most valuable routing and switching knowledge. I have collect the step by step guides of CCNA articles in this post, named Packet Tracer CCNA Practical Labs for those who are new in CCNA.

The best way to learn about networking is to do it. Hands-on equipment gets students started, but is limited to the number of devices in the lab. That’s why the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum includes Cisco Packet Tracer, an innovative network configuration simulation tool used for teaching, gaming, and assessment. Cisco Packet tracer is a network simulator software for CCNA exams preparation. This simulation software will help you quickly create a lab and start configuring like a real Cisco devices. It support most routing, switching, wireless, and basic firewall devices with latest IOS.

Cisco Packet Tracer CCNA Practical Labs

The labs are downloadable with step by step configuration guide. To practice and test this labs, you need to have Cisco packet tracer installed on your computer.

1. Configure Static Routing in Packet Tracer

• A complete guides to configure static routing that network administrator need to configure the network routers manually instead of using routing protocols, RIP or OSPF. The benefits of static routing is minimum bandwidth usage, no overhead on router CPU and many more and perfect for small network with a few routers. But it is not without cons. Difficult to configure all routers manually in the large network and troubleshooting is always harder than configuration.

2. How to Configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

• This is about how to configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the Cisco Routers. The RIP is one of the oldest distance-vector routing protocols and work perfectly with IPv4. The next generation of routing information protocol for IPv6 is know as RIPng (RIP next generation). So in this article we are going to test the RIP with IPv4.

3. How to Configure OSPF Routing Protocol

• Configuration of OSPF routing protocol is easy as RIP Routing. The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a routing protocol for wide area networks and enterprise network. OSPF is perhaps the most widely used interior gateway protocol (IGP) in large enterprise networks. The IS-IS, is another link-state dynamic routing protocol, which is more common in large service provider networks. The most widely used exterior gateway protocol is the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the principal routing protocol between autonomous systems on the Internet.

4. How to Configure DHCP on Cisco Router?

• Configure DHCP on Cisco Router. The last week we had send a topic about installation and configuration of DHCP Server in Windows Server 2012 R2. We have introduced the DHCP Server and told the necessary services and network protocols requirement. If you don’t know the basic of DHCP Server? you must read the article first.

5. How to Configure Standard Access List On Cisco Router?

• The Standard Access List (ACL) on Cisco router works to permit or deny the entire network protocols of a host from being distinguishing. These decisions are all based on source IP address which filter network traffic by examining the source IP address in a packet. We can create the standard IP access list by using the access-list command with numbers 1 to 99 or in the expanded range of 1300 to 1999.

6. Configure VLAN on Cisco Switches Using Cisco Packet Tracer

•  Configuring VLAN or Virtual Local area network on Cisco Switches is a most important subject of CCNA exam. A VLAN is a switched network that is logically segmented by function, project team, or application, without regard to the physical locations of the users. VLANs have the same attributes as physical LANs, but you can group computers even if they are not physically located on the same LAN segment. Any switch port can belong to a VLAN, and unicast, broadcast, and multicast packets are forwarded and flooded only to end stations in the VLAN. Each VLAN is considered a logical network, and packets destined for stations that do not belong to the VLAN must be forwarded through a router or bridge or layer 3 switches. Because a VLAN is considered a separate logical network.

7. Configure Inter VLAN Routing on a Cisco Router and Layer 3 Switches

• This is another Packet Tracer CCNA Practical Labs about how to configure Inter VLAN Routing on the Cisco router or layer 3 switches? Basically on a VLAN no host can communicate with hosts within other VLANs. It means only hosts that are members of the same VLAN can communicate with each other. So if you want your VLANs hosts can communicate with each others, you must configure inter VLAN routing using a router or a layer 3 switch. Here we completely show you the Inter-VLAN configuration using a Cisco router and a layer 3 switch.

8. How to Enable Telnet and SSH on Cisco Router and Switches?

• This article focus on configuring and enabling telnet and ssh on Cisco routers and switches. The Telnet is an old and non secure application protocol of remote control services. You can configure telnet on all Cisco switches and routers with the following step by step guides. But it’s not the best way on the wide area network. However we just going to enable telnet and ssh to test them for CCNA Certification exams.

9. Configure SNMP Protocol on Cisco Packet Tracer?

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used for network monitoring and management. It is made up of 3 parts, the SNMP manager, SNMP agent and Management Information Base (MIB). In Packet Tracer there is not a lot you can actually do with SNMP but it is possible to set up a router or switch as an SNMP agent and use a PC or laptop as an MIB browser. So although you can’t set SNMP traps or informs it is still a valuable learning tool to show the sort of information that can be retrieved and even a few things that can be set on an SNMP agent.

10. Configure Frame Relay In Cisco Router Using Packet Tracer

• Frame relay is a packet-switching protocol for connecting devices on a Wide Area Network (WAN). Here we are going to show you, how to configure Frame relay in Cisco routers using Cisco Packet Tracker. The Frame relay originally designed for transport across Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) infrastructure, it may be used today in the context of many other network interfaces. Read more about Frame relay on Wikipedia.

It’s not all, we will updates this post with fresh new articles related to CCNA as Packet Tracer CCNA Practical Labs.

If you have any questions about Packet Tracer CCNA Practical Labs post, feel free to ask and suggest us about how we can improve out topic and site services. So wish you success and all the best for achieving your CCNA certification.

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Today I’m going to show you, how to configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the Cisco Routers. The RIP is one of the oldest distance-vector routing protocols and work perfectly with IPv4. The next generation of routing information protocol for IPv6 is know as RIPng (RIP next generation). So in this article we are going to test the RIP with IPv4.

It would be good if you have a physical Cisco lab for testing RIP, otherwise you can use GNS3 ,  Cisco Packet Tracer or equivalent network simulator software.  Here I’m using packet tracer and the Cisco RIP  routing lab I have created is downloadable from the below link. Just download and configure the basic routing with the IP addresses which assigned for each router interfaces. It help your to practice some basic router commands also. I’m sure you can do it, but in case of requiring some help, read the basic router commands from this post.

Downlaod the non configured Routing RIP Protocol lab that need basic configuration and this one Routing RIP Protocol – CCNA Lab -Ready for RIP Lab for CCNA is configured with basic and essential configuration.

 Configure Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

So let’s start configure routing information protocol in this lab. Go to your lab and open the router 1 (R1) which is the main router connected to ISP router. Do the following command for RIP Routing.

R1>enable
R1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R1(config)#router rip
R1(config-router)#version 2
R1(config-router)#network 200.100.10.0
R1(config-router)#network 192.168.20.0
R1(config-router)#network 10.10.10.0
R1(config-router)#

After enabling router with enable command then go to privileged mode with configure terminal command. Now with router rip command, enable routing for all routers. The version 2 command, configure routing information protocol with version two. And next set all network id like the above network command. I have set all three network which connect directly to R1.

Now go to router R2 and configure routing protocol the same as router R1. On router 2 you must assign the network ids of all connected network the R2.

R2>enable 
R2#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R2(config)#router rip 
R2(config-router)#version 2
R2(config-router)#network 10.10.10.0
R2(config-router)#network 192.168.10.0
R2(config-router)#network 192.168.1.0
R2(config-router)#

For ISP router, just enter the network id 200.100.10.0, because only one network connected to ISP router.

ISP>enable
ISP#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
ISP(config)#router rip
ISP(config-router)#version 2
ISP(config-router)#network 200.100.10.0
ISP(config-router)#

OK, your routing task with RIP is accomplished successfully, now all network devices can communicate with each other without any problem through routing information protocol. Test them with ping command and be sure they must ping correctly. If they are not ping with each other, so your routing has some problem. You should troubleshoot it. Here you can download my completed Routing RIP Lab project which work fine.

If you have any question, just ask me through comments. I will reply you as soon as possible.

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Here we configure standard access list on Cisco router devices. The Standard Access List (ACL) on Cisco router works to permit or deny the entire network protocols of a host from being distinguishing. These decisions are all based on source IP address which filters network traffic by examining the source IP address in a packet. We can create the standard IP access list by using the access-list command with numbers 1 to 99 or in the expanded range of 1300 to 1999.

I’m using Cisco Packet Tracer to do this task. You can create your own network topology within Cisco packet tracer or use the best network simulator GNS3. If you are new in GNS3, I recommended to read the topics of GNS3 installation “Install GNS3 Network Simulator Step by Step in Windows” and the configuration article “Essential GNS3 Configuration for Cisco Lab“, these will help you to find your way in using GNS3.

Here I share my own created topology for standard IP access list with packet tracer. Download and test it. Download CCNA Lab: Configure Standard Access List.

Try to configure it with any routing protocol you want. Static route, RIP, or OSPF. This article “Configure Static Routing in Packet Tracer” can help you to configure static routing for CCNA.

Configure Standard Access List on Cisco Router

Let’s test the standard access list on our network with preventing access from subnet 192.168.10.0 to network 192.168.0.0 which connected directory to router R1 and just allow PC2 can get access to the network 192.168.0.0/24.

In the router R1, create an access list “access-list 10 permit 192.168.10.3 0.0.0.0” and then set it on the FastEthernet 0/0 which is the gateway to the network.

R1>enable 
R1#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R1(config)#access-list 10 permit 192.168.10.3 0.0.0.0
R1(config)#interface FastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip access-group 10 out
R1(config-if)#exit

The command ” access-list 10 permit 192.168.10.3 0.0.0.0” deny all host on the network 192.168.10.0 but permit only PC3. We use the wildcard 0.0.0.0 for PC3. It’s only allowed the exact host with 192.168.10.3 IP address.

The command “IP access-group 10 out” just apply this outbound traffic to this network.

Remember, we set the access list command on the global configuration and set the IP access-gorup to the interface configuration.

Now test the with ping from PC3 to any host on the network 192.168.0.0/24. It must ping successfully but not allowed for other PCs of the network 192.168.10.0/24.

You can configure it with the following configuration also.

R1>enable
R1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R1(config)#access-list 10 deny 192.168.10.3 0.0.0.0
R1(config)#access-list 10 permit any
R1(config)#interface FastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip access-group 10 out

Working with Standard access list on Cisco router is easy and simple. Just try to do some more practice to get expert. If you want to know and test more access-list commands, simply type a question mark (?) in front of your command.

R2(config)#access-list ?
<1-99> IP standard access list
<100-199> IP extended access list
R2(config)#access-list 10 ?
deny Specify packets to reject
permit Specify packets to forward
remark Access list entry comment
R2(config)#access-list 10 permit ?
A.B.C.D Address to match
any Any source host
host A single host address
R2(config)#access-list 10 permit any ?
<cr>

Hope it would be helping you to understand the Standard IP access list on Cisco routers.

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