Network Basics Lab Manual
- By Cisco Networking Academy
- Published Aug 4, 2013 by Cisco Press. Part of the Lab Companion series.
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- Easy to read, highlight, and review on the go, wherever the Internet is not available
- Extracted directly from the online course, it is the only authorized lab manual for the Cisco Networking Academy course
- Copyright 2014
- Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 10-7/8"
- Pages: 448
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 1-58713-313-X
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-313-8
The Network Basics Lab Manual provide students enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy Network Basics course with a convenient, complete collection of all the course lab exercises that provide hands-on practice and challenges.
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Table of Contents
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 ................................................................ 3
1.2.1.3 Lab — Researching Converged Network Services .............................................................. 18
1.3.3.3 Lab — Mapping the Internet ................................................................................................ 22
1.4.3.6 Lab — Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities ................................................ 34
1.5.1.1 Class Activity — Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now ................................................. 39
Chapter 2 — Configuring a Network Operating System .................. 41
2.0.1.2 Class Activity — It Is Just an Operating System! ................................................................ 41
2.1.4.9 Lab — Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term ...................................................... 42
2.3.3.4 Lab — Building a Simple Network ..................................................................................... 53
2.3.3.5 Lab — Configuring a Switch Management Address ........................................................... 67
2.4.1.1 Class Activity — Tutor me! ................................................................................................. 75
Chapter 3 — Network Protocols and Communications .................. 77
3.0.1.2 Class Activity — Let’s just talk about this… ....................................................................... 77
3.1.3.6 Lab — Researching Networking Standards .......................................................................... 78
3.2.2.3 Lab — Researching RFCs ................................................................................................... 82
3.3.3.4 Lab — Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic .............................................................. 87
3.4.1.1 Class Activity — Guaranteed to work! .............................................................................. 107
Chapter 4 — Application Layer .......................................... 109
4.0.1.2 Class Activity — What would happen if… ........................................................................ 109
4.1.2.4 Lab — Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing .................................................................. 111
4.2.2.9 Lab — Observing DNS Resolution ................................................................................... 115
4.2.3.3 Lab — Exploring FTP ....................................................................................................... 121
4.3.1.1 Class Activity — Make it happen! ..................................................................................... 131
Chapter 5 — Transport Layer ........................................... 133
5.0.1.2 Class Activity — We Need to Talk .................................................................................... 133
5.2.1.8 Lab — Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake ...................................... 134
5.2.3.5 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture ............................................... 140
5.2.4.3 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures ......................................... 146
5.3.1.1 Class Activity — We Need to Talk, Again ......................................................................... 160
Chapter 6 — Network Layer ......................................... 161
6.0.1.2 Class Activity — The road less traveled…or is it? ............................................................ 161
6.2.2.8 Lab — Viewing Host Routing Tables ............................................................................... 163
6.3.1.9 Lab — Exploring Router Physical Characteristics ............................................................ 169
6.4.3.5 Lab — Building a Switch and Router Network ................................................................. 179
6.5.1.1 Class Activity — Can you read this map? ......................................................................... 192
Chapter 7 — IP Addressing ........................................................... 194
7.0.1.2 Class Activity — The Internet of Everything (IoE) ........................................................... 194
7.1.2.7 Lab — Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses ...................................... 195
7.1.2.8 Lab — Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary .................................................................... 202
7.1.4.8 Lab — Identifying IPv4 Addresses .................................................................................... 206
7.2.5.4 Lab — Identifying IPv6 Addresses .................................................................................... 209
7.2.5.5 Lab — Configuring IPv6 Addresses on Network Devices ................................................ 219
7.3.2.7 Lab — Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute ...................................... 230
7.4.1.1 Class Activity — The Internet of Everything…Naturally! ................................................ 246
Chapter 8 — Subnetting IP Networks ...................................... 247
8.0.1.2 Class Activity — Call me! ................................................................................................. 247
8.1.3.8 Lab — Calculating IPv4 Subnets ....................................................................................... 248
8.1.3.9 Lab — Subnetting Network Topologies ............................................................................ 254
8.1.3.10 Lab — Researching Subnet Calculators .......................................................................... 262
8.2.1.3 Lab — Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme .................... 267
8.2.1.4 Lab — Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme ................................. 276
8.4.1.1 Class Activity — Can you call me now? ........................................................................... 283
Chapter 9 — Network Access ................................................ 285
9.0.1.2 Class Activity — Let Me Tell You What I Heard at a Conference… ................................ 285
9.3.1.4 Lab A — Identifying Network Devices and Cabling .......................................................... 287
9.4.2.8 Lab — Building an Ethernet Crossover Cable ................................................................... 289
9.4.4.6 Lab — Viewing Wireless and Wired NIC Information ...................................................... 295
9.5.1.1 Class Activity — Linked In! .............................................................................................. 306
Chapter 10 — Ethernet ............................................................ 308
10.0.1.2 Class Activity — Join my social circle! ............................................................................ 308
10.1.3.6 Lab — Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses .......................................................... 310
10.1.4.3 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames .................................................... 319
10.2.1.8 Lab — Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark ...................... 326
10.3.1.10 Lab — Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables ............................................ 338
10.4.1.1 Class Activity — MAC and Choose… ............................................................................ 343
Chapter 11 — It’s a Network ........................................ 345
11.0.1.2 Class Activity — Did you notice…? ................................................................................ 345
11.2.2.6 Lab — Researching Network Security Threats ............................................................... 347
11.2.4.5 Lab — Accessing Network Devices with SSH ................................................................ 351
11.2.4.6 Lab — Securing Network Devices .................................................................................. 363
11.3.2.3 Lab — Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute ............................................ 372
11.3.4.6 Lab — Using the CLI to Gather Network Device Information ........................................ 377
11.4.2.6 Lab — Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software ......... 390
11.4.2.7 Lab — Managing Device Configuration Files Using TFTP, Flash, and USB ................. 397
11.4.2.8 Lab — Researching Password Recovery Procedures ...................................................... 412
11.5.1.1 Class Activity — Design and Build a Small Business Network (Capstone Project) ....... 416
Appendix A — Supplemental Labs .................................. 418
0.0.0.1 Lab — Initializing and Reloading a Router and Switch .................................................... 418
0.0.0.2 Lab — Installing the IPv6 Protocol and Assigning Host Addresseswith Windows XP .............. 422