This assignment requires you to: diagnose, correct, and report on commonly occurring
This assignment requires you to:
- diagnose, correct, and report on commonly occurring network misconfigurations.
- implement best practices for configuring Cisco devices.
- document your changes.
- document your diagnostic process.
Download and run the associated Packet Tracer file. In this file you will find a simulation of a set of interconnected networks which have various faults applied to them.
Your task is as follows:
- Diagnose and correct each fault, verifying that the correct functionality is now present.
- Note that some of the faults do not necessarily prevent connectivity, but may simply not be best practice.
- Write a report that shows clearly, for each fault that you discover:
- What the fault was.
- What impact the fault had, both locally, and globally within each network, and where appropriate, across all the networks.
- The process that you used to diagnose the fault (including a chronology of what was attempted that either worked, or didn’t work)
- How you fixed the fault, being mindful of any potential effects (both positive and negative) that the correction may have more broadly in the network, if any.
- Analyse devices for compliance with Cisco’s configuration best practices:
- Determine which devices may not be configured according to best practice
- Remediate the configuration of those devices, and
- Document your changes.
Networks
Network | IPv4 | IPv6 |
---|---|---|
Data Center | 137.111.200.0/24 | 2001:db8:896f:c8::/64 |
Branch Office | 137.111.1.0/24 | 2001:db8:896f:1::/64 |
ISP HFC | 113.197.200.0/24 | 2001:db8:71c5:c8::/64 |
ISP Corp IX | 113.197.137.0/24 | 2001:db8:71c5:89::/64 |
ISP Core | 113.197.100.0/24 | 2001:db8:71c5:64::/64 |
Routers
Role | Hostname | Enable Password |
---|---|---|
Data Center Gateway | DCG | SanFran |
Branch Office Gateway | BOG | BrisVegas |
ISP Gateway | ISPG | (Wouldn’t you like to know 🙂 |
Hosts
Role | FQDN | Address |
---|---|---|
Branch Office DHCP | bod.mq.test | 137.111.1.67 |
ISP DHCP | dhcp.isp.test | 113.197.100.67 |
ISP DNS | dns.isp.test | 113.197.100.53 |
ISP Web Server | web.isp.test | 113.197.100.80 |
Data Center FTP Server | ftp.mq.test | 137.111.200.21 |
Data Center Mail Server | mail.mq.test | 137.111.200.25 |
Data Center Web Server | web.mq.test | 137.111.200.80 |
Data Center Web Server (IPv6) | web6.mq.test | 2001:db8:896f:c8::50 |
Data Center Time Server | time.mq.test | 137.111.200.123 |