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Hands-On Lab
Addressing a Network Using VLSM
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
Properly cable a network.
Perform advanced subnetting for a small network using VLSM.
Apply IP addressing to a network using VLSM.
In this exercise, you will connect all of the devices together using the appropriate cabling.
1. Open the Packet Tracer file titled Addressing a Network Using VLSM.
2. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 1 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Dallas Clerical Department Switch.
To perform this task, first select the appropriate cable type by clicking on Connections at the
bottom left of the Packet Tracer screen. To identify the cable type, allow your mouse to hover
over each cable icon.
Next, click on the appropriate cable type. Now click on Host1 and click on the FastEthernet port.
Drag the cable over to the Dallas Switch and click on port FastEthernet0/1.
3. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 2 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Dallas Accounting Department Switch.
4. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 3 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Dallas HR Switch.
5. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Dallas Clerical Department Switch to the
FastEthernet0/0 port on the Dallas Router.
6. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Dallas Accounting Department Switch to the
FastEthernet0/1 port on the Dallas Router.
7. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Dallas HR Department Switch to the Ethernet0/1/0
port on the Dallas Router.
8. Connect the Serial0/0/0 port on the Dallas Router to the Serial0/0/0 port on the Raleigh Router
using the Serial DCE connector.
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9. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 4 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Raleigh Clerical Department Switch.
10. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 5 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Raleigh Accounting Department Switch.
11. Using the appropriate cable found in Connections, connect the FastEthernet port on Host 6 to
the FastEthernet0/1 port on the Raleigh HR Department Switch.
12. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Raleigh Clerical Department Switch to the
FastEthernet0/0 port on the Raleigh Router.
13. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Raleigh Accounting Department Switch to the
FastEthernet0/1 port on the Raleigh Router.
14. Connect the FastEthernet0/2 port on the Raleigh HR Department Switch to the Ethernet0/1/0
port on the Raleigh Router.
In this exercise, you will subnet an address space. You will apply VLSM in this subnetting scheme. This
means that you will base the block size for each network on the total number of host IP addresses
required for that network. Use the information below to create a VLSM chart and an IP addressing
table.
10.0.0.0 /16 is the starting network address and starting CIDR.
1. The Raleigh Clerical Department needs IP addresses for 500 hosts.
2. The Dallas Clerical Department needs IP addresses for 200 hosts.
3. The Raleigh Accounting Department needs IP addresses for 31 hosts.
4. The Dallas Accounting Department needs IP addresses for 26 hosts.
5. The Raleigh HR Department needs IP addresses for 10 hosts.
6. The Dallas HR Department needs IP addresses for 6 hosts.
7. Provide the appropriate number of addresses required for the WAN connection.
In this exercise, you will use your VLSM chart and IP addressing table to fill in the IP Addressing Table
shown below.
1. To fill in the chart below, use the following rules for addressing:
- Use the last available IP address in the subnet for the Default Gateway.
- Use the 1st available IP address for the Host machine in the Clerical Department
- Use the 2nd available IP address for the Host machine in the Accounting Department
- User the 3rd available IP address for the Host machine in the HR Department.
- Finally, for the WAN connection, use the first IP address for the Dallas Router and the
second IP address for the Raleigh Router.
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Subnet Default
Device Interface IP Address Mask Gateway
Fa0/0 N/A
DALLAS Fa0/1 N/A
ROUTER Fa0/1/0 N/A
S0/0/0 N/A
Fa0/0 N/A
RALEIGH Fa0/1 N/A
ROUTER Fa0/1/0 N/A
S0/0/0 N/A
Host 1 NIC
Host 2 NIC
Host 3 NIC
Host 4 NIC
Host 5 NIC
Host 6 NIC
In this exercise, you will use the IP Addressing Table that you just created in order to apply IP addresses
to the devices in your network.
1. Using the IP Addressing Table that you just created, assign IP addresses to all devices in your
network starting with the DALLAS ROUTER and working your way down to Host 6. Refer to the
previous Day’s labs if you can’t remember how to assign IP addresses to these devices.
2. Verify connectivity by pinging the default gateway from each Host PC.
3. Ping the Dallas Router’s Serial0/0/0 interface from the Raleigh router to confirm connectivity.
4. At this time, will Host 1 be able to ping Host 4? Why or why not?
In this exercise, you will create a static route and a default route so that the Dallas Router will know how
to send information to the Raleigh network and so that the Raleigh Router will know how to send
information to the Dallas network.
1. Open the Dallas Router and click on the Config tab. Select Static under ROUTING.
Configure a default static route to the Raleigh network from the Dallas Router.
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2. Open the Raleigh Router and click on the Config tab. Select Static under ROUTING.
Configure a default static route to the Dallas network from the Raleigh Router.
3. To verify connectivity, ping Host 1 from the Host 4 machine. You should receive four
successful replies. Feel free to test connectivity between all Host PCs.
4. Congratulations! You have completed the lab. You can close out the lab. If you’d like to
save your configuration to examine again later, simply click on File, then Save As and save to
a location you can find later.
