In Active Learning Module 1, full connectivity was not achieved. Why is this? When a packet entered a router that was destined for a network (ie: subnet) within the topology that as not local to the router that received the initial packet, the routing table lookup failed and the packet was dropped. The reason this occurred is simple: the route from the routing table was missing. One of two methods of routing needs to be configured: either static routing or dynamic routing.

In this active learning module, you will begin where you left off with Active Learning Module 1. A beginning .pkt file has been provided for you. In this .pkt file you will find a solution to Active Learning Module 1 with only a subset of the PCs requested in your topology diagrams for Active Learning Module 1. This will simplify your test cases while proceeding through this Active Learning Module 2. Please keep in mind there are several solutions for Active Learning Module 1. This is just one solution that I have put together for you.

1. Open the .pkt file provided to you within Cisco Packet Tracer and complete the following:

• a) Verify each PC is able to ping its default gateway. Please keep in mind that a default gateway is the router interface IP Address that is closest to the host (ie: PC). As you can see, the number of PCs has been reduced to one for simplified testing within this Active Learning Module.

• b) On each Router, the following has already been configured:

✓ hostname

✓ an encrypted privileged mode password of 'cisco'

✓ the IP Address and Subnet Mask of the interfaces in use

✓ enable the interfaces in use

✓ configure the clock rate of 64K on the DCE interfaces

✓ enable 'logging synchronous' on the console line

✓ password of 'cisco' on the console line

✓ enable a login prompt to appear when consoling into the router from the PC

✓ enable 'logging synchronous' on the first five virtual terminal lines

✓ password of 'cisco' on the first five virtual terminal lines

✓ enable a login prompt to appear when using the first five virtual terminal lines (ie: when you telnet into the router from the PC you should receive a o login prompt)

✓ Save your current configuration file to nvram (ie: the filename should be

o 'startup-config)

• c) Verify connectivity from each router to each router. For instance, you should be able to ping

from the Poughkeepsie Router to the Dallas Router; however you should not be able to ping

from the Dallas Router to the Chicago Router.

• d) On each router, display the routing table by issuing the "show ip route" command in the CLI.

• e) Configure the dynamic routing protocol of RIP version 2. Display your dynamic routing

protocol properties with issuing a "show ip protocol" in the CLI.

• f) Display the IPv4 routing table again. Do you notice a difference from earlier?

• g) Test connectivity from one PC to another PC in the topology. Are you able to successfully ping

from each PC within the topology to every other PC in the topology?

• h) Make sure you have clicked on "Options" -> "Preferences" and the "Always Show Port Labels

in Logical Workspace" check box is checked. This will display all of the interfaces on all of the

devices within the topology.