Experiment Name: Study of Static Routing using CISCO POCKET TRACER.

Objectives:
 To learn the process of configuring a network router topology.
 To know about the designing process of a network.

Theory:
Routing is one of the most essential procedures in data communication. It ensures that data travels
from one network to another with optimal speed and minimal delay, and that its integrity is
maintained in the process.
Broadly, routing is performed in two different ways:
1. Dynamic routing continuously updates its routing table with paths and their cost/metric,
while making optimal routing decisions based on changing network operating
environments.
2. Static routing performs routing decisions with preconfigured routes in the routing table,
which can be changed manually only by administrators. Static routes are normally
implemented in those situations where the choices in route selection are limited, or there is
only a single default route available. Also, static routing can be used if you have only few
devices for route configuration and there is no need for route change in the future.
Static routing is considered the simplest form of routing. Static Routing is a form of routing that
occurs when router was manually configured. Routing entry rather than a dynamic routing traffic.
In many cases, static routing is manually configured by a network administrator by adding in
entries into a routing table. Static routers are fixed and do not changes if the network ins changed
or re-configured.

Pocket tracer Diagram

CLI Commands:

For Ethernet Port Configuration:

--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n
Press RETURN to get started!

Router R_A:
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface FastEthernet0/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router R_B:
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface FastEthernet0/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router R_C:
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#interface FastEthernet0/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.3.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown

For Serial Port Configuration:

--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n
Press RETURN to get started!

Router R_A:

Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#interface Serial2/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.3.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface Serial3/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router R_B:
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface Serial3/0
Router(config-if)#
ip address 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface Serial2/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown

Router R_C:
Router>enable
Router#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#interface Serial2/0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.127.3.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface Serial3/0
Router(config-if)#
ip address 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
 Assigning Table
Default
Devices Name Interfaces IP Address Subnet Mask
Gateway
Fa0/0 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

R_A Se2/0 172.127.3.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

Se3/0 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

Fa0/0 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

ROUTERS R_B Se2/0 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

Se3/0 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

Fa0/0 172.127.3.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

R_C Se2/0 172.127.1.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

Se3/0 172.127.2.1 255.255.255.0 N/A

A NIC 172.127.1.2 255.255.255.0 172.127.1.1

B NIC 172.127.1.3 255.255.255.0 172.127.1.1

Personal
C NIC 172.127.2.2 255.255.255.0 172.127.2.1
Computers
D NIC 172.127.2.3 255.255.255.0 172.127.2.1

E NIC 172.127.3.2 255.255.255.0 172.127.3.1

F NIC 172.127.3.3 255.255.255.0 172.127.3.1

Table 1.1: Assigning Table

Discussion: Static routing causes very little load in CPU of the router and produces no traffic to
other routers, It leaves the network administrator with full control over the routing behavior of
the network. Mesh topology is used in this experiment.