Weekly Activities

Week 11

In week 11 we will go through two chapters: CCNA2 Chapters 5 & 7

Learning Objectives

After studying chapter 5 topic you should be able to:

 describe the functions, characteristics, and operation of the RIPv1 protocol;

 configure a device for using RIPv1;
 verify proper RIPv1 operation;
 describe how RIPv1 performs automatic summarization;
 configure, verify, and troubleshoot default routes propagated in a routed network
implementing RIPv1;
 use recommended techniques to solve problems related to RIPv1.

After studying chapter 7 topic, you should be able to:

 encounter and describe the limitations of RIPv1’s limitations;

 apply the basic Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2) configuration commands
and evaluate RIPv2 classless routing updates;
 analyze router output to see RIPv2 support for VLSM and CIDR;
 identify RIPv2 verification commands and common RIPv2 issues;
 configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 in ‘hands-on’ labs.

Activity 1

There are three key concepts in the chapter 5.

1. Basic configuration of RIP ( 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5) is an easy task when compared to other routing
protocols. The ability to configure RIP is important because the protocol is still used today in
small internetworks. Also, the tasks associated with RIP configuration serve as a simple,
practical introduction to routing protocol configuration.

2. Autosummarization (5.4) is a feature of RIP that can be either an advantage or a

disadvantage, depending on the IP addressing scheme of the internetwork. RIP is a classful
routing protocol, so it does not send subnet mask information in its routing updates. Also,
because RIP is a classful protocol, it autosummarizes networks on classful network
boundaries and is unable to use Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM). Knowledge of how
RIP operates as a classful protocol is necessary for two reasons. First, when designing new
 networks, network professionals must know that they need to avoid using VLSM as an IP
addressing scheme because RIP cannot utilize the technique. Also, when implementing RIP
in existing networks, professionals must have the ability to evaluate whether it will work
based on the IP addressing scheme of that network.

3. Default route propagation (5.5) in RIP is done through use of the default-information
originate command. Students must know and recognize the appropriate use of the
command, which can reduce administrative overhead in RIP internetworks with multiple
routers.

Lab 5.1

In this activity, you build a network from the ground up. Starting with an addressing space and network
requirements, you must implement a network design that satisfies the specifications. Next, you
implement an effective RIPv1 routing configuration with integrated default routing. Detailed instructions
are provided within the activity.

Packet Tracer Skills Integration Instructions (PDF)

Activity 2

There are three key concepts in chapter 7:

1. Discontiguous networks (7.1) do not present routing problems when RIPv2 is used. The
problems associated with discontiguous subnets and RIPv1 are solved through RIPv2’s
sending of subnet mask information in routing updates. Students must know how and when
to appropriately apply RIPv2 in relation to IP addressing. Inadvertent creation of
discontiguous networks will prevent routers from forwarding traffic to destinations when
classful routing protocols such as RIPv1 are used.

2. VLSM (7.3) allows very specific control over subnet quantities and host quantities when
using classless routing protocols such as RPv2. Because RIPv2 sends subnet masks in routing
updates, RIPv2 does not restrict network professionals to classful IP addressing as does
RIPv1. As a result, IP addressing schemes can be designed with minimum IP address waste.
This efficiency is gained through use of variable or differing subnet masks within a major
network.) Again, the fact that classful protocols do not send subnet masks in routing
updates is the reason for their inability to operate in a VLSM environment. When
developing IP addressing schemes for new and existing internetworks, network
professionals must be aware of which routing protocols will operate within the confines of
the addressing techniques used. Failure to implement RIPv2 instead of RIPv1 in a VLSM
addressed environment will result in packet forwarding errors, or no forwarding at all.
3. CIDR (7.3) is a classless IP addressing technique that allows multiple network addresses to
be summarized under a single network address. The technique is commonly used by ISPs
and organizations that operate large internetworks. Because RIPv2 is a classless routing
protocol, it can utilize CIDR. Implementation of CIDR in a RIPv2 environment allows network
professionals to significantly shrink what otherwise may be large and unmanageable routing
tables. Smaller routing tables lead to fast destination network lookup times, and faster
routing of traffic. Students must know how and under what circumstances to effectively
implement RIPv2 with CIDR. Ability to use CIDR in a RIPv2 environment will not only result in
a more efficient internetwork, but also will simplify troubleshooting because the routing
tables are smaller.

Lab 1

In this lab, you begin by loading configuration scripts on each of the routers. These scripts
contain errors that will prevent end-to-end communication across the network. After loading
the corrupted scripts, troubleshoot each router to determine the configuration errors, and then
use the appropriate commands to correct the configurations. When you have corrected all of
the configuration errors, all of the hosts on the network should be able to communicate with
each other.

Click the instruction pdf for more details.

Activity 3 - Discussion Questions

Questions:

1. What is the key characteristics of RIPv1?

2. Why would you not want to configure a dynamic routing protocol to exchange updates with
your ISP?
3. Why can RIPv2 be used to solve the routing issues in the discontiguous network?