Week 5 - Additional Packet Tracer Lab Activities

LAN Switching and Wireless

Chapter 4: VTP

Lab
Activity/Lab Title Handout Learning Objectives
Number

• Investigate the current configuration.

• Configure S1 as VTP server.
• Configure S2 and S3 as VTP clients.
Packet Tracer
Activity • Configure VLANs on S1.
4.3.3.2 Exploration: Configure VTP
Instructions • Configure trunks on S1, S2, and S3.
Skills Practice
• Verify VTP status on S1, S2, and S3.
• Assign VLANs to ports on S2 and S3.
• Verify VLAN implementation and test connectivity
• Perform basic switch configurations.
Packet Tracer
Basic VTP Activity • Configure the Ethernet interfaces on the host
4.4.1.2 Exploration:
Configuration Instructions PCs.
Skills Practice
• Configure VTP and security on the switches.
• Cable a network according to the topology
diagram.
• Erase the startup configuration and reload a
switch to the default state.
• Perform basic configuration tasks on a switch.
• Configure VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) on all
switches.
Packet Tracer
Challenge VTP Activity • Enable trunking on inter-switch connections.
4.4.2.2 Exploration:
Configuration Instructions • Verify trunk configuration.
Skills Practice
• Modify VTP modes and observe the impact.
• Create VLANs on the VTP server, and distribute
this VLAN information to switches in the network.
• Explain the differences in operation between VTP
transparent mode, server mode, and client mode.
• Assign switch ports to the VLANs.
• Save the VLAN configuration.
Packet Tracer Troubleshooting
Activity • Find and correct all configuration errors.
4.4.3.2 Exploration: the VTP
Instructions • Document the corrected network.
Skills Practice Configuration
• Configure and verify basic device configurations.
• Configure and verify port security.
Packet Tracer
• Configure VTP.
Exploration: Skills Integration Activity
4.5.1.3 • Configure trunking.
Skills Integration Challenge Instructions
• Configure VLANs.
Challenge
• Assign VLANs to ports.
• Verify end-to-end connectivity.

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Chapter 5: STP

Lab
Activity/Lab Title Handout Learning Objectives
Number

Packet Tracer Examining a • Check for STP convergence.

Activity
5.1.3.3 Exploration: Redundant • Examine the ARP process.
Instructions
Skills Practice Design • Test redundancy in a switched network.
• Examine the STP default state.
Packet Tracer
Activity • Configure the root bridge.
5.2.5.4 Exploration: Configuring STP
Instructions • Configure the backup root bridge.
Skills Practice
• Finalize STP configuration.
• Perform basic switch configurations.
• Configure the Ethernet interfaces on the host
Packet Tracer Challenge
Activity PCs.
5.5.2.2 Exploration: Spanning Tree
Instructions • Configure VLANs.
Skills Practice Protocol
• Configure spanning tree.
• Optimizing STP.
Packet Tracer Troubleshooting • Identify the initial state of all trunks.
Activity
5.5.3.2 Exploration: Spanning Tree • Correct the source of the problem.
Instructions
Skills Practice Protocol • Document the switch configuration.
• Design and document an addressing scheme.
• Configure and verify basic device configurations.
Packet Tracer • Configure VTP.
Exploration: Skills Integration Activity • Configure trunking.
5.6.1.3
Skills Integration Challenge Instructions • Configure VLANs.
Challenge • Assign VLANs to ports.
• Configure STP.
• Configure host PCs.

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