Packet Tracer - VLSM Design and Implementation Practice
Topology
You will receive one of three possible topologies.
Addressing Table
Default
Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway
Remote-Site1 G0/0 10.11.48.97 255.255.255.240 N/A
Remote-Site1 G0/1 10.11.48.65 255.255.255.224 N/A
Remote-Site1 S0/0/0 10.11.48.121 255.255.255.252 N/A
Remote-Site2 G0/0 10.11.48.113 255.255.255.248 N/A
Remote-Site2 G0/1 10.11.48.1 255.255.255.192 N/A
Remote-Site2 S0/0/0 10.11.48.122 255.255.255.252 N/A
Sw1 VLAN 1 10.11.48.98 255.255.255.240 10.11.48.97
Sw2 VLAN 1 10.11.48.66 255.255.255.224 10.11.48.65
Sw3 VLAN 1 10.11.48.114 255.255.255.248 10.11.48.113
Sw4 VLAN 1 10.11.48.2 255.255.255.192 10.11.48.1
User-1 NIC 10.11.48.110 255.255.255.240 10.11.48.97
User-2 NIC 10.11.48.94 255.255.255.224 10.11.48.65
User-3 NIC 10.11.48.118 255.255.255.248 10.11.48.113
User-4 NIC 10.11.48.62 255.255.255.192 10.11.48.1
Objectives
Part 1: Examine the Network Requirements
Part 2: Design the VLSM Addressing Scheme
Part 3: Assign IP Addresses to Devices and Verify Connectivity
Background
In this activity, you are given a /24 network address to use to design a VLSM
addressing scheme. Based on a set of requirements, you will assign subnets and
addressing, configure devices and verify connectivity.
Instructions
Part 1: Examine the Network Requirements
Step 1: Determine the number of subnets needed.
You will subnet the network address 10.11.48.0/24. The network has the following
requirements:
· Sw1 LAN will require 14 host IP addresses
· Sw2 LAN will require 30 host IP addresses
· Sw3 LAN will require 6 host IP addresses
· Sw4 LAN will require 60 host IP addresses
Question:
How many subnets are needed in the network topology?
Step 2: Determine the subnet mask information for each subnet.
Questions:
a. Which subnet mask will accommodate the number of IP addresses required
for Sw1? 255.255.255.240/28
How many usable host addresses will this subnet support?
14 usable host addresses (10.11.48.97 - 10.11.48.110)
b. Which subnet mask will accommodate the number of IP addresses required
for Sw2? 255.255.255.224 /27
How many usable host addresses will this subnet support?
30 usable host addresses (10.11.48.65 - 10.11.48.94)
c. Which subnet mask will accommodate the number of IP addresses required
for Sw3? 255.255.255.248 /29
How many usable host addresses will this subnet support?
6 usable host addresses (10.11.48.113 - 10.11.48.118)
d. Which subnet mask will accommodate the number of IP addresses required
for Sw4? 255.255.255.192 /26
How many usable host addresses will this subnet support?
62 usable host addresses (10.11.48.1 - 10.11.48.62)
e. Which subnet mask will accommodate the number of IP addresses required for the
connection between Remote-Site1 and Remote-Site2? 255.255.255.252/30
Part 2: Design the VLSM Addressing Scheme
Step 1: Divide the 10.11.48.0/24 network based on the number of hosts per
subnet.
a. Use the first subnet to accommodate the largest LAN.
b. Use the second subnet to accommodate the second largest LAN.
c. Use the third subnet to accommodate the third largest LAN.
d. Use the fourth subnet to accommodate the fourth largest LAN.
e. Use the fifth subnet to accommodate the connection between Remote-
Site1 and Remote-Site2.
Step 2: Document the VLSM subnets.
Complete the Subnet Table, listing the subnet descriptions (e.g. Sw1 LAN), number
of hosts needed, then network address for the subnet, the first usable host address,
and the broadcast address. Repeat until all addresses are listed.
Subnet Table
Number of
Subnet Hosts Network First Usable Broadcast
Description Needed Address/CIDR Host Address Address
60 10.11.48.0/26 10.11.48.1
User 4 LAN 10.11.48.63
User 2 LAN 30 10.11.48.64/27 10.11.48.65 10.11.48.95
User 1 LAN 14 10.11.48.96/28 10.11.48.97 10.11.48.111
User 3 LAN 6 10.11.48.112/29 10.11.48.113 10.11.48.119
WAN Link 2 10.11.48.120/30 10.11.48.121 10.11.48.123
Step 3: Document the addressing scheme.
a. Assign the first usable IP addresses to Remote-Site1 for the two LAN links and
the WAN link.
b. Assign the first usable IP addresses to Remote-Site2 for the two LAN links.
Assign the last usable IP address for the WAN link.
c. Assign the second usable IP addresses to the switches.
d. Assign the last usable IP addresses to the hosts.
Part 3: Assign IP Addresses to Devices and Verify Connectivity
Most of the IP addressing is already configured on this network. Implement the
following steps to complete the addressing configuration.
Step 1: Configure IP addressing on the Remote-Site1 router LAN interfaces.
Step 2: Configure IP addressing on the Sw3, switch including the default gateway.
Step 3: Configure IP addressing on User-4, including the default gateway.
Step 4: Verify connectivity.
You can only verify connectivity from Remote-Site1, Sw3, and User-4. However, you
should be able to ping every IP address listed in the Addressing Table.
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