Internetworking Lab

Objectives

·         Support the data networking courses including CES-440 (Intro. to Networking and Network Management), and CES-552 (Network Architecture and Protocols).

·         Provide some practical understanding of data communications and networking and hands-on experience.

·         Focus on some important issues in data networking.

 

Lab location - The lab is located at Salazar 2006.

 

Lab experiments - The tile of the lab experiments and their objectives are:

 

1.     Basics-Lab  ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Understand the wiring infrastructure of the Internet Teaching Lab (ITL).

·         Find out the Ethernet and IP addresses of your host station.

·         Test connectivity between your computes.

·         Monitor traffic at specific ports.

 

2.     SPT-Lab  ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Understand the main functions of a bridge: Learning, Forwarding, Spanning Tree.

·         Demonstrate how LOOP AVOIDANCE is achieved using the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) as specified in IEEE 802.1D.

 

3.     VLAN-Lab  ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Learn how vlan mechanism partitions a LAN and a big broadcast domain.

·         Learn basics of VLAN and configuration.

·         Understand some advantages of VLAN.

 

4.     IP-Lab ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Observe the need for router configuration.

·         Understand the subnet mask.

·         Understand the need of a routing mechanism in a router.

·         Learn how to configure a router with the static routing.

 

5.     RIP-Lab ◄ click here for the instructions 

·         Understand the RIP, its configuration

·         Observe the routing protocol exchanges and how the RIP provides dynamic routing

·         Observe routing convergence and how the network heals after a network failure

 

6.       OSPF-Lab ◄ click here for the instructions  

·         Understand the OSPF, its configuration.

·         Observe the routing protocol exchanges and how the OSPF provides dynamic routing.

·         Observe routing convergence and how the network heals after a network failure.

 

7.       SECURITY-Lab  ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Understand how to permit and deny accessing network resources and some aspects of security using router access list.

·         To get a feel as how the firewalls can be configured to deny certain exchanges.

8.       Appl-Lab ◄ click here for the instructions

·         Observe how the applications obtain the destination addresses.

·         Observe how the TCP/IP applications (e.g., DNS, Telent, FTP) exchange the control information and data.

·         Observe how the TCP flags are used for the application exchanges.

 

Format of Experiments - The lab instructions include the following:

·         Objectives – What does the student learn from the experiment.

·         Network Setup – Network and device configurations for the experiment.

·         Procedure – Steps to perform the experiment.

·         Report – Answers to the questions in the Procedure section and results.

 

Student Lab Report

·         For each experiment, it is expected each student writes a report to:

o    Answer questions in the instruction sheet.

o    Explain her/his observations from the experiment.

o    Analyze the results collected from the experiment.

 

·         Your report should be presented in MS Words.

o    Not more than 4 pages

o    Single-space, font 10, Times New Roman

o    At least 1 inch margin on each side

 

·         Email your report by 5 PM the day it is due.

 

·         Students can work in groups not more than three per group.

o    Although each student writes her/his individual report, no copying is allowed.

 

·         Each student is expected to analyze the issues and understand for her/his benefit.

 

References

·         “ITL Lab Manual”, Richard Gordon, http://www.cs.sonoma.edu/itl/manual/contents.html

·         “TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, Addison-Wesley”, Richard Stevens, 1994.

·         “Computer Networks”, 5th ed. By Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, Prentice Hall 2011.

·         “Computer Networks & Internetworks,” Douglas Comer, 5th ed., Prentice Hall, 2009.

·         “Data Communications and Networking,” B. Forouzan, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill 2007.

·         “Data and Computer Communications,” W. Stallings, Prentice Hall, 7th Ed., 2007, http://www.williamstallings.com/DCC/DCC7e.html

·         “Computer Networks: A Systems Approach," L. Peterson, B. Davie, 4th ed., Elsevier 2007.