IP Routing

The topic for today is about IP Routing. But first of all, I just want to share the agony I felt when I missed the quiz which I was prepared for. sayang! :(

Hehe, moving on. Today's topic is very interesting and I can say that I was able to understand it even though I failed to make the tutorial work at the first try. I was able to correct the configuration because of the illustration drawn on the board. The illustration shows the connection and addresses of routers and hosts that made me understand the topic. 

Figure 1: The illustration copied from the board showing connections and stating addresses

The pictures below show the step by step process of configuring the network consisting of two routers and two computers. (Tutorial)

Figure 2: Setting Up Router 1

Figure 3: Setting Up Router 2

After the routers were configured, the connections were tested through pinging addresses used in the configuration. If no packets were lost from the sent packets, it means that the configuration was correct.

Figure 4: Host 1 Pings The 3 Given Addresses

Figure 5: Host 2 Pings The 3 Given Addresses

The Exercise

The goal of the exercise is to make a network that consists of three hosts, three routers and a switch. The network should be configured such that all three computers can communicate with each other.

Figure 6: A screenshot of the Setup of the Network I configured

The pictures below show the step by step process of setting up router 1, router 2, and router 3.

Figure 7: Setting up Router 1

Figure 8: Setting Up Router 2

Figure 9: Setting Up Router 3

After the 3 routers were configured, the connections were tested through pinging. Each host pinged its respective co-hosts.

Figure 10: Host 1 Pinged Host 2 and Host 3

Figure 11: Host 2 Pinged Host 1 and Host 3

Figure 12: Host 3 Pinged Host 1 and Host 2

To wrap it all up, yesterday's lab class is fun yet disappointing when the blackout occurred. Understanding how connections between routers and hosts work is very interesting. Making this blog is harder than the exercise itself. All the cropping and layouting in photoshop is not hard but requires a lot of hard work. >:))

To my instructor, thank you for enlightening me about the topic through yesterday's class. More power! :)