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Lab 7.1 VLSM

Summary

In this lab, I implemented the network's IP addresses needed for the routers and end devices to communicate to each other, and use CIDR to assign the addresses based on how many hosts needed for each branch of the network. A useful instruction was to create a table to determine what IP address would go where for Sales or for Engineering and depending on how many hosts were need for each area. There was a problem that I wasn't sure which switch was on which GigaEthernet port, so I deleted the connections and redid them so that I knew for sure what ports the switches were connected to. Also it was useful for me to reset the routers to make sure pinging would work between the North America and Mumbai networks.

Things to Consider:

• What gave you the most difficulty and what lessons learned do you wish to carry forward?

The parts I had most difficulty with was remembering that the routers need their IP addresses to know where the other router is on the Serial configuration. The lessons I want to carry forward with me is to make sure I do the initial prep beforehand like making the table and making sure the devices I want are in the network before I configure the network.