Routing Formal Report
Marked Lab Work - value 10%
Introduction
Lab Procedure
Setup Routing
Testing your network
Further Testing
What should I submit?
Guide to
writing a formal report pdf
Introduction
This piece of work is intended to allow you to begin preparing the
style of writing needed for a FORMAL REPORT.
You will setup and test a simple IP network and then create a FORMAL
REPORT that describes the procedure and testing that you have carried
out.
If you are not sure how to lay out a FORMAL REPORT, look for guidance in the library.
Lab Procedure
Save your work regularly both on
the router and also the Packet Tracer application itself. I have no
sympathy for people who ignore this and lose work.
Firstly build the physical layer for the network by adding FOUR routers
(minimum) to the working area. For each router you should add ONE
switch
and 1 PC. Your network MAY appear SIMILAR to that shown in the diagram
below, but may be four routers in a string. The routers must be
connected together - how you choose is up to you.
Rename the hardware if you think it will make the labwork easier.
Remember that you may need to add serial interfaces to the routers
before you connect them to each other.
Do not use the GUI for configuring
the router - you must get used to the CLI.
Create a network numbering scheme for the network. You may use any IP
addressing that you see fit.
Give the lowest available IP address to the router FastEthernet
interface on
each of the FOUR local area networks.
Remember that the FastEthernet interfaces will be administratively
closed down so you will need to turn them on. The IOS command no shutdown
can be used to turn them on after you have set their IP addresses.
Make sure that your interfaces on the switches and the PCs and the
FastEthernet connections on the router are green before continuing.
Setup Routing
You will now need to apply a routing protocol to each of the routers to
allow for dynamic routing. You may use RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP or OSPF.
Remember to include each attached network in the router
statements for each router.
Testing your
network
Once you have setup the routing protocol, you will need to test your
network. You may do this in several different ways. You could use ping,
and extended ping, tracert or even use the routing tables on each of
the routers.
Your task is to prove that there is connectivity between all of the PCs
in your network. Once you have carried out this testing you will need
to document your work.
Further Testing
You may carry out as many or as few tests as you wish, providing
that you manage to prove end-to-end connectivity exists between all PCs
on the FOUR LANs.
What
should I submit?
Remember that this is a FORMAL REPORT and it should be possible for
others to repeat your work EXACTLY.
For this lab and the rest of the lab work for this course, you will
need to submit the Packet Tracer files that you have created on a CD,
DVD or floppy disk.
You will also need to submit a written report of the work that you
carried out in the form of a Formal Report.
This will have a table of contents, rationale for lab work, apparatus
used, method, results and testing, conclusion, references (if used).
Please include screenshots as necessary and anything else you consider
to be pertinent to this lab work. It is expected that this work will be
word processed, however analogue diagrams and calculations may be
submitted to supplement your work.
Make sure that you include the proof that your lab was successful.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Please try to use 3rd person passive voice to describe the work.
Example:
Do not write: "I used
Packet Tracer 5.x to carry out the lab work"
Use: "Packet Tracer 5.x was used to carry out this work"
This work is to be submitted on the date specified in the assessment schedule for this course.