The Network Basics Lab Manual provide students enrolled in the Cisco Networking Academy Network Basics course with a convenient, complete collection of all the course lab exercises that provide hands-on practice and challenges. 

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 — Exploring the Network ........................ 1 1.0.1.2 Class Activity — Draw Your Concept of the Internet ............................................................ 1 1.1.1.8 Lab — Researching Network Collaboration Tools ................................................................ 3 1.2.1.3 Lab — Researching Converged Network Services .............................................................. 18 1.3.3.3 Lab — Mapping the Internet ................................................................................................ 22 1.4.3.6 Lab — Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities ................................................ 34 1.5.1.1 Class Activity — Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now ................................................. 39 Chapter 2 — Configuring a Network Operating System .................. 41 2.0.1.2 Class Activity — It Is Just an Operating System! ................................................................ 41 2.1.4.9 Lab — Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term ...................................................... 42 2.3.3.4 Lab — Building a Simple Network ..................................................................................... 53 2.3.3.5 Lab — Configuring a Switch Management Address ........................................................... 67 2.4.1.1 Class Activity — Tutor me! ................................................................................................. 75 Chapter 3 — Network Protocols and Communications .................. 77 3.0.1.2 Class Activity — Let’s just talk about this… ....................................................................... 77 3.1.3.6 Lab — Researching Networking Standards .......................................................................... 78 3.2.2.3 Lab — Researching RFCs ................................................................................................... 82 3.3.3.4 Lab — Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic .............................................................. 87 3.4.1.1 Class Activity — Guaranteed to work! .............................................................................. 107 Chapter 4 — Application Layer .......................................... 109 4.0.1.2 Class Activity — What would happen if… ........................................................................ 109 4.1.2.4 Lab — Researching Peer-to-Peer File Sharing .................................................................. 111 4.2.2.9 Lab — Observing DNS Resolution ................................................................................... 115 4.2.3.3 Lab — Exploring FTP ....................................................................................................... 121 4.3.1.1 Class Activity — Make it happen! ..................................................................................... 131 Chapter 5 — Transport Layer ........................................... 133 5.0.1.2 Class Activity — We Need to Talk .................................................................................... 133 5.2.1.8 Lab — Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake ...................................... 134 5.2.3.5 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture ............................................... 140 5.2.4.3 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures ......................................... 146 5.3.1.1 Class Activity — We Need to Talk, Again ......................................................................... 160 Chapter 6 — Network Layer ......................................... 161 6.0.1.2 Class Activity — The road less traveled…or is it? ............................................................ 161 6.2.2.8 Lab — Viewing Host Routing Tables ............................................................................... 163 6.3.1.9 Lab — Exploring Router Physical Characteristics ............................................................ 169 6.4.3.5 Lab — Building a Switch and Router Network ................................................................. 179 6.5.1.1 Class Activity — Can you read this map? ......................................................................... 192 Chapter 7 — IP Addressing ........................................................... 194 7.0.1.2 Class Activity — The Internet of Everything (IoE) ........................................................... 194 7.1.2.7 Lab — Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses ...................................... 195 7.1.2.8 Lab — Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary .................................................................... 202 7.1.4.8 Lab — Identifying IPv4 Addresses .................................................................................... 206 7.2.5.4 Lab — Identifying IPv6 Addresses .................................................................................... 209 7.2.5.5 Lab — Configuring IPv6 Addresses on Network Devices ................................................ 219 7.3.2.7 Lab — Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute ...................................... 230 7.4.1.1 Class Activity — The Internet of Everything…Naturally! ................................................ 246 Chapter 8 — Subnetting IP Networks ...................................... 247 8.0.1.2 Class Activity — Call me! ................................................................................................. 247 8.1.3.8 Lab — Calculating IPv4 Subnets ....................................................................................... 248 8.1.3.9 Lab — Subnetting Network Topologies ............................................................................ 254 8.1.3.10 Lab — Researching Subnet Calculators .......................................................................... 262 8.2.1.3 Lab — Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme .................... 267 8.2.1.4 Lab — Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme ................................. 276 8.4.1.1 Class Activity — Can you call me now? ........................................................................... 283 Chapter 9 — Network Access ................................................ 285 9.0.1.2 Class Activity — Let Me Tell You What I Heard at a Conference… ................................ 285 9.3.1.4 Lab A — Identifying Network Devices and Cabling .......................................................... 287 9.4.2.8 Lab — Building an Ethernet Crossover Cable ................................................................... 289 9.4.4.6 Lab — Viewing Wireless and Wired NIC Information ...................................................... 295 9.5.1.1 Class Activity — Linked In! .............................................................................................. 306 Chapter 10 — Ethernet ............................................................ 308 10.0.1.2 Class Activity — Join my social circle! ............................................................................ 308 10.1.3.6 Lab — Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses .......................................................... 310 10.1.4.3 Lab — Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames .................................................... 319 10.2.1.8 Lab — Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark ...................... 326 10.3.1.10 Lab — Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables ............................................ 338 10.4.1.1 Class Activity — MAC and Choose… ............................................................................ 343 Chapter 11 — It’s a Network ........................................ 345 11.0.1.2 Class Activity — Did you notice…? ................................................................................ 345 11.2.2.6 Lab — Researching Network Security Threats ............................................................... 347 11.2.4.5 Lab — Accessing Network Devices with SSH ................................................................ 351 11.2.4.6 Lab — Securing Network Devices .................................................................................. 363 11.3.2.3 Lab — Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute ............................................ 372 11.3.4.6 Lab — Using the CLI to Gather Network Device Information ........................................ 377 11.4.2.6 Lab — Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software ......... 390 11.4.2.7 Lab — Managing Device Configuration Files Using TFTP, Flash, and USB ................. 397 11.4.2.8 Lab — Researching Password Recovery Procedures ...................................................... 412 11.5.1.1 Class Activity — Design and Build a Small Business Network (Capstone Project) ....... 416 Appendix A — Supplemental Labs .................................. 418 0.0.0.1 Lab — Initializing and Reloading a Router and Switch .................................................... 418 0.0.0.2 Lab — Installing the IPv6 Protocol and Assigning Host Addresseswith Windows XP .............. 422