a tutorial on Routers and Network Segmentation
SuperClassName _____________________________ Routers and Network Segmentation You will create screen shots and insert them in this document then upload it through Moodle. You may find it useful to review the Routers Power Point and the Routing Essentials handout in Moodle. PART 1 – NetSim Network Simulator Intro: We will use a Cisco router simulator for this assignment: NetSim (Network Simulator) from Boson. Boson charges for the full version, but there is a free demo version that will work quite nicely for us. It gives you experience configuring a Cisco router without needing the hardware. The Boson website includes the download NetSim option, as well as a user manual and NetSim demo videos which you are invited to look at especially if you have problems doing the demo labs for this assignment. They have practice labs on their site as well, but they charge for these. You want the free demo labs for this assignment. If you are doing this assignment from a classroom computer where NetSim is already installed go to Part A at the bottom of this document. Use your browser to navigate to http://www.boson.com/netsim-cisco-network-simulator Then click the Download Demo button on the home page. It will ask you to login by creating an account. Create the account. Select the NetSim Download Installer button, not the Boson Exam Environment (see below). Start downloading the NetSim package. After downloading it, if NetSim doesn’t automatically launch then launch it yourself. When you are asked if you want to activate or demo NetSim, select demo (see below). When you re-launch NetSim, always select demo mode as shown below: Select the Demo Lab option when you see the link: PART 2 – The Configuration Demo Labs After clicking on Try the Demo Lab, a console screen will appear at the bottom of the window (it says Press Enter to Start). This is for your command-line entry. The lab instructions are at the top: In the instructions, first there...
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