CCNA 607 Router Simulator

Todd Lammle
William Tedder RouterSim, LLC



Software License Agreement

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1. Per-Computer License Agreement.
RouterSim, LLC grants you a, single-user, non-
exclusive, nontransferable, perpetual license to use
ONE copy of the Software on a SINGLE computer for
each license (authorization) provided to you on the
RouterSim Authorization Diskette.

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rights in the Software:

(a) You may install and use the Software on any

purpose. RouterSim, LLC warrants only that the
software media is free of physical defects for a
period of ninety (90) days from the date of
purchase. If you discover a defect in the media
during this warranty period, you may obtain a
replacement by contacting us at
[email protected].

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this Software automatically terminate if you fail to
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If you have any questions about this agreement,
write to us at 11096 West Rockland Drive, Littleton,
CO 80127 or email us at
[email protected]


Internet Method .................................................................15
Manual Method..................................................................16

Removing License(s) From A Network Server...............................16
Internet Method .................................................................16
Manual Method..................................................................17

Removing the CCNA 607 Router Simulator From the ...................17
Network Server

Important Information About Your Authorization .........................................18

Authorization Location....................................................................18
Formatting Your Hard Drive ...........................................................18

Installing or Removing Your Authorization .....................................18

If You Use Hard Disk Maintenance Utilities ...................................18

Corrupted Authorization .................................................................18

Ghosting .........................................................................................19

If You Have Problems With Our Authorization ...............................19

Authorization Error Codes ..............................................................20


a Host
Lab 2.2: Logging into a Cisco Router and Displaying ......31
the IOS Version
Lab 2.3: Display the Router’s Configuration and .............32
IP Connectivity

Chapter 3: Router CLI (Command Line Interface) .........................36
Lab 3.1: Router User Interface and the Help System .......38
Lab 3.2: Router User Interface and Identifying the ..........44
Interface Modes

Chapter 4: Router Components and Network Connectivity ...........47
Lab 4.1: Router Show Commands ....................................50
Lab 4.2: Using the Cisco Discovery Protocol to ...............54
Gather Information About Neighbor Devices
Lab 4.3: Remote Telnet Access ........................................59
Lab 4.4: Using Telnet and CDP Neighbors ......................66
Commands to Map Your Network Topology
Lab 4.5: ICMP Ping Command..........................................74
Lab 4.6: Troubleshooting Tools and Procedures ..............84

Chapter 5: Router Startup and Setup.............................................92
Lab 5.1: Router Setup Dialog............................................93

Chapter 6: Router Configuration Files, Modes, and Methods........100
Lab 6.1: Basic Router Configuration .................................103
Lab 6.2: Router Interface Configuration ............................108
Lab 6.3: Backing Up and Restoring the Router ................113
Configuration Files Using a TFTP Server


Semester 3 ....................................................................................159

Chapter 1: Review - OSI Reference Model, Routing, and ............161
the TFTP Server
Lab 1.1: Router Lab Setup Review: Class C.....................161
Lab 1.2: Router Lab Setup Review: Class B.....................161
Lab 1.3: Router Lab Setup Challenge: Class A ................162
Lab 1.4: Backing Up and Restoring the Router ................162
Configuration Files Using a TFTP Server
Lab 1.5: IOS Image Copy and Restore / TFTP ................165
Review

Chapter 2: LAN Switching ..............................................................169
Lab 2.1: View and Describe the Menu Options ................170
of a Switch
Lab 2.2: Switch Management Console Interface ..............183
Chapter 3: Virtual LANs (VLANs)...................................................192
Lab 3.1: Switch Management for VLANs ..........................196

Lab 3.2: Connecting to the switch and setting .................207
the passwords
Lab 3.3: Setting the hostname ..........................................210
Lab 3.4: Configuring the IP address information...............211
Lab 3.5: Configuring Switch Interfaces .............................213
Lab 3.6: Configuring Interface Descriptions ......................214
Lab 3.7: Viewing Descriptions...........................................215
Lab 3.8: Configuring the port duplex .................................216 Lab 7.4: Adding a Secondary IPX Network.......................255
(Bonus lab not covered in Semester 3)
Lab 7.5: Adding a Secondary IPX Network using ............257
Subinterfaces (Bonus lab not covered in
Semester 3)
Lab 7.6: Verifying with CDP and IPX Ping ........................259

Semester 4 .....................................................................................260

Chapter 3: WAN Design .................................................................260
Lab 3.1: Overview of WAN Commands ............................260

Chapter 4: Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).......................................267
Lab 4.1: Configuring PPP Encapsulation ..........................268
Lab 4.2: Verifying PPP Encapsulation ..............................270
Lab 4.3: Configuring PPP Authentication with CHAP .......271
(Bonus lab not included in Semester 4)
Lab 4.4: Verifying PPP with Authentication.......................274
(Bonus lab not included in Semester 4)

Chapter 6: Frame Relay .................................................................275
Lab 6.1: Understanding Frame Relay Configuration.........276
Frame Relay DLCI................................................277
Frame Relay LMI..................................................278
Subinterfaces with Frame Relay ..........................278
Lab 6.2: Configuring Frame Relay Switching....................279

607 Router Simulator

This product was mainly developed to be an instructional tool that you can use to learn how to
configure a network. You start out reading about basic commands and proceed to more
advanced topics in the labs. Along the way, you can put into practice what you read. As you
interact with the simulator, you will learn what commands are appropriate at each mode, plus,
the effects they have on the configuration of your network.

You learn by doing. You learn by interacting with a network in a safe environment. You do
not have to worry about bringing a network down and affecting others. This is your
customized network that you build in any way that you want. You can start over if you want,
by removing any configuration(s) that you desire, one command at a time, or by entering
erase start and reload on routers, and delete nvram on the 1900 switches. 11
Finally, people learn best when they can practice with realistic situations that model their real
working environment. It is then easier for someone learning about routers to transfer
knowledge from an instructional setting to their real working environment.

Installing the CCNA
607 Router Simulator On A Standalone System

1. Insert our CD into your CD player.
2. If you have Autorun activated the install program will automatically run.
3. If nothing happens after several seconds open Windows Explorer and find the
program “CCNA607_Single” on our CD.
4. Double-click that program and the install program will run.
5. At the end of the installation process you will be asked if you want to install Adobe
Acrobat 5 reader. This is because the user manual is in .pdf format and is located on

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Internet Method

The product ID number on your jewel case allows you to activate one license.

1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
2. On the main menu click on the button that says “Install License”.
3. You will then see three buttons. Click on the button that says “Web Install”
4. You will be asked to enter your product ID number. Enter the product ID number that
can be found on a sticker on your jewel case.
5. Click the OK button.
6. After a few seconds you will see a message telling you that you have completed a
successful authorization.
7. A license has been placed on your hard drive, in your application directory.
8. You are ready to use the program.

Manual Method

You may not be able to be connected to the Internet when you want to authorize your
program to run. There is a way to perform this operation manually.

1. On the main menu click on the button that says “Install License”.
2. You will then see three buttons. Click on the button that says “Manual Install”
3. A dialog box will appear that will display a user number. There will also be a blank
field that you will eventually fill in with an authorization code. Do not close this dialog
box.
4. Call the Technical Support Department at RouterSim (303-973-7303).
5. Tell them which product that you have purchased and give them your user number
and product ID number.
6. They will give you an authorization code.

Manual Method

1. On the main menu click on the button that says “Remove License”.
2. You will then see three buttons. Click on the button that says “Manual Uninstall”
3. A dialog box will appear that will display a remove number. Call the Technical
Support Department at RouterSim (303-973-7303).
4. Tell them which product that you have and give them your remove number and
product ID number.
5. Your license will be placed back up on an Internet database.
6. Press the OK button on the dialog box

Note: If you use the Manual Method it is important that you follow through and contact our
Technical Support Department. They have to complete the manual process in order
for you to have your license count incremented on the Web database. Once you see
your removal number displayed you can no longer use your program until you install
the license again.

Installing CCNA
607 Router Simulator On A Network Server

1. Insert our CD into your CD player on your network server.
2. If you have Autorun activated the install program will automatically run.
3. If nothing happens after several seconds open Windows Explorer and find the
program “CCNA607_Network” on our CD.
4. Double-click that program and the install program will run.

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5. No icon will appear on your server desktop.
6. Make sure that the RouterSim directory on your server is shareable.



After a few seconds you will see a message telling you that you have completed a successful
authorization. Authorization and licenses have been placed on the network hard drive, in
your application directory. You are ready to use the program.

Note: On all other workstations in which you want to run our program, you do not
need
to install a license. All you have to do is:

1. Go to a workstation.

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2. Map a drive letter to the RouterSim directory.
3. Create a shortcut to the program by dragging ccna607.exe to the workstation
desktop and creating an icon.
4. Double click on the icon to start the program.

Manual Method

You may not be able to connect to the Internet when you want to authorize your program to
run. There is a way to perform this operation manually.

1. Start our program on a workstation by clicking on the CCNA 607 Router Simulator
icon.
2. On the opening screen click the button that says “Install License”.
3. You will then see three buttons. Click on the button that says “Manual Install”
4. A dialog box will appear that will display a user number.
5. Do not close the dialog box.
6. Call the Technical Support Department at RouterSim (303-973-7303).
7. Tell them which product that you have purchased and give them your user number

8. Your license(s) has been placed back up on an Internet database.

Manual Method

1. Go to a workstation.
2. Start the program by clicking on the desktop icon that says “CCNA 607 Router
Simulator”.
3. On the main menu click on the button that says “Remove License”.
4. You will then see three buttons. Click on the button that says “Manual Uninstall”
5. A dialog box will appear that will display a removal number. Call the Technical
Support Department at RouterSim (303-973-7303).
6. Do not close the dialog box.
7. Tell them which product that you have and give them your remove number and
product ID number.
8. Your license(s) will be placed back up on an Internet database.
9. Press the OK button on the dialog box.

Note: If you use the Manual Method that you follow through and contact our Technical
Support Department. They have to complete the manual process in order for you
to have your license count incremented on the Web database. Once you see your
removal number displayed you can no longer use your program until you install
the license again. Removing the CCNA
607 Router Simulator From the Network Server

If you want to remove the CCNA 607 Router Simulator and all associated files from your
network server...


your license. If you want to uninstall your CCNA 607 Router Simulator program,
always remove your authorization first.

If You Use Hard Disk Maintenance UtilitiesIf you use Norton Speed Disk or Diskeeper, they may not recognize our authorization
file (ccna607.ekb). If possible, it is extremely important to enter .ekb as an
unmovable extension in the properties section of your software utility. An example
would be entering the path: “c:\routersim\CCNA607\ax nf zz\ccna607.ekb”.

If this is not done, your authorization program (ccna607.ekb) may become corrupted
when you run such a utility and you will lose your authorization on your hard disk.
You also have the option of removing your authorization before running such a utility.

Corrupted AuthorizationIf you try to copy, move, or tamper with the authorization on your hard drive, it will
become corrupted and you will lose an authorization. The only acceptable way of
interacting with the authorization is to install and remove it from our program. 19
GhostingYou will run into problems if you ghost your computer without first removing our
authorization. Remove our authorization back onto the authorization diskette before
you ghost your computer. The reason for this is because with ghosting you could

2 An authorization has already been activated on your computer.
3 This code can occur if the authorization on your hard drive has been
corrupted. This can occur if it is tampered with or corrupted by another
program such as a hard disk utility.
14 Database authorization file not found - An invalid product ID number was
entered.
15 Database authorization file not found - An invalid product ID number was
entered.
19 This code can occur if the authorization has not been activated on your hard
drive. It actually exists on your hard drive, but in inactive form. You must be
sure to activate the authorization in order to use the product.
21 Database authorization file not found - An invalid product ID number was
entered.
35 An invalid product ID code was entered. Try again.
37 You are trying to remove an authorization from your hard drive but the
program cannot find an activated file.
52 There are no more authorizations left to activate. The program comes with
one license.
251 Connection to the server where you activated your authorization failed.
Please try again.
252 Please check your Internet connection. You need to be connected to the
Internet before you install or uninstall authorization. 21
Starting the CCNA
607 Router Simulator

After you have installed your license onto your hard drive, click the button that says
“Continue”. If you have a legitimate license on your computer, you will see our main screen
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Program Options

Display Lab Window

You can display a lab below the simulation screen or in a separate, pop-up dialog box.
We give you this option because you may want to move your lab dialog box below the
simulator field.

Location of Configuration File

By default your configuration file is saved to your application directory. You may,
however, also save your configuration file to a diskette.

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Simulation Screen

The other main screen in the program is the simulation screen. This is where you enter
your configurations for the different devices. To go to a simulation screen, on the
Network Visualizer screen, double-click on a device such as a 2501 router or 1900
switch.