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Building a simple network
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Created on February 18, 2025
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A test of your knowledge on what you have learned
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Building a simple network
Routers will be the network devices allowing computers to communicate between networks.
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Add routers to the Red suqares
Building a simple network
Computers will act as 'end' or 'host' devices on the network. They will be responsible for generating the majority of network traffic.
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Now add computers
Building a simple network
192.168.2.2
192.168.2.1
Subnet mask255.255.255.0
network address 192.168.2.0
Subnet mask255.255.255.0
network address 192.168.1.0
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.3
192.168.1.2
Building a simple network
192.168.2.0
Network 2
192.168.1.0
Network 1
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Network 2
Network 1
Assign IP addresses to the Devices
10.0.0.2
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.0
This network will connect the two routers to each other, allowing hosts on networks 1 and 2 to communicate.
Subnet mask255.255.255.252
network address 10.0.0.0
192.168.2.2
192.168.2.1
192.168.1.3
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.1
Network 3
Building a simple network
192.168.1.1
192.168.2.0
Network 2
192.168.1.0
Network 1
Network 3
Assign IP addresses to the routers
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10.0.0.2
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.0
Connectivity should be tested using the ping command, if everything was set up correctly. It would look something like this:
192.168.2.2
192.168.2.1
192.168.1.3
192.168.1.2
192.168.1.1
Network 3
Building a simple network
192.168.1.1
192.168.2.0
Network 2
192.168.1.0
Network 1
Testing connectivity
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