Switch Based Network and Connection testing, Internet sharing, RDC

 

Q1: Building and testing a Switch based Network.

 

1.     Introduction (devices Connectivity, IP Assigning)

2.     Connection Testing

3.     Internet Sharing

4.     Remote Desktop Connections

5.     Use Hub, switch, Routers to connect network.

 

Introduction:

                          Switch is a network device and uses to connect different types of devices such as computers, servers, printers etc. So basically this little bit different than hub because it do not broadcast the data like a hub therefore this device is more secure and more intelligent device than hub but more expensive. Switch can store MAC and IP addresses and by using them it will send the message directly to the specific device.

 

IP Assigning:

                         To assign IP address to switch we should need to go the CLI setting inside the switch we can enter by clicking on the switch and after this you can see the CLI option above in Manu. After clicking on the CLI we need to enter the commands to assign the ip address to the switch. So, the commands are the following

1)      First of all enter the ”enable”

2)      After this to check your VLAN IP address enter the “show ip interface brief”

3)      If there will be no IP assign to VLAN then enter “configure terminal”

4)      Now enter “interface VLAN 1”

5)      Now enter any IP address with subnet like this” ip address 192.168.1.9 255.255.255.0”

6)      After this enter ”no shutdown”

7)      Now you added the IP address successfully so therefore to check it firstly press ctrl +z

8)      After this enter again “show IP interface brief”

            Output will be like this as you can see you had successfully assigned the IP address to the switch.

 

Connection Testing:

                                          We can test the connection by send the ping to other network if the network ping back the message then networking is working properly otherwise there is a problem inside the network.

 

Internet Sharing:

                                To share the internet there are need of some network devices, switch to join the network, internet service provider and servers. Firstly the request from a network will go to switch and then by passing through switch it go to the internet service provider and after ISP request will go to the server and then server will respond back to the network. In this way surfing on internet works.

Remote Desktop Connections:

                                     Remote desktop connections allow us to use the other’s pc by using software made by Microsoft. The main purpose for remote desktop connection is to solve software related problems from home using an internet connection. Now some hackers also use this software to hack the other’s pc.

 

Use Hub, switch, Routers to connect network:

Using Switch:

Using Hub:

Using Router: