Static Routing Beginners Lab

Posted by Rene Molenaar June 16, 2010 in Static Routing

Scenario:

You are working as a networking specialist at a company called “Networks4All”. One of their customers has 2 dedicated links to connect their New York site to the Washington site. You are not allowed to use routing protocols because they are paying for every single bit that’s sent on these links. You need to do use static routing to get the job done and keep the customer happy.

Goal:

All IP addresses are preconfigured as shown in the topology picture.
There is a Loopback0 interface on the Washington router: IP Address 2.2.2.2/30.
There is a Loopback0 interface on the New York router: IP Address 1.1.1.1/30.
New York: create a static route pointing to the Loopback0 network on Washington, traffic should pass the 192.168.1.0 network.
Washington: create a default route pointing to the Loopback0 network on New York, traffic should pass the 192.168.2.0 network. In the routing table you should see a 0.0.0.0 entry.
New York: create a backup static route pointing to the Loopback0 network on Washington, administrative distance should be 100.
Washington: change the default route so it stays in the routing table even when the interface goes down.

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Topology:

Static Routing Network Topology

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34 Comments

fahad says:

November 3, 2010 at 10:50

thank you i’m going to try the the labs
Ki Song says:

November 23, 2010 at 20:34

Hi I just wanted some feed back on my config since I can’t find solution to this lab:

[b]New York:[/b]
interface Loopback2
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252

interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.252
!
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 Serial0/0
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 Serial0/1 100

routing table

Gateway of last resort is not set

1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback2
2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
S 2.2.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.1.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.2.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/1

[b]Washington:[/b]
interface Loopback1
ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.252
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.252
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0/1

routing table:

Gateway of last resort is 0.0.0.0 to network 0.0.0.0

2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 2.2.2.0 is directly connected, Loopback1
192.168.1.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.2.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/1
S* 0.0.0.0/0 is directly connected, Serial0/1
Rene Molenaar says:

November 26, 2010 at 17:37

The config looks fine. There’s one thing left you could try:

When the interface goes down the entry will be removed from the routing tabe. If you add the “permanent” command after the static route it will stay there even if the interface goes down.
1. Umair says:
  
  August 27, 2014 at 09:39
  
  good one
Ye Thao says:

March 23, 2012 at 03:15

this was useful for learning about static route…
1. ReneMolenaar says:
  
  June 18, 2012 at 11:58
  
  Thanks!
miroofi75 says:

June 12, 2012 at 11:32

Good Site: I will try to configure labs by my style and need your comments.

[b][u]Washington[/u][/b]

interface Loopback0
ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.252

!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 permanent
!

[u][b]NewYork[/b][/u]

interface Loopback0
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 192.168.1.2
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 192.168.2.2 100
!
!

NEWYORK(config)#do sh ip route
Codes: C – connected, S – static, R – RIP, M – mobile, B – BGP
D – EIGRP, EX – EIGRP external, O – OSPF, IA – OSPF inter area
N1 – OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 – OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 – OSPF external type 1, E2 – OSPF external type 2
i – IS-IS, su – IS-IS summary, L1 – IS-IS level-1, L2 – IS-IS level-2
ia – IS-IS inter area, * – candidate default, U – per-user static route
o – ODR, P – periodic downloaded static route

Gateway of last resort is not set

1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback0
2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
S 2.2.2.0 [1/0] via 192.168.1.2
192.168.1.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.2.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/1

NEWYORK(config)#do ping 2.2.2.2

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 2.2.2.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/10/28 ms
NEWYORK(config)#
1. ReneMolenaar says:
  
  June 18, 2012 at 12:02
  
  Your config looks fine, thanks for sharing!
ozy026 says:

July 21, 2012 at 22:51

[b][color=red]Washington[/color][/b][u][/u]

interface Loopback2
ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0/1
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 permanent
!
Gateway of last resort is 192.168.1.1 to network 0.0.0.0

2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 2.2.2.0 is directly connected, Loopback2
192.168.1.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.2.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/1
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 192.168.1.1
is directly connected, Serial0/1

[b][color=blue]NewYork[/color][/b][u][/u]

interface Loopback1
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/1
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.252
clock rate 2000000
!
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 Serial0/0
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.252 Serial0/1 100 permanent
!

Gateway of last resort is not set

1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback1
2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
S 2.2.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.1.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.1.0 is directly connected, Serial0/0
192.168.2.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 192.168.2.0 is directly connected, Serial0/1
cybermate1122 says:

July 22, 2012 at 06:08

Hi,
Would you please tell me which IOS have to use for this LAB, because i have downloaded the mentioned IOS c3640-jk9s-mz.124-16.bin, its not woring with any of LAB

So please give me solution
1. ReneMolenaar says:
  
  August 24, 2012 at 14:36
  
  What’s going wrong when you try to open one of my labs? You can take a look at this article, it fixes most problems:
  
  http://gns3vault.com/Faq/203-bad-number-of-parameters-1-with-minmax22.html
Pradeepsharma says:

October 2, 2012 at 10:40

Good One For CCNA People..!!
tbrown says:

October 9, 2012 at 11:05

thanks a million for this site! It’s of great help too.
udaya.selvan.a says:

December 4, 2012 at 21:11

Hello Rene,

Can you please clarify this doubt.?

Let’s say we add a word "Permanent" at the end of ip route. I agree, that entry will be there in routing table even if interface down.

But the question here is that, when interface is down, what’s the point in having an entry in the table which is anyway not going to push the traffic.

Is this concept used for someother purpose?
1. Frank says:
  
  June 16, 2014 at 21:52
  
  When the route is not available, it fails over to the secondary route even with the permanent entry. Once the link is restored, the route is reestablished automatically because it was set as a perm route.
  
  I hope that makes sense.
cr12318 says:

January 2, 2013 at 22:48

Great Site!
I notice that in the loopback assignment you used a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252 (/30). Isn’t best practice to use a classful address?

Thanks,

Carlos
gjab says:

April 10, 2013 at 22:11

I going to try
bkp says:

April 13, 2013 at 00:47

I like the concept of the site and I appreciate all the hard work you have put into it, but it’s obvious that in this lab that there was some pre-configuration done before the video begins. If a person just follows the steps in the video, the same results are not possible (at least not in the order they were presented). This really is not for beginners.

Additionally, when explaining how to add the backup route (with administrative distance of 100) at 3: 00, there is never any explanation of how to verify that it actually exists. In fact, at 3:54 it is stated, [i]”If you do ‘show ip route’ you won’t see it…”[/i]

Thanks!
1. dumar.herrera says:
  
  October 6, 2013 at 02:56
  
  Hi !… you can check the backup static route if turn-off the interface 192.168.1.2 in Washington and verify the static routes in NewYork.
  
  NewYork#sh ip ro
  Codes: C – connected, S – static, R – RIP, M – mobile, B – BGP
  D – EIGRP, EX – EIGRP external, O – OSPF, IA – OSPF inter area
  N1 – OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 – OSPF NSSA external type 2
  E1 – OSPF external type 1, E2 – OSPF external type 2
  i – IS-IS, su – IS-IS summary, L1 – IS-IS level-1, L2 – IS-IS level-2
  ia – IS-IS inter area, * – candidate default, U – per-user static route
  o – ODR, P – periodic downloaded static route
  
  Gateway of last resort is not set
  
  1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
  C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback0
  2.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
  S 2.2.2.0 [100/0] via 192.168.2.2
  C 192.168.2.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/1
  NewYork#
shaikh says:

April 23, 2013 at 09:22

i want topology
abouscaren says:

October 3, 2013 at 04:49

Random question.

When watching the video the mask put in was 255.255.255.0 (/24) for all of the routes. In the instructions it showed the mask as /30. On routes does it matter? I think it would because of the broadcast address, but just wanted to get a second opinion.
arshad167 says:

October 6, 2013 at 05:25

Gateway of last resort is not set

1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback0
2.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
S 2.2.2.0 [[b]1[/b]/0] via 192.168.1.2, Serial0/0
C 192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/0
C 192.168.2.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/1

NewYork#sh run | s ip route

ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.0 Serial0/0 192.168.1.2
ip route 2.2.2.0 255.255.255.0 Serial0/1 192.168.2.2 100

when interface Serial0/0 is shutdown:::
the routing table looks like::::

*Mar 1 00:10:10.235: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to administratively down
*Mar 1 00:10:11.235: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/0, changed state to downdo
% Incomplete command.

NewYork(config-if)#do sh ip route
Codes: C – connected, S – static, R – RIP, M – mobile, B – BGP
D – EIGRP, EX – EIGRP external, O – OSPF, IA – OSPF inter area
N1 – OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 – OSPF NSSA external type 2
E1 – OSPF external type 1, E2 – OSPF external type 2
i – IS-IS, su – IS-IS summary, L1 – IS-IS level-1, L2 – IS-IS level-2
ia – IS-IS inter area, * – candidate default, U – per-user static route
o – ODR, P – periodic downloaded static route

Gateway of last resort is not set

1.0.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
C 1.1.1.0 is directly connected, Loopback0
2.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 1 subnets
S 2.2.2.0 [[b]100[/b]/0] via 192.168.2.2, Serial0/1
C 192.168.2.0/24 is directly connected, Serial0/1
NewYork(config-if)#

[b]Washington[/b](config)#do sh run | s ip route
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Serial0/1 192.168.2.1 [b]permanent[/b]
Washington(config)#

Any suggestions
pravin.ccnp says:

December 3, 2013 at 07:26

I started my Lab practice here on GNS3.

Thanks Rene for sharing the LAB

…….. & all other friends in the discussion…it is informative

—-Pravin
jdebusk15 says:

December 31, 2013 at 16:08

First off, I wanted to say that I love these labs. They are challenging enough to make you think outside of the ordinary box. Great job on making these and thanks for making them available!

I have two questions:

(1) The way that I understand your solution is that there is no need for a routing protocol because the two subinterfaces are sharing the same MAC address, so the router gets two separate ARP entries for its same MAC. This allows it to translate between two Layer 3 IPs without having to change the source Layer 2 address, because changing the source Layer 2 address (on a router) for packets it transmits means putting it in a different broadcast domain. Is this a correct understanding?

(2) I don’t understand why you can specify the encapsulation type on the subinterface and not on the physical interface. I unsuccessfully attempted to do this lab by creating a secondary IP address on the physical interface instead of creating a subinterface. On the physical interface I have either the option of enabling switchport mode trunk (which disables adding an IP address) or I can disable switchport to enable adding an IP. I don’t have the option of doing both as on the subinterface. Is there a logical reason behind why I can’t specify the encapsulation type on the physical interface itself so I can trunk in both VLANs?

Thanks!
1. sshaaban3 says:
  
  February 16, 2014 at 20:27
  
  thx alot
hamed says:

March 27, 2014 at 13:25

tnx alot. im going to try it right now.
D. Franklin says:

November 16, 2014 at 15:40

I’m upgraded to the latest version of GNS3, why won’t the labs download to mines.
1. Rene Molenaar says:
  
  November 18, 2014 at 11:35
  
  You can’t download or can’t open them? I just checked and this file is working for me.
Kim says:

December 8, 2014 at 20:31

I’ve noticed in my test even with the permanent keyword, if the interface is shut the default route is no longer in the routing table. Can someone confirm this for me pls.
Claritin says:

December 18, 2014 at 04:27

Why are most the labs pre-configured already? What is the point of understand these labs if almost everything is already pre-configured?
1. Claritin says:
  
  December 18, 2014 at 04:43
  
  never mind I will just use show startup-config and show running-config and copy each code and try to do this lab without the pre-config files. I can understand it can be time consuming to keep showing the first steps.
2. Nicholas Russo says:
  
  December 24, 2014 at 01:29
  
  You nailed it. Rene likes to get to straight to the point. I, on the other hand, like to start from ground zero always. It builds speed in setting up the basics.
Mustofa Nabhan says:

January 9, 2015 at 01:55

thanks sir 😀 #indonesian
Marius Bucataru says:

January 31, 2015 at 23:46

Cheers Rene,
running my first lab on a fresh installed GNS3 1.2.3 windows XP machine with a web downloaded IOS image, it went like a train, thanks for your work.
Just decided to go for the CCNP route exam even I noticed the CCNA knowledge I had one year ago is far away lost in space ( I do not work in networking, I’m more in optical and legacy transmission domain).

Maybe it sounds like mission impossible 5 ( 4 was the last one?) but with your quality work and thanks god the new GNS3 that seems to be wonderfull and stable enough, I hope that I will be able somehow in september ( or maybe june?) to have the gut and pass the exam

My gratitude and regards from Zoetermeer NL

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