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Spanning Tree for CCNA

Written by Rene Molenaar on . Posted in Switching

Scenario:

You are the leading network engineer of an international reptile and insects museum. Recently the museum has been experiencing trouble with their switched network due to loops. Up to you to optimize the spanning tree configuration!

Goal:

  • Create VLAN 10,20,30 and 40 on all switches.
  • Who is the root bridge for VLAN 10 and why?
  • Make sure switch Ant is the root bridge for VLAN 10, switch Bee should be the backup in case switch Ant fails. You are not allowed to use the priority command.
  • Make sure switch Bee is the root bridge for VLAN 20, switch Ant should be the backup in case switch Bee fails. You are not allowed to use the priority command.
  • Make sure switch Butterfly is the root bridge for VLAN 30, switch Grasshopper should be the backup in case switch Butterfly fails. You are not allowed to use the spanning-tree root command.
  • Make sure switch Grasshopper is the root bridge for VLAN 40, switch Butterfly should be the backup in case switch Butterfly fails. You are not allowed to use the spanning-tree root command.
  • Change the hello timer on all switches for VLAN 10 to 4 seconds.
  • Make sure switch Grasshopper does not use FastEthernet 1/1 to reach the root bridge in VLAN 10, you are not allowed to shutdown the interfaces.
  • Make sure switch Grasshopper uses FastEthernet 1/3 to reach the root bridge in VLAN 20.
  • In the future there will be a workstation connected to switch Bee's FastEthernet f1/4. Make sure it goes to forwarding mode immediately.
     

IOS:

c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T7.bin

Topology:

Spanning-Tree CCNA Network Topology

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Comments (11)

  • avatar
    nitin3
    2011-06-28 21:39:02

    Getting following error while opening. please help

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  • avatar
    wbl
    2011-06-29 19:19:26

    show vlans vs. show vlan in ICND2 book
    switchport command does not seem to exist

    using ios c3725-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.124-15.T13
    could not get suggested ios c3640-jk9s-mz.124-16.bin to work
    got error hardware/software mismatch

    Ive read somewhere else on this site that there was an issue
    with emulating switching, I assumed it was fixed with this lab.

    Please clarify.

    -wbl

  • avatar
    ReneMolenaar
    2011-06-29 23:58:37

    hi wbl,

    The commands for the switch module are a bit different than a real switch. This is why i dislike using "switching" stuff in GNS3 because you are learning commands that you would normally not use.

    Nevertheless it gives people a chance to practice spanning-tree using GNS3 instead of real hardware.

    You need to use "show vlan-switch" instead. By the way did you use my topology or built it yourself? If you built it yourself you need to make sure you don't click and drag the FastEthernet interfaces but choose "manual" when selecting the interfaces. Otherwise you are using the router interfaces and not the NM-16SW interfaces.

    Let me know how it works for you, did you see my video as an example?

    I used the c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T7.bin image for this lab, by accident i specified the 3640 image but that's an error ;D

    Let me know how it goes ok?

    Rene

  • avatar
    Snyperx
    2011-07-22 20:39:10

    I do not have the 3725 image. I do have the 3640 and 2600 images. Can the lab be reconfigured with the 3640 image, otherwise this lab is useless to me. Thanks!!

  • avatar
    ReneMolenaar
    2011-07-25 12:59:51

    You can use the NM-16SW switch module also for the 3640 routers. Just recreate the topology using your 3640s and you are ready to go.

  • avatar
    tohritz
    2011-10-28 00:41:09

    Hi Rene,

    I'm following your video, however, I can't get the result, "Spanning tree instance for VLAN 10 does not exist.", or any other vlan number when i type, "show spanning-tree vlan 10" or any vlan number.

  • avatar
    tohritz
    2011-10-28 00:42:25

    i meant, it shows that output when i type the show command. it wouldn't show the spanning tree result for the vlan.

  • avatar
    tohritz
    2011-10-28 02:02:38

    i don't know if this is the correct solution but i found out that I have to set the links to the switches as trunks in order for me to get the commands to work. :)

  • avatar
    tohritz
    2011-10-29 00:24:46

    thanks...this helps alot.

  • avatar
    ReneMolenaar
    2011-10-28 14:51:46

    Hello Rito,

    It's my fault ;D I created the vlans for this lab but they are not saved in the config but in the vlan database which isn't saved by default on GNS3.

    Easiest solution is to create the vlans yourself, just type in:

    vlan 10
    vlan 20
    vlan 30
    vlan 40
    exit

    Then check them by using the 'show vlan-switch' command.

    And yes it's a good idea to check if the links between the 'switches' are in trunk mode.

  • avatar
    dearsnow
    2012-02-14 05:31:34

    1.vlan 10
    vlan 20
    vlan 30
    vlan 40
    2.show spanning-tree vlan 10, the lowest MAC will be come root for vlan 10.
    3.ANT: spanning-tree vlan 10 root priority
    BEE: spanning-tree vlan 10 root secondary
    4.BEE: spanning-tree vlan 20 root priority
    ANT: spanning-tree vlan 20 root secondary
    5.Butterfly: spanning-tree vlan 30 priority 4096
    Grasshopper: spanning-tree vlan 30 priority 8192
    6.Grasshopper: spanning-tree vlan 40 priority 4096
    Butterfly: spanning-tree vlan 40 priority 8192
    7.ANT: spanning-tree vlan 10 hello-time 4
    8.BEE: interface fastethernet 1/3
    spanning-tree vlan 10 port-priority 64
    9.BEE: interface fastethernet 1/3
    spanning-tree vlan 20 port-priority 64
    10.BEE: interface fastethernet 1/4
    spanning-tree portfast