Cisco Packet Tracer: Exercises

Port Gig0/1, where R4 was connected, was in VLAN 1. But the trunk port connecting this switch to the rest of the topology was allowing VLANs 10, 20, and 30. Not VLAN 1.

The clock on the wall of Lab 3B read 11:47 PM. Thirteen minutes to save his grade. Leo’s eyes, dry and aching, darted between the glowing topology on his screen and the cryptic lines of his lab instructions. cisco packet tracer exercises

R4#show ip ospf neighbor

Then, a memory surfaced. Voss’s droning voice from week three: "OSPF hellos are sent to multicast address 224.0.0.5. If you can’t see them, check the path between. Layer 2 is always a liar." Port Gig0/1, where R4 was connected, was in VLAN 1

A cheer erupted from Leo’s throat, startling a janitor who was mopping the hallway outside. It was just a simulation. Just virtual routers on a virtual network built by a virtual software company. But the feeling was real. The puzzle had been solved. The pieces had clicked. The clock on the wall of Lab 3B read 11:47 PM

Nothing. Dead silence. The virtual equivalent of a dial tone in an empty house.

Layer 2. The switch. The invisible plumbing.