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Instructions: Use this template as the foundation to produce your lab report. Type your answers after each question. All lab reports are due one week after your scheduled lab period.
Activity 2 2.1(2 Points) Do RIP packets received by routers get forwarded? How do you know? 2.2(2 Points) What is the difference in the RIP packet received by router #1 from router #2 and the RIP packet received by router #3 from router #2? 2.3(2 Points) What version of RIP is running on the routers by default? 2.4 (2 Points) Draw a RIP packet. Label all the fields and give the sizes of each 2.5(2 Points) Name 2 fields specific to a network besides the address. 2.6(4 Points) What are the destination MAC & IP addresses of a RIP packet and why are those particular addresses used? 2.7(10 Points) Record the hop counts in the routing tables. For directly connected networks enter a C. Network A B C D E Router 1 Router 2 Router 3 Router 4

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Activity 3 - Creating a routing loops across network A 3.1 (16 Points) In the following table, for each router record the metric in that router's routing table for each network. For directly connected networks enter a C. Network A B C D 3.2(4 Points)Explain any differences between your hypothesis and the actual results. In other words explain what really happened. If there are no differences explain how you came up with your hypothesis. 3.3 (2 Points) Record the routing table of router 1 once the routes have converged. Explain any changes. Activity 4 Another loop 4.1 (16 Points) In the following table, for each router record the metric in that router's routing table for each network. For directly connected networks enter a C. Network A B D 4.2 (4 Points) Explain any differences between your hypothesis and the actual results. In other words explain what really happened. If there are no differences explain how you came up with your hypothesis. 4.3(2 Points) Record the routing table of router 1 once the routes have converged. Explain any changes. Router 1 Router 2 Router 3 Router 4 Router 1 Router 2 Router 3 Router 4

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4050-515/4055-815 Lab 5 RIP Report Activity 5 - Breaking a segment 5.1(12 Points) In the following table, for each router record the metric in that router's routing table for each network. Network A B D 5.2 (2 Points) Explain how you ended up with the entries you have. That is, explain why the metrics are their current values? 5.3(2 Points) When pinging from PC #1 PC #2, what packet traffic did you see on PC1? Assume that all ARP tables are fully populated. 5.4(2 Points) Did the ping succeed? Why or why not? Activity 6 RIP version 2 6.1(1 Points) What is the command you used to clear the routing table? 6.2(2 Points) Is there any change to the routing table between using RIPv1 and RIPv2? Supply screen shots to support your answer. 6.3 (2Points) Draw a Version 2 RIP Packet and explain the differences between the Version 1 and the Version 2 packet. 6.4(2 Points) What command did you use to prevent certain networks from being advertised without physically disabling the interface? Why would we ever do this? 6.5(2 Points) Insert a screenshot of a packet that shows that RIP poisoned a route. Describe what you did to simulate a downed link. Activity #7 - Tracert 7.1 (1 Points) In examining the results of a tracert from router #1 to router #3 how many attempts are there to each hop along the way? Router 1 Router 2 Router 3 Router 4 20112 Page 3 of 4

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7.2 (4 Points) How does tracert work? Stated another way, what is it doing? Why is tracert useful? Use an actual example in your explanation and provide the relevant screen shot.