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4050-515/4055-815 Lab 7 Basic VLANs Report 20094 Page 1 of 2

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Activity 3 Configuring VLANs 3.1 (5 pts) Record the 1st page of output received from the show vlan command. Explain the output from this command. 3.2 (5 pts) Record the command necessary to acquire complete port information. Include the output for your configured 3550 ports only. Activity 4 VLAN Topology 4.1 5 pts) Are all nodes within a VLAN able to see all the unicast and broadcast traffic generated within the VLAN boundaries? Use your experiment to explain. 4.2 (5 pts) Are all nodes within a VLAN able to see all the unicast and broadcast traffic generated from the other VLAN? Use your experiment to explain. 4.3 (5 pts) Why did we configure the PCs to be in the same IP network for these experiments? Activity 5 Connecting VLANs 5.1 (5 points) Draw your topology. 5.2 (5 points) Why do you suppose we built the topology in this fashion? What were we trying to prove? Activity 6 VLAN Modifications 6.1 (5 pts) Record the commands you used to accomplish the steps in this activity. Activity 7 Broadcast Storms with STP Enabled 7.1 (5 pts) What difference do you notice in the STA fields of the BPDUs?

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7.2 (5 pts) What happened as a result of your broadcast traffic when you connected the two ports together? 7.3 (5 pts) Why didnt a broadcast storm occur? Be very specific. 7.4 (5 pts) How can you prove your answer to question 7.3? Provide the proof. Activity 8 Broadcast Storms with STP Disabled 8.1 (5 pts) When pinging from PC2 to a non-existent address, what traffic is generated and what does the switch do with it? 8.2 (5 pts) How long did it take for results to become clear? Activity 10 Additional Commands & Recovery 10.1 (4 pts) Record the command used to name your VLAN. With a screen capture show me the name of your VLAN. 10.2 (4pts) Record the command used to remove your VLAN. With a screen capture show me that your VLANs have been removed. 10.3 (4pts) How do you return all the ports to the management VLAN? With a screen capture show me that you have done this. 10.4 (5 pts) Explain the difference between dynamic and static VLANs? 10.5 (3 pts) Which type of VLAN did you configure in lab?