Cisco Systems CCNA 2 manual Case Study Instructor Notes, Phase 1 Project Description, Class Range

Case Study – Instructor Notes

Phase 1: Project Description

This phase of the case study can begin early in the semester, as students should be familiar with subnetting.

The entire case study should be discussed in class so that all students understand that the purpose of this study is not only to practice configuration and troubleshooting, but also to learn how to document their work. The following are some good web sites that will help the students’ understanding of documentation:

http://www.ittoolkit.com/articles/tech/importofdocs.htm

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1475021

http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/100quickref/ch14qr_16.html

http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/1997/11/24/smallb2.html

The network address assigned should be one of the private IP address ranges or a subnet of one:

Class

A

B

C

Range

10.0.0.0– 10.255.255.255

172.16.0.0– 172.31.255.255

192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255

The routing protocol should be IGRP. The first part of Phase 1 should probably be completed as a class so that students understand the purpose of the case study. Along with a discussion of Phase 1, the deliverable piece should also be covered. The instructor should decide whether or not this is a group project. Certainly each student should be capable of deciding on IP addresses of interfaces after the IP scheme has been chosen.

The Network Diagram - IP Addressing on page 4 is the first document that should be approved by the instructor.

Phase 2: IP Addressing

This Phase of the case study should be due after module 4 or 5 is completed.

Students should recreate the drawing during this Phase using CDN, Visio, or a paint program. In the drawing the students should be advised to insert the appropriate interface connections on the routers. The drawing should be approved by the instructor.

The following topics can be used for class discussion:

•The reasons for using private IP addressing

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