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Worksheet - VLANs

The document provides a step-by-step guide on configuring VLANs on Cisco switches, specifically Switch1 and Switch2, including the necessary commands to create VLANs and assign interfaces. It also explains the importance of VLAN trunking for inter-switch communication and outlines the commands required to enable trunking. Finally, it emphasizes the verification of configurations and the expected outcomes of ping tests between devices in different VLANs.

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Worksheet - VLANs

The document provides a step-by-step guide on configuring VLANs on Cisco switches, specifically Switch1 and Switch2, including the necessary commands to create VLANs and assign interfaces. It also explains the importance of VLAN trunking for inter-switch communication and outlines the commands required to enable trunking. Finally, it emphasizes the verification of configurations and the expected outcomes of ping tests between devices in different VLANs.

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Configuring VLANs

To configure VLANs on a Cisco switch, use the vlan global configuration


command. In addition, one can also use the vlan database command at the
privileged mode.
In this exercise, we will configure VLANs on Switch1 and Switch2. The following
table lists the details of topology that we will use.

VLAN VLAN
Switch1 Switch2 ID Name

PC name: PC0 PC name: PC2


IP address: 10.0.0.1 IP address: 10.0.0.3
Switch interface: Fa0/ 1 Interface: Fa0/ 1 10 Sales

PC name: PC1 PC name: PC3


IP address: 10.0.0.2 IP address: 10.0.0.4
Switch interface: Fa0/ 2 Interface: Fa0/ 2 20 Account
We will use the following topology to demonstrate how to configure VLANs.
1. Create the preceding topology in Cisco Packet Tracer. Once you have created
the preceding topology, configure the appropriate IP addresses on each PCs. After
configuring IP addresses, let’s have a look at the command syntaxes used to
configure VLANs.

Switch( config)# vlan < vlan number >

Switch( config-vlan)# vlan < name of vlan

2. Once you created the desired VLANs, next you need to assign the interfaces
to the desired VLANs. To do so, the following commands are used at the interface
configuration mode.

Switch( config-if)# switchport mode access

Switch( config-if)# switchport access vlan < VLAN ID >

Configure VLANs Step By Step


1. Execute the following commands on Switch1 to configure a VLAN named Sales
with the VLAN ID as 10.

Switch1( config)# vlan 10


Switch1( config-vlan)# name Sales

Switch1( config-vlan)# exit

2. Execute the following commands on Switch1 to configure a VLAN named


Account with the VLAN ID as 20.

Switch1( config)# vlan 20

Switch1( config-vlan)# name Account

Switch1( config-vlan)# exit

3. The following figure shows how to configure VLANs.


4. Once you have configured the desired VLANs, execute the following commands
to assign the Fa0/ 1 interface to Sales VLAN and Fa0/ 2 interface to Account VLAN.

Switch1( config)# interface fa0/ 1

Switch1( config-if)# switchport mode access

Switch1( config-if)# switchport access vlan 10

Switch1( config-if)# exit

Switch1( config)# interface fa0/ 2

Switch1( config-if)# switchport mode access

Switch1( config-if)# switchport access vlan 20

Switch1( config-if)# exit

Switch1( config)# exit

5. Once you have assigned the appropriate interfaces to the appropriate VLANs,
verify the VLAN configuration by executing the following command.

Switch1# show vlan brief

6. The following figure shows that the VLANs are configured on Switch1.
7. After configuring VLANs on Switch1, next configure the same VLANs (Sales
and Account) and assigned the same interfaces (Fa0/ 1 and fa0/ 2) to the
respective VLANs. If you have any issue, refer the above-mentioned table.

Switch( config)# hostname Switch2

Switch2( config)# vlan 10

Switch2( config-vlan)# name Sales

Switch2( config-vlan)# exit

Switch2( config)# vlan 20

Switch2( config-vlan)# name Account

Switch2( config-vlan)# exit

Switch2( config)# interface fa0/ 1

Switch2( config-if)# switchport mode access

Switch2( config-if)# switchport access vlan 10

Switch2( config-if)# exit

Switch2( config)# interface fa0/ 2

Switch2( config-if)# switchport access vlan 20

Switch2( config-if)# exit

Switch2( config)# exit

8. Verify your configuration by executing the following command.

Switch2# show vlan brief

9. Now, you have done the VLAN configurations on both the switches. To verify
your VLAN configuration, open Command Prompt on PC0 and type the following
command:

Ping 10.0.0.2
10. You should not be able to ping even both the PCs are in the same network.
The reason is that PC0 (IP 10.0.0.1, interface Fa0/ 1) and PC1 (IP 10.0.0.2,
interface Fa0/ 2) belong to different VLAN IDs.

Ping 10.0.0.3

11. You should not be able to ping, because we still have not configured VLAN
trunking (covered in the next section) between both the switches.

Configuring VLAN Trunking


VLAN trunking carries VLAN traffic from switch to another switch using the trunk
port. A trunk port is simply a switch port that is used to interconnect switches. In
order to forward VLAN traffic from one switch to another switch, you need to enable
trunking on the trunk ports of both the switches. To do so, the following command
syntaxes are used.

Switch( config-if)# interface < interface name/ number >

Switch( config-if)# switchport mode trunk

In the topology that we have used to configure VLANs, we need to execute the
following commands on both the switches.
1. On Switch1, execute the following commands:

Switch1( config-if)# interface Fa0/ 3

Switch1( config-if)# switchport mode trunk

2. On Switch2, execute the following commands:

Switch2( config-if)# interface Fa0/ 3

Switch2( config-if)# switchport mode trunk

3. Verify that the trunking is configured. On Switch1, execute the following


command to verify VLAN trunking.

Show interface fa0/3 switchport

4. Once you have enabled VLAN trunking on the respective ports on the switches,
verify your VLAN configuration. To do so, execute the following command on PC0.
▪ ping 10.0.0.2
5. You should not be able to ping even both the PCs are in the same network. The
reason is that PC0 (IP 10.0.0.1, interface Fa0/ 1) and PC1 (IP 10.0.0.2, interface
Fa0/ 2) belong to different VLAN IDs.
▪ ping 10.0.0.3
6. Now you should be able to ping, because we have enabled VLAN trunking
between both the switches. Further, PC0 (IP 10.0.0.1, interface Fa0/ 1 of Switch1)
and PC2 (IP 10.0.0.3, interface F0/ 1 of Switch2) both belong to the same VLAN
ID (Sales 10).
▪ ping 10.0.0.4
7. You should not be able to ping because PC0 (IP 10.0.0.1, interface Fa0/ 1 of
Switch1) and PC3 (IP 10.0.0.4, interface Fa0/ 2 of Switch2) belong to the different
VLAN IDs.

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