EXPERIMENT # 10

Configuring OSPF

Objective:
 To get familiar with the configuration of OSPF area.
 To understand the designing of routers using OSPF areas.

Equipment:
 Computer
 Packet tracer (version 8.0).

Introduction:
A routing protocol is a protocol that specifies how routers communicate with each other,
disseminating information that enables them to select routes between any two nodes on a
computer network, the choice of the route being done by routing algorithms. Each router has a
priori knowledge only of networks attached to it directly. A routing protocol shares this
information first among immediate neighbors, and then throughout the network. This way,
routers gain knowledge of the topology of the network.
Types of Routing Protocols:

There are two main types of routing protocols:

 Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) is a routing protocol that is used to exchange routing
information within an autonomous system (AS). Examples are RIP,OSPF

 Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) is for determining network reachability between

autonomous systems and makes use of IGPs to resolve routes within an AS. Examples are
BGP & EGP.
 Lab Tasks
Lab Task 1:
Design a router topology and perform single OSPF.
Procedure:
 Firstly select 3 routers, 3 switches and 6 PCs. Connect the devices with each other as
shown in circuit designs.
 Give the IP addresses, subnet mask and default gateway to every PC in the given
network.
 For routers configuration, give the IP addresses and subnet mask to all the interfaces of
every router in config mode.
 Set the clock of the routers to 64000.
 After that open the CLI of each router and write the code using ‘router OSPF’ command.
 After that check the connectivity in the network by message transfer.
Network Design:
Simulations:
For Router0:

For Router1:
For Router2:

Results:
Task 2
Design a router topology and perform multiple OSPF.
Procedure:
 Firstly select 3 routers, 3 switches and 6 PCs. Connect the devices with each other as
shown in circuit designs.
 Give the IP addresses, subnet mask and default gateway to every PC in the given
network.
 For routers configuration, give the IP addresses and subnet mask to all the interfaces of
every router in config mode.
 Set the clock of the routers to 64000.
 After that open the CLI of each router and write the code using ‘router OSPF’ command
for different areas using different interfaces.
 After that check the connectivity in the network by message transfer.
Network Design:
Simulation :
For Router4:

For Router5:
 For Router6:

Results :

Conclusion:

This lab was an introduction of configuring OSPF using routers in a network topology. In this lab,
we have learned to create areas using single and multiple OSPF. This will help us to create small
networks in a network which can communicate with each other.