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Hands-on CCNA campus switching lab with two Layer-2 switches and three VLANs (Users 10, Servers 20, Management 99) extended over a single 802.1Q trunk. Learners deploy VLANs and access ports, harden the trunk (native VLAN 999, explicit allow-list, nonegotiate), and validate isolation. The lab ships with a trunk-carried outage: VLAN 10 traffic reaches its gateway successfully, but VLAN 20 traffic does not. You will diagnose from end hosts, confirm switch states, and correct the trunk so that same-VLAN traffic to the gateway SVI succeeds while inter-VLAN forwarding remains absent.
Configure VLANs and access ports on two Layer-2 switches, build 802.1Q trunks (with hardened native VLAN and an explicit allowed list), validate end-to-end reachability, intentionally prune a VLAN from the inter-switch trunk to observe segmentation, then restore the correct allow-list. Includes realistic router-on-a-stick gateways for VLAN 10/20/99 and switch management on VLAN 99.
Hands-on CCNA VLAN and trunking lab: assign access ports by interface range, build and harden 802.1Q trunks, set a dedicated native VLAN, correct a misassigned user port, and verify VLAN membership. Includes a cross-switch path with a router-on-a-stick gateway, tests from real hosts, and troubleshooting of trunk allow-lists and native VLAN mismatches.
Hands-on CCNA VLAN lab: build VLANs with names, assign access ports, harden and verify 802.1Q trunks, and troubleshoot a broken allow-list that prevents a VLAN from traversing the SW1–SW2 trunk. Includes router-on-a-stick gateways, management VLAN, and end-host validation.
Hands-on CCNA lab to practice creating VLANs on a single Layer-2 switch and assigning access ports. You will segment a flat network into two VLANs, place hosts into the right VLAN, and verify that intra-VLAN pings succeed while inter-VLAN pings fail (no routing present). Includes realistic verification and troubleshooting.
Configure a default route on a branch edge router and a return static route on an upstream core router to enable full bidirectional connectivity between a stub branch LAN and a core server LAN. Verify the S* default route, gateway of last resort, and end-to-end reachability from real hosts. Troubleshoot missing default or return paths.
Design and implement a 3-router full-mesh with two edge LANs using static IPv4 routes only. Edges use primary defaults toward the core plus floating (higher AD) backup defaults; the core uses specific routes for the edge LANs. Validate bidirectional reachability, path choice, and failover behaviors from real hosts.
Build a small HQ–WAN–Branch triangle with two independent WAN paths. Configure equal-cost static routes on both edge routers so traffic to the opposite site’s LAN installs with two next-hops and is load-shared by CEF. Verify end-to-end reachability from real hosts, observe per-flow load sharing on the routers, and compare behavior to a floating static of higher administrative distance.
Hands-on CCNA static routing and manual summarization lab using a compact HQ–Branch–Remote topology. You will replace three specific static routes to Branch networks with a single /22 summary at HQ, verify end-to-end host reachability, observe the routing table reduction, and prevent over-aggregation loops by adding a Null0 discard route at Branch. A recommended step has you add the same /22 summary at Remote (replacing its default) to practice summarization on both sides.
Hands-on IPv6 static and default routing across a 3-router, 2-LAN topology with end-user hosts. You will enable IPv6 unicast routing, apply IPv6 addressing, configure hub-and-spoke static and default routes, and validate bidirectional host reachability. The guide provides scenario context, step-by-step tasks with the why behind each action, and targeted troubleshooting.
Hands-on CCNA static routing troubleshooting in a realistic three-router core/edge topology with two user LANs. Static routing on the network was recently changed and users at SITE-A (10.10.10.10) and SITE-B (10.30.30.10) can no longer reach each other; you will investigate the routers' route tables and next-hop reachability to diagnose and restore full bidirectional connectivity.
Hands-on CCNA static routing lab: build a small hub-and-spoke with two stub routers and a hub router. Configure default routes on the spokes and specific static routes on the hub so two user LANs reach each other end-to-end. Validate from real hosts and practice first-hop and return-path troubleshooting.