Here is a short video of one of my students demonstrating the functionality of the setup.
The tutorial here shows you the configurations for the simulation in Packet Tracer. NOTE: Simulated network in PT works fine for most of the configs however it is not guaranteed everything will work well in actual hardware as IOS and config commands may vary. You may have different IOS version. PT does not have Engenius so TP Link devices were used in PT to simulate them so additional documentation will be included as a follow-up to this article (Part 2).
So here goes Part 1 of the configuration. (Note that the much of the tutorial will show the config commands and little explanation. I am assuming you have basic to intermediate level understanding of network concepts, otherwise this could end up as a very lengthy tutorial)
For the actual hardware configuration, these were the following devices that were used.
Device Model
- x1 2900 Series router
- x3 2960 Catalyst switches. (you can use 2950)
- x2 Engenius wireless bridges (ENH202)
- x4 Cisco 7945G/7960 IP Phones
- x2 TP Link Wireless AP
You could simulate this setup by opening a blank PT file and add the following devices shown in the image below. Alternatively, you can download the completed network file here.
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| Figure 1. The simulated setup in Packet Tracer |
PART 1
Task1: Configure basic settings on all routers and switches.
I generally keep the same settings and change passwords where security is of concern. Documenting configs is helpful for future reference. So the configs below will generally be the same across all routers and switches.
hostname __________ (you can use your own hostnames)
no ip domain-lookup
enable secret in40matic
domain-name informatics.net
service password-encryption
banner motd @
***************************
Device managed by Informatics
Unauthorized access prohibited!
***************************
@
line con 0
password In4matic2020
login
line vty 0 4
login local
transport input ssh
username admin password adminpass1234
crypto key generate rsa general-keys modulus 1024
wr
Task 2: Configure VLANs on all 6 switches
Configure VLANs to separate data, voice and management traffic on the Layer 2 devices, the 4 switches. Create the following vlans;
- Data #10
- Voice #150
- Native #99
- Management #100 (optional)
config t
vlan 10
name Data
vlan 150
name Voice
vlan 99
name Native
Task 3: Configure EtherChannel on the switches as shown in Figure 1.
Although not required for a SOHO, its good practice to design and build the network with scalability in mind. Having said that we will configure etherchannel to increase the trunk link bandwidth to at least 200MB.
Sw1
int range fa0/1-2
channel-group 1 mode desirable
Sw2
int range fa0/1-2
channel-group 1 mode desirable
Sw3
int range fa0/1-2
channel-group 2 mode desirable
Sw4
int range fa0/1-2
channel-group 2 mode desirable