Building Routing and Switching Playground

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Building The Lab Topology

So, given the physical topology here's the first topology that will be my playground:

Pic1-1: Topology (Vlans)

Now, let's configure layer 2 and IP addressing and start experimenting.
The physical layer (layer 1 from previous post) will be the guide on how to accomplish the above Layer3 connectivity (point-to-point for now).


Initially, I wanted port-channels between the switches but guess what? Ain't working properly (buggy software). Have to settle on this switch-to-switch connectivity for now:

Pic. 1-2: Switch-to-switch Connectivity

Finally, IP addressing and I am good to go.

Pic. 1.3: IP Addressing

Also, below are the Loopback0 IP addresses of all the nodes:

Loopback0 Interface IP Addresses:

R1      10.1.1.1/32
R2      10.2.2.2/32
R3      10.3.3.3/32
R4      10.4.4.4/32
R5      10.5.5.5/32
R6      10.6.6.6/32
R7      10.7.7.7/32
R8      10.8.8.8/32
R9      10.9.9.9/32
R10     10.10.10.10/32
SW1     10.11.11.11/32
SW2     10.12.12.12/32
SW3     10.13.13.13/32
SW4     10.14.14.14/32

Topology 1 Initial Configuration Download

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