IOSvL2

Previously, we installed an image, now we will test it.

1. I drag a second instance of the switch into the workspace.

2. I select connections from the toolbar and link the two switches using gi0/0 on each.

1. Click the label button to see the connection labels and then click the start button to power up the devices.

1. Click the Console button to access the devices. It is a bit slow to boot up and CPU and Memory go to 100% on the VM while it is doing so.

1. Time to do a quick test. I configure the two switches as shown. Do not worry for now if you don’t understand the significance of the commands.

# Switch 1
en
conf t
host Switch1
int vlan 1
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
exit
wr mem

# Switch 2
en
conf t
host Switch2
int vlan 1
 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
exit
wr mem

1. I can now do a ping test between switches.

The first ping always fails, we will cover why in lectures! And we will not be using VLAN1, but this was fine for a test.

Finally

You must save the configuration of each device as you would in the real world. At the console of each device, type write memory, most of us shorten that to wr mem

Save your work and exit, you can then shut down GNS3.