Making a network connection between two different star topology network
Hi. this is a picture of the star topology network, and the two different star topology network (network1, network2) communicating each other through a network. It is a wire communication.
In this simulation, all the nodes (computers) not only communicate with each other but also able to communicate in a different network.
In this simulation, each network consists of 5 nodes which are communicating with each other through the router.
To create the simulation do the following steps:-
1. Make all the physical connections
Select the required devices for communication from the end devices option in the bottom-left side of the simulation and also select the switches and routers.
To make the connection select connections option which is indicated by the orange-yellow thunder and select automatic then connect all the devices according to your network design.
2. Assign an IP address to each node (computers, router)
After making all the physical connection now its time to assign the IP addresses to all nodes, because through this address all nodes can communicate to each other and send data to each other.
For assigning the IP address click on one of the end devices which you had select for simulation, then go to Desktop and fill the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.
Here the IP address I used is a class C IP address for communication.
You need to repeat the IP address assigning the process to all the end devices except the router, we need to config that I will show you that in next step.
This is the most important part of the project. The router handles communication between different networks.
To configure the Router just click on the router device and go to CLI option, and do the following things.
Configuration of the router for network 1
1. It will ask to continue with configuration dialogue just type no.
2. Router> enable
3. Router# conf t
4. Router (config)# interface fa0/0
5. Router(config)# ip add 192.168.1.1 (your default IP address) 255.255.255.0 (your subnet mask)
6. Router(config)# no shutdown
7. Router(config)# end
Configuration of the router for network 2
1. Router# conf t
2. Router (config)# interface fa0/1
3. Router(config)# ip add 192.168.2.1 (your default IP address) 255.255.255.0 (your subnet mask)
4. Router(config)# no shutdown
5. Router(config)# end
if you don't know how to see the interface(fa0/0) then
Just take your cursor to this dots it will show up. It depends on which type of router you choose.
OK, that's it... now it's time to test the connections between the devices.
Now we will perform the testing the communication between the end devices.
For that just click one of the end device (computer symbol) and go to the desktop.
On desktop select command prompt.
On the command prompt type ping 192.168.1.6 (IP address for the device you want to communicate)
It will show how many data packets it sent, how many received and how many it lost and how much loss %.
Hence, now you are able to communicate your device not only inside your network but also devices outside your network.
You can watch the entire process in the video demonstration.
