In this article, we will create VLAN and configure Inter-VLAN routing on the Cisco L2 Switch using the Graphical Network Simulator program.
How to Create a VLAN on a Cisco Switch
With GNS3, you can make more specific network designs. Also, with Dynamips, you can create a proper network topology using the IOS images of the Cisco Router or Cisco Switch devices.
While designing the network in GNS3, we were integrating virtual machines running on VMware Workstation as a client computer. In this article, we will use VPCS (Virtual PC Simulator) instead of a virtual machine.
You can make your computer work more efficiently with VPCS, as virtual machines will create a load on your computer.
But remember that you need to use virtual computers in different scenarios.
In our previous articles, we have studied how to add Layer 2 Switch. In this article, we will examine how to create a VLAN on an L2 Switch in GNS3.
How to Add VLAN in Switch and Configure Inter-VLAN Routing in Router
In this article, we will discuss the following steps;
- Assigning IP Address to VPCS
- Creating a VLAN
- Determination of Switch Trunk Ports
- Trunking Between Switches
- Cisco Router Inter-VLAN Configuration
Step 1
To configure VLAN in GNS3, first, add one Cisco Router to the workspace.
Step 2
Add Layer 2 Switch and 2 VPCS computers to the workspace.
Step 3
Add another Layer 2 Switch and VPCS.
Step 4
Right-click / configure on the Layer 2 Switch. In the window that opens, increase the amount of RAM for the Switch. Since the L2 Switch is Qemu-based, boot problems with low RAM may occur.
Set the Cisco L2 Switch RAM to 400 MB and then click the Network tab.
Step 5
On the Network tab, set the number of Adapters to 4 to add an interface to the Switch.
Step 6
Since we will use two interfaces on Switch-2, 300 MB RAM is enough.
Step 7
Add 2 interfaces from the Network tab.
Step 8
After performing the above steps, click the wiring option and then wiring all devices in the work area.
Step 9
The latest status of the network topology is as in the following image. After you determine the VLANs on the network topology, you must configure the TCP/IP settings for the VPCSs.
Then, after making a Trunk connection between Cisco Switches, you must configure the connection between R1 and SW1 as a Trunk.
Now, double-click to assign an IP address to the VPCS PC1.
Step 10
Type the following command to assign an IP address to PC1 and press Enter. To view the IP configuration, use the show ip command.
ip 192.168.5.5/24 192.168.5.1
Step 11
Execute the following command to assign the IP address to the VPCS PC2.
The critical point here is to take steps according to the notes on the network topology.
Since PC2 will be a member of VLAN10, the IP address will be different.
ip 192.168.10.10/24 192.168.10.1
Step 12
Configure the IP address settings for VPCS PC3, which will be members of VLAN5, as follows:
ip 192.168.5.10/24 192.168.5.1
Step 13
Click on Layer 2 Switch-1 and Layer 2 Switch-2 to configure Cisco Switches.
Step 14
Follow the instructions below to create a VLAN on the switches.
L2 Switch-1
vIOS-L2-01# conf t
vIOS-L2-01(config)# vlan 5
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# name IT
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)# vlan 10
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# name SALES
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)# end
vIOS-L2-01# wr
L2 Switch-2
vIOS-L2-01# conf t
vIOS-L2-01(config)# vlan 5
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# name IT
vIOS-L2-01(config-vlan)# exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)# end
vIOS-L2-01# wr
Step 15
You must configure the L2 Switch interfaces. Configure the interfaces connected to the Cisco Router and L2 Switch as Trunk.
Use the following commands to determine the Access and Trunk interfaces of the Layer 2 Switch and to make PCs a member of VLANs.
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/1
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode access
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport access vlan 5
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)#
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/2
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode access
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)#
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/3
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)#
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/0
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)#exit
Step 16
Use the following commands to perform the same operations on Cisco Layer 2 Switch-2.
vIOS-L2-01# conf t
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/1
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode access
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport access vlan 5
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#exit
vIOS-L2-01(config)#
vIOS-L2-01(config)#interface gigabitethernet 0/0
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
vIOS-L2-01(config-if)#end
vIOS-L2-01#wr
Step 17
Up to this step, we have configured VPCS computers and created VLANs. Then, we assigned the PCs to VLANs and made the Trunking connection.
In this step, open the command prompt by clicking R1 in the workspace to perform VLAN routing on a single cable on the Cisco Router and perform the following commands.
R1# conf t
R1(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config-if)#exit
R1(config)#
R1(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0.5
R1(config-subif)#encapsulation dot1q 5
R1(config-subif)#ip address 19
*Mar 1 00:09:18.259: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up
R1(config-subif)#ip address 192.168.5.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-subif)#no shutdown
R1(config-subif)#exit
R1(config)#
R1(config)#interface fastethernet 0/0.10
R1(config-subif)#encapsulation dot1q 10
R1(config-subif)#ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-subif)#no shutdown
R1(config-subif)#end
R1#wr
Step 18
Now, ping the PC2 to the V2 member PC2 and test the connection. Check that the routing between VLANs is working correctly.
Step 19
When you ping from PC2 to PCs that are members of VLAN5, you can see that the process is successful.
Step 20
Likewise, PC3 and VLAN10 will establish a healthy connection.
Show Commands
PC1> ip 192.168.5.5/24 192.168.5.1
Checking for duplicate address...
PC1 : 192.168.5.5 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.5.1
PC1> show ip
NAME : PC1[1]
IP/MASK : 192.168.5.5/24
GATEWAY : 192.168.5.1
DNS :
MAC : 00:50:79:66:68:00
LPORT : 10003
RHOST:PORT : 127.0.0.1:10002
MTU: : 1500
PC1>
PC2> ip 192.168.10.10/24 192.168.10.1
Checking for duplicate address...
PC1 : 192.168.10.10 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.10.1
PC2> show ip
NAME : PC2[1]
IP/MASK : 192.168.10.10/24
GATEWAY : 192.168.10.1
DNS :
MAC : 00:50:79:66:68:01
LPORT : 10005
RHOST:PORT : 127.0.0.1:10004
MTU: : 1500
PC2>
PC3> ip 192.168.5.10/24 192.168.5.1
Checking for duplicate address...
PC1 : 192.168.5.10 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.5.1
PC3> show ip
NAME : PC3[1]
IP/MASK : 192.168.5.10/24
GATEWAY : 192.168.5.1
DNS :
MAC : 00:50:79:66:68:02
LPORT : 10007
RHOST:PORT : 127.0.0.1:10006
MTU: : 1500
PC3>
vIOS-L2-01#show vlan brief
VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------
1 default active
5 IT active Gi0/1
10 SALES active Gi0/2
100 VLAN100 active
200 VLAN0200 active
300 VLAN0300 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 trcrf-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trbrf-default act/unsup
vIOS-L2-01#show vlan brief
VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------
1 default active
5 IT active Gi0/1
100 VLAN100 active
200 VLAN0200 active
300 VLAN0300 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 trcrf-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trbrf-default act/unsup
vIOS-L2-01#
vIOS-L2-01#show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 5125 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 06:26:58 UTC Mon May 15 2017
!
version 15.0
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
service compress-config
!
hostname vIOS-L2-01
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
!
!
no aaa new-model
!
!
!
vtp domain CISCO-vIOS
vtp mode transparent
!
!
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
!
spanning-tree mode pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
!
vlan internal allocation policy ascending
!
vlan 5
name IT
!
vlan 10
name SALES
!
vlan 100
name VLAN100
!
vlan 200,300
!
!
!
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 5
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 10
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
!
!
line con 0
logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
logging synchronous
login
line vty 5 15
logging synchronous
login
!
!
end
vIOS-L2-01#
vIOS-L2-01#show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 4883 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 06:30:23 UTC Mon May 15 2017
!
version 15.0
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
service compress-config
!
hostname vIOS-L2-01
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
!
!
no aaa new-model
!
!
!
vtp domain CISCO-vIOS
vtp mode transparent
!
!
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
!
spanning-tree mode pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
!
vlan internal allocation policy ascending
!
vlan 5
name IT
!
vlan 100
name VLAN100
!
vlan 200,300
!
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 5
media-type rj45
negotiation auto
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
!
!
line con 0
logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
logging synchronous
login
line vty 5 15
logging synchronous
login
!
!
end
vIOS-L2-01#
vIOS-L2-01#show interfaces trunk
Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
Gi0/0 on 802.1q trunking 1
Gi0/3 on 802.1q trunking 1
Port Vlans allowed on trunk
Gi0/0 1-4094
Gi0/3 1-4094
Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain
Gi0/0 1,5,10,100,200,300
Gi0/3 1,5,10,100,200,300
Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
Gi0/0 1,5,10,100,200,300
Gi0/3 1,5,10,100,200,300
vIOS-L2-01#
vIOS-L2-01#show interfaces trunk
Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
Gi0/0 on 802.1q trunking 1
Port Vlans allowed on trunk
Gi0/0 1-4094
Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain
Gi0/0 1,5,100,200,300
Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
Gi0/0 1,5,100,200,300
vIOS-L2-01#
R1#show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 1149 bytes
!
version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname R1
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
!
no aaa new-model
memory-size iomem 5
no ip icmp rate-limit unreachable
ip cef
!
!
!
!
no ip domain lookup
ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3
ip admission max-nodata-conns 3
!
!
!
!
ip tcp synwait-time 5
!
!
!
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.5
encapsulation dot1Q 5
ip address 192.168.5.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.10
encapsulation dot1Q 10
ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Serial0/0
no ip address
shutdown
clock rate 2000000
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
no cdp log mismatch duplex
!
!
!
control-plane
!
!
!
gatekeeper
shutdown
!
!
line con 0
exec-timeout 0 0
privilege level 15
logging synchronous
line aux 0
exec-timeout 0 0
privilege level 15
logging synchronous
line vty 0 4
login
!
!
end
R1#
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Conclusion
In this article, we created a virtual LAN in an L2 Switch with a GNS3 simulator and routed VLANs through a Cisco router. Thanks for following us!
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sir, in my topology i have cloud connected to a router which connect to switch layer 3 , the switch connected to 2 virtual machine(in vmware(ubuntu))my question is how i configured the network between them (the switch and two virtual machine) i don’t know whitch solution i work with witch step i use , with hole videos in the net even the network address i don’t fixet yet please i need help for this project
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