Configuring the corporate network

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Configuring the corporate network

To configure the corporate network described in this scenario, the following steps are completed at each router, as shown in the following table.

These steps are intended as general guidelines for setting up and testing a corporate routed IP network.

Individual configurations for each router in the corporate network

Router Configuration step

Router 1
  1. Two network adapters are installed and then the drivers for the network adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.1.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the backbone, and 172.16.4.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network C.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing is enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access. For more information, see Enable the Routing and Remote Access service.

  4. The OSPF routing protocol is configured. For more information, see Configure OSPF.

    The area 0.0.0.1 is added to the router. By default, the backbone area 0.0.0.0 is added to the router.

    On the interface connected to the backbone, the area is configured as 0.0.0.0.

    On the interface connected to Network C, the area is configured as 0.0.0.1 for Area 1.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

  5. The DHCP Relay Agent is installed and configured on the interface on Network C. For more information, see Configure the DHCP Relay Agent.

Router 2
  1. Two network adapters are installed and then the drivers are installed for the network adapters.

  2. The address 172.16.4.3 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network C, and 172.16.2.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network A.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing is enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    The area 0.0.0.1 is added to the router. The backbone area 0.0.0.0 is deleted, which was added to the router by default.

    On the interface connected to Network A, the area is configured as 0.0.0.1 for Area 1.

    On the interface connected to Network C, the area is configured as 0.0.0.1 for Area 1.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

  5. The DHCP Relay Agent is installed and configured on the interface connected to Network A.

Router 3
  1. Two network adapters are installed and then the drivers for the network adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.4.2 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network C, and 172.16.3.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network B.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing is enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    The area 0.0.0.1 is added to the router. The backbone area 0.0.0.0 is deleted, which was added to the router by default.

    On the interface connected to Network B, the area is configured as 0.0.0.1 for Area 1.

    On the interface connected to Network C, the area is configured as 0.0.0.1 for Area 1.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

  5. The DHCP Relay Agent is installed and configured on the interface connected to Network B.

Router 4
  1. Two network adapters are installed and then the drivers for the network adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.1.2 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the backbone, and 172.16.5.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network D.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing is enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    The area 0.0.0.2 is added to the router. By default, the backbone area 0.0.0.0 is added to the router.

    On the interface connected to the backbone, the area is configured as 0.0.0.0.

    On the interface connected to Network D, the area is configured as 0.0.0.2 for Area 2.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

  5. The DHCP Relay Agent is installed and configured on the interface connected to Network D.

Router 5
  1. One network adapter, one Frame Relay card, and a modem, ISDN, or remote access device are installed and then the drivers are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.1.3 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the backbone, and the address 172.16.7.1 is assigned to the Frame Relay adapter.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN and demand-dial routing are enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. A pool of addresses is assigned to the router with a starting address of 172.16.1.193 and an ending IP address of 172.16.1.194. For more information, see Create a static IP address pool.

  5. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    The router is configured as an autonomous system boundary router.

    On the interface connected to the backbone, the area is configured as 0.0.0.0.

  6. RIP for IP is enabled on the Frame Relay interface that connects to Router 7.

  7. Static routes are configured on the interface that connects to Router 6. For more information, see Add a static route.

Router 6
  1. One network adapter and one modem, ISDN, or remote access device are installed and then the drivers for the adapters are installed.

    For more information about the configuration of Router 5 and Router 6 to support a demand-dial connection, see Dial-Up Branch Office Network.

  2. The address 172.16.128.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network F.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN and WAN routing are enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. A pool of addresses is assigned to the router with a starting address of 172.16.128.253 and an ending IP address of 172.16.128.254. For more information, see Create a static IP address pool.

  5. Static routes are configured on the interface that connects to Router 5. For more information, see Add a static route.

Router 7
  1. One network adapter and one Frame Relay adapter are installed and then the drivers for the adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.7.2 is assigned to the Frame Relay adapter that is connected to Router 5, and 172.16.6.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network G.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing is enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. Static routes, or any routing protocol that is used on the branch office LAN, are configured.

  5. RIP for IP is configured on the interface that connects to Router 5.

  6. The DHCP Relay Agent is installed and configured on the interface connected to Network E.

Router 8
  1. One network adapter is installed and then the drivers for the network adapter are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.1.4 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the backbone.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN routing and remote access are enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. Remote access devices are installed.

  5. A pool of addresses is assigned with a starting address of 172.16.1.192 and an ending IP address of 172.16.1.254. This pool defines a range of 62 IP addresses for dial-up networking clients.

  6. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    On the interface that is connected to the backbone, the area is configured as 0.0.0.0.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

Router 9
  1. Two network adapters are installed and then the drivers for the network adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.1.5 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the backbone. The IP address (as allocated by the Internet service provider) is assigned to the interface that is connected to the Internet.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN and WAN routing and remote access are enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. A pool of addresses is assigned with a starting address of 172.16.1.65 and an ending IP address of 172.16.1.66.

  5. The OSPF routing protocol is configured.

    On the interface that is connected to the backbone, the area is configured as 0.0.0.0.

    Passwords are configured for each interface.

Router 10
  1. One network adapter and one modem, ISDN, or remote access device are installed and then the drivers for the adapters are installed.

  2. The address 172.16.129.1 is assigned to the network adapter that is connected to Network F.

  3. The Routing and Remote Access service is installed and LAN and WAN routing are enabled. The network adapters that are installed automatically appear as interfaces in Routing and Remote Access.

  4. A pool of addresses is assigned to the router with a starting address of 172.16.129.253 and an ending IP address of 172.16.129.254.

  5. Static routes are configured on the interface that connects to Router 9.

    For more information about the configuration of Router 9 and Router 10 to support a demand-dial PPTP connection over the Internet, see Branch Office over the Internet.

Installing a WINS or DNS name server

To access network resources by using NetBIOS or domain names, a WINS or DNS name server is installed. For more information, see WINS Overview and DNS Overview.

Notes

  • The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred.

  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is not available on Windows XP 64-bit Edition (Itanium) and the 64-bit versions of the Windows Server 2003 family.