Lab Objective:
The objective of this lab exercise is to learn how to display statistics for interfaces on the Cisco router.
Lab Purpose:
There are several commands we can use to monitor interface statistics, such as packets sent and received, which will ensure that the network interfaces are working and communicating as efficiently as possible.
Lab Tool:
GNS3 will work for this lab.
Lab Topology:
Please use the following topology to complete this lab exercise.
NOTE: Packet Tracer doesn’t support the interface statistics command. You can use GNS3 or live equipment
Lab Walkthrough:
Task 1:
Configure hostnames on R1 and R2 as illustrated in the topology.
Task 2:
Configure the IP addresses on the Gi0/0 interfaces of R1 and R2 as illustrated in the topology. I have G0/0, but if you have a different router model, you may be using F0/0 or something else.
R1#configure terminal
R1(config)#interface gi0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0
R2#configure terminal
R2(config)#interface gi0/0
R2(config-if)#ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0
Task 3:
Ping router R2 Gi0/0 interface IP address from R1.
R1#ping 192.168.10.2
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.10.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 24/28/32 ms
Task 4:
Verify the packets sent and received using the command below on both routers.
show interface gi0/0 stats
R1#show interface gi0/0 stats
GigabitEthernet0/0
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 83 9456 82 9087
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 83 9456 82 9087
R2#show interface gi0/0 stats
GigabitEthernet0/0
Switching path Pkts In Chars In Pkts Out Chars Out
Processor 58 6759 58 6759
Route cache 0 0 0 0
Total 58 6759 58 6759
