🌐 Interactive Halls Network Design

📋 Project Overview

This project demonstrates the design and implementation of a comprehensive network infrastructure for a non-profit educational organization. The network supports three interactive learning halls equipped with essential computing resources including workstations, printers, and mobile devices across multiple geographically distributed branches.

The primary objective is to compare the performance characteristics of two widely-deployed dynamic routing protocols: RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) through practical network simulation and quantitative packet loss analysis.

🛠️ Technologies & Tools

📊 Network Infrastructure Statistics

🔬 Methodology

• ✓ Design and configure dual network topologies supporting multi-branch educational facilities with distributed interactive learning environments
• ✓ Implement and simulate both RIP and OSPF routing protocols to analyze performance variations under identical network conditions
• ✓ Conduct systematic packet transmission tests between network endpoints to quantify protocol efficiency
• ✓ Calculate packet loss percentage using the formula: (Packets Sent - Packets Received) / Packets Sent × 100

🗺️ Network Topology

The network architecture implements a hierarchical design with 12 interconnected routers forming the backbone infrastructure. Strategic placement of switches and end-user devices creates redundant paths and fault tolerance.

📋 IP Addressing Scheme

⚙️ Router Configuration Scripts

Download individual configuration scripts for each router and routing protocol. Each script is optimized for Cisco IOS and includes interface configuration, IP addressing, and protocol enablement.

Interface Configuration Scripts

Routing Protocol Configuration

💻 Sample Configuration: Router R1

configure terminal

# Configure Serial0/0/1
interface Serial0/0/1
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
no shutdown
exit

# Configure Serial0/1/0
interface Serial0/1/0
ip address 11.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
no shutdown
exit

# Configure Serial0/1/1 (DCE)
interface Serial0/1/1
ip address 14.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
clock rate 64000
no shutdown
exit

end
write memory

🔄 RIP Protocol Configuration

The RIP (Routing Information Protocol) implementation uses distance-vector routing with hop count as the metric. This configuration must be applied to all 12 routers to establish full network convergence.

configure terminal

router rip
network 10.0.0.0
network 11.0.0.0
network 12.0.0.0
network 13.0.0.0
network 192.168.1.0
network 192.168.2.0
network 192.168.3.0
# Additional networks...

exit
end
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🔄 OSPF Protocol Configuration

The OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) implementation uses link-state routing with cost as the metric. All networks are configured within Area 0 (backbone area) for optimal performance in this topology.

configure terminal

router ospf 1
network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
network 11.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
network 12.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
network 13.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
network 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 192.168.3.1 0.0.0.255 area 0
# Additional networks...

exit
end
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📊 Performance Analysis: RIP Protocol

📊 Performance Analysis: OSPF Protocol

💻 CPU Utilization Comparison

CPU utilization analysis reveals significant efficiency differences between the two routing protocols. In the RIP protocol, CPU utilization reached approximately 79%, while the OSPF protocol demonstrated considerably lower resource consumption at 42%.

🧠 Memory Usage Comparison

Memory consumption analysis shows both protocols maintain high memory utilization for routing table maintenance. In the RIP protocol, memory usage was measured at 88%. The OSPF protocol showed slightly improved performance with memory usage at 83%.

🎯 Key Findings & Conclusions

📌 Project Information