Question

On SwitchA, complete the following tasks: Configure RouterA as the default gateway. On SwitchA, SwitchB, and SwitchC, complete the following: Configure the Spanning Tree Protocol settings for VLAN 1 by setting the mode to Rapid PVST+ on all three switches. On SwitchC, complete the following tasks: On SwitchC, set the VLAN 1 priority to 4096. On SwitchB, complete the following tasks: Configure FastEthernet 0/1 and FastEthernet 0/2 as access ports. Disable all unused FastEthernet interfaces.

Answer 1

Configure RouterA as the default gateway on SwitchA, set Rapid PVST+ for all three switches, adjust VLAN 1 priority on SwitchC to 4096, configure access ports on SwitchB, and disable unused FastEthernet interfaces on SwitchB.

Step-by-step explanation:

To complete the tasks on SwitchA, SwitchB, and SwitchC as described, follow these steps:

1. On SwitchA, configure RouterA as the default gateway. This involves setting a static default route that points to RouterA's IP address using the command ip default-gateway [RouterA's IP] in global configuration mode.
2. For all three switches – SwitchA, SwitchB, and SwitchC – configure the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) settings for VLAN 1 to be in Rapid PVST+ mode using the command spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst in global configuration mode.
3. On SwitchC, set the VLAN 1 priority to 4096 to influence the STP root bridge election by navigating to global configuration mode and entering spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 4096.
4. On SwitchB, configure FastEthernet 0/1 and FastEthernet 0/2 as access ports. This is done by entering interface configuration mode for each of the FastEthernet interfaces and using the commands switchport mode access and switchport access vlan 1.
5. To disable all unused FastEthernet interfaces on SwitchB, navigate to each interface configuration mode and issue the shutdown command.