Creating a network

We spent the day configuring a network. we are running Gns3 on a live server.   With teams of 4. We put our heads together and worked to configure devices on this network to work effectively.

How did we do it? We started by connecting to the server using a secure VPN. once connected we all had access to the same GNS3 account and can edit simultaneously. very smart for any enterprise workstation.

Our first step was to load a network. with only a router. sad lonely router.

so we added some switches! let's make the network fun

What is important for any network? a solid firewall. so, we set one up!

in between the important stuff of course. a direct connection between the main router and our switches. gotta keep our users safe!!

but, we need a way to remote into the firewall for configuration changes, so we have a VM on the machine attached to a switch.

what do firewalls have monitor? ports and traffic. so we configured our firewall to have such configurations.

within this VM we can log into our firewall! and make the changes we need :)

so we did such. not just configuring ethernet ports connected to our router. but we configured what traffic is allowed through each connection. whether it be htt,https,ssh so on and so on. We had to adjust the LAN and WAN and DMZ traffic connections and the time zones as well. So that all connections are configured to talk correctly.

over all, an amazing start to networking and being able to remotely connect to a network for configurations and setting up basic firewall configurations to devices.