Not able to ping hosts from different servers

[aliahsan95134883]

hi, i am electrical student. i was given the semester project of making a network of two servers each having 8 users using 2 switches for each of them. the connect them with router. Servers' ip was to be given statically and then server would dynamically assign the ip to users. i am not able to ping them using routers, i have tried both rip routes and static routes but it was not effective, sometime some of them might ping but then after sometime they won't ping? why is this so... any help. i am attaching file.

[luis_cordova]

Hi @aliahsan95134883 

Compress (winzip) your exercise and attach it for check.

Regards

[aliahsan95134883]

this is the file

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

no file attached. As Luis requested, zip the .pkt (or .pka) file and post it here...

[simranjitsingh1998]

as you said that you are connecting two segments using a router . if we are connecting the networks using a router then there is no need of any Routing Protocol because the networks are directly connected to the router . Then why you are using Routing Protocol at first instance?. attach all the users with their respective switch and the one port from each segment connect it to the router port and then give an IP address to the both router ports. and enable DHCP on the Router so that Users get the Necessary info to auto configure themselves.  throughout this process make sure that you are using layer 2 switch .. if you are using layer 3 switch then this design will not work..

[aliahsan95134883]

check this file and reply

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

the problem was simply that your DHCP servers had the same IP address as the FastEthernet interfaces of the connecting routers. You need to change the IP address of the DHCP servers and let the range start at the next IP address following the server.

Attached the revised project file...

[aliahsan95134883]

i was not able to open your file as it was not compatible with mine software version. i also tried to change dhcp serve addresses but all in vain

[aliahsan95134883]

i refreshed all the dynamic IPs and and it worked.

[aliahsan95134883]

is it possible to set lease time for dynamic address to PCs from server. i have googled it but there are results that use router as a dhcp server but i have used server?

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

unfortunately you cannot set a lease time in Packet Tracer, it is one of the limitations of this simulator...

Neither the server nor a router has the option of setting the lease time...

[aliahsan95134883]

i have checked some posts in google where it is told how to set lease time through router! /.//

[Georg Pauwen]

You would be able to do that on a real IOS router indeed, but Packet Tracer has only a limited command set and does not allow you to set a lease time...