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PT Simulation 1 - Intro To Cisco Packet Tracer

The document describes a Packet Tracer simulation activity that has two parts: the first part introduces the basics of Cisco Packet Tracer including how to download and use the software. The second part guides students through creating a simple peer-to-peer network with two devices and then expanding it to include an Ethernet switch and additional devices.

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PT Simulation 1 - Intro To Cisco Packet Tracer

The document describes a Packet Tracer simulation activity that has two parts: the first part introduces the basics of Cisco Packet Tracer including how to download and use the software. The second part guides students through creating a simple peer-to-peer network with two devices and then expanding it to include an Ethernet switch and additional devices.

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Packet Tracer Simulation 1

Introduction to Cisco Packet Tracer


Objectives
Part 1: Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer
Part 2: Peer-to-peer network using CPT

Background
Packet Tracer is a fun, take-home, flexible software program which will help you with your Cisco Certified Network
Associate (CCNA) studies. Packet Tracer allows you to experiment with network behavior, build network models, and ask
"what if" questions. In this activity, you will explore a relatively complex network that highlights a few of Packet Tracer’s
features. While doing so, you will learn how to access Help and the tutorials. You will also learn how to switch between
various modes and workspaces. Finally, you will explore how Packet Tracer serves as a modeling tool for network
representations.
Note: It is not important that you understand everything you see and do in this activity. Feel free to explore the network on
your own.

Part 1: Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer


Cisco Packet Tracer
✓ Cisco – the leaders in networking
✓ An innovative and powerful networking simulation tool used for practice, discovery and troubleshooting.
✓ Helps to understand networks practically.

Step 1. How to download Cisco Packet Tracer?


a. Open https://www.netacad.com/
b. Click Packet Tracer

c. To download latest version, click https://skillsforall.com/


d. Login by clicking continue with Google
e. Open this link https://skillsforall.com/resources/lab-downloads to download software and resources
f. Download and install Packet Tracer you need
g. Launch the Packet Tracer install program and take a tour on its interface.
h. Click Skills For All and continue log in using Google account
i. Label necessary tools and components on Cisco Packet Tracer interface below as many as you can. You can
also include and label sub-interfaces of CPT.

j. Tabulate all labeled tools and components from previous number with their corresponding icon and
uses/functions.
Name Icon Uses/Function

Part 2: Peer-to-peer network using CPT


Step 1. Now that you’re familiar with the interface of Packet Tracer, you can create your first network topology by
carrying out the following steps:

a. From the network component box, click on End Devices and drag-and-drop a Generic PC icon and a Generic
laptop icon into the Workspace.
b. Click on the Connections, then click on Copper Cross-Over, then on PC0, and select Fast Ethernet. After this,
click on Laptop0 and select Fast Ethernet. The link status LED should show up in green, indicating that the link
is up.
Note: A straight through cable is a type of twisted pair cable that is used in local area networks to connect a
computer to a network hub such as a router. A crossover Ethernet cable is a type of Ethernet cable used to
connect computing devices together directly.

c. Click on the PC, go to the Desktop tab, click on IP Configuration, and enter an IP address and subnet mask. In
this topology, the default gateway and DNS server information is not needed as there are only two end devices in
the network.
d. Close the window, open the laptop, and assign an IP address to it in the same way. Make sure that both of the IP
addresses are in the same subnet.

e. Close the IP Configuration box, open the command prompt on Desktop tab, and ping the IP address of the
device at the end to check connectivity.
Pinging PC0 fro Laptop0

Pinging Laptop0 from PC0


f. To view IP Configuration details, type ipconfig on command prompt of each end devices.

IP Configuration of PC0
IP Configuration of Laptop0

g. To view the physical address, type ipconfig /all on command prompt of each end devices. Physical address is
also known as the MAC Address.

IP Configuration of PC0

IP Configuration of Laptop0

Step 2. What is a network topology without a single network device in it? Add an Ethernet switch to this topology
so that more than two end devices can be connected, by performing the following steps.
a. Insert three end devices.
b. Click on Switches from the device-type selection box and insert any switch (except Switch-PT-Empty) into the
workspace.
c. Choose the Copper Straight-Through cable and connect the end devices with the switch. At this point, the link
indicators on the switch are orange in color because the switch ports are undergoing the listening and learning
states of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). Take a screenshot of the network topology.
d. Configure the end devices with IP Address (192.168.2.1, 192.168.2.2, 192.168.2.3) and with same subnet mask
(255.255.255.0). Take a screenshot of the configuration of each end devices.
e. Once the link turns green, Take a screenshot of the network topology. Then ping to check the connectivity.
f. Perform ping on all devices on command prompt. Take a screenshot of the result.
g. Also ping any of the end devices with the IP address 192.168.2.4. Take a screenshot of the result.
h. Check the overall IP Configuration of all end devices on command prompt. Take a screenshot of overall
configuration of each end devices.

Activity
Part 1: Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer
Step 1i
Step 1j

Part 2: Peer-to-peer network using CPT


Step 2c
Step 2d
Step 2f
Step 2g

Summary and conclusions

Rubrics
Good Satisfactory Poor
Questions All answers are correct 1 – 5 Incorrect Answer More than five incorrect
answer
(30) (20) (10)
Summary Learning from the activity Learning from the No summary was
was briefly discuss and activity was not briefly included in the report or
summarize discuss and summarize shows little effort and
reflection
(20) (10) (5)
Time Submitted on or before Submitted late for not Submitted late for more
deadline more than 24 hours than 24 hours

(50) (40) (30)

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