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Packet Tracer - Logical and Physical Mode Exploration

The document summarizes a Packet Tracer activity that allows the user to explore logical and physical network modes. The objectives include investigating devices in a wiring closet, connecting end devices, installing a backup router, and configuring a hostname. The activity represents a small to medium business network and most devices are already deployed. Instructions guide the user through exploring the bottom toolbar categories, identifying devices in a wiring closet including a router, powering on the backup router, and using the console connection to configure the hostname of the backup router.

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Packet Tracer - Logical and Physical Mode Exploration

The document summarizes a Packet Tracer activity that allows the user to explore logical and physical network modes. The objectives include investigating devices in a wiring closet, connecting end devices, installing a backup router, and configuring a hostname. The activity represents a small to medium business network and most devices are already deployed. Instructions guide the user through exploring the bottom toolbar categories, identifying devices in a wiring closet including a router, powering on the backup router, and using the console connection to configure the hostname of the backup router.

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Packet Tracer - Logical and Physical Mode Exploration

Objectives
Part 1: Investigate the Bottom Toolbar
Part 2: Investigate Devices in a Wiring Closet
Part 3: Connect End Devices to Networking Devices
Part 4: Install a Backup Router
Part 5: Configure a Hostname
Part 6: Explore the Rest of the Network

Background / Scenario
The network model in this Packet Tracer Physical Mode (PTPM) activity incorporates many of the
technologies that you can master in Cisco Networking Academy courses. It represents a simplified version of
how a small to medium-sized business network might look.
Most of the devices in the Seward branch office and Warrenton data center are already deployed and
configured. You have just been hired to review the devices and networks deployed. It is not important that you
understand everything you see and do in this activity. Feel free to explore the network on your own. If you
wish to proceed more systematically, follow the steps below. Answer the questions to the best of your ability.
Note: This activity opens in and focuses on Physical mode. Many of the Packet Tracer activities you
encounter in Cisco Networking Academy courses will use Logical mode. You can switch between these
modes at any time to compare the differences by clicking the Logical (Shift+L) and Physical (Shift+P)
buttons. However, in other activities in this course you may be locked out of one mode or the other.

Instructions

Part 1: Investigate the Bottom Toolbar


The icon toolbar at the bottom left-hand corner has various categories of networking components. You should
see categories that correspond to Network Devices, End Devices, and Components. The fourth category
(with the lightning bolt icon) is Connections and represents the networking media supported by Packet
Tracer. The last two categories are Miscellaneous and Multiuser Connection.
What are the subcategories for Network Devices?
Type your answers here.

Part 2: Investigate Devices in a Wiring Closet


a. If you went exploring, return to Physical mode and Intercity now. In the top blue bar, click Physical, and
then use the Navigation Panel or Back level buttons to navigate to Intercity.
b. Click Seward, and then click the Branch Office.
c. Click the Branch Office Wiring Closet. Notice that the wiring closet has a Rack, a Cable Pegboard, a
Table, and a Shelf.
The Rack contains devices that can be racked mounted. If you zoom in on the rack (zoom tool or
Ctrl+scroll wheel), you can see that the devices are screwed in (mounted) in the rack. Below the power
distribution device, you will find a router. Routers connect different networks.

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Packet Tracer - Logical and Physical Mode Exploration

c. Some devices are not automatically powered on when installed in the Rack. Click Backup_Router >
Inspect Rear. Find the power button and turn the router on.
d. On the Cable Pegboard, choose a USB cable. Return to the rear view of Backup_Router and find the
USB Console port on the far left. Click the port to connect the USB cable. The port should now be
highlighted in green.
e. Connect the other end of the USB cable to either of the USB ports on Laptop_1. The cable will not
dangle like the cables did for the connections to PC_1.

Part 5: Configure a Hostname


Network administrators typically assign a name to networking devices. To do this, you will use your console
connection to the Backup_Router.
a. Click Laptop_1 > Desktop tab > Terminal.
b. The Terminal Configuration is already set with the necessary port configuration. Click OK.
c. You are now at the command line for Backup_Router and should see the following.
<output omitted>
cisco ISR4331/K9 (1RU) processor with 1795999K/6147K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FLM232010G0
3 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2 Serial interfaces
32768K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4194304K bytes of physical memory.
3207167K bytes of flash memory at bootflash:.
0K bytes of WebUI ODM Files at webui:.

--- System Configuration Dialog ---

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no

d. Answer no to the question and then press ENTER to get the Router> command prompt.
Press RETURN to get started!

<ENTER>

Router>

e. Enter the following commands to name the router Edge_Router_Backup.


Router> enable
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# hostname Edge_Router_Backup
Edge_Router_Backup(config)# end
Edge_Router_Backup#
Notice that the hostname changed from Router to Edge_Router_Backup.
f. Close the Laptop_1 window and return to the Branch Office Wiring Closet.

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