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The document outlines an activity for students in the ECE Department at Southern Luzon State University to familiarize themselves with Packet Tracer software, a networking protocol simulator. It includes objectives, theoretical background, and step-by-step instructions for building a network topology, connecting devices, configuring IP addresses, and verifying connectivity. The activity aims to enhance practical skills in data communications through hands-on experience with networking tools.

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Experiment-2-Introduction-to-Packet-Tracer

The document outlines an activity for students in the ECE Department at Southern Luzon State University to familiarize themselves with Packet Tracer software, a networking protocol simulator. It includes objectives, theoretical background, and step-by-step instructions for building a network topology, connecting devices, configuring IP addresses, and verifying connectivity. The activity aims to enhance practical skills in data communications through hands-on experience with networking tools.

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Southern Luzon State University

College of Engineering
ECE Department
ECE08L – Data Communications Lab

Activity No. 2
Introduction to Packet Tracer

Name

Date of Performance:

Date of Submission:

Rating

Engr. Marjun C. Macariola, ECT, MBA


Instructor
A. OBJECTIVES:
1. To be familiarized with the Packet Tracer software.
2. To learn the different functions of the tools in the Packet Tracer software environment.

B. THEORY
Packet Tracer is a protocol simulator developed by Dennis Frezzo and his team at Cisco Systems. Packet
Tracer (PT) is a powerful and dynamic tool that displays the various protocols used in networking, in either Real
Time or Simulation mode. This includes layer 2 protocols such as Ethernet and PPP, layer 3 protocols such as IP,
ICMP, and ARP, and layer 4 protocols such as TCP and UDP. Routing protocols can also be traced.

C. INSTRUCTION:
1. Start the Packet Tracer.
2. Selecting devices and connections.
Single click on each group of devices and connections to display the various choices.

3. Building the Topology – Adding Hosts.


Single click on the End Devices and select PC.
4. Move the cursor into topology area. You will notice it turns into a plus “+” sign. Single click in the topology
area and it copies the device.
5. Add three more hosts.
6. Building the Topology – Connecting the Hosts to Hubs and Switches. Adding a Hub:
Select a hub, by clicking once on Hubs and once on a Generic hub.
7. Connect PC0 to Hub0 by first choosing Connections.
8. Click once on the Copper Straight-through cable.
9. Click once on PC0
10. Choose Fast Ethernet
11. Drag the cursor to Hub0
12. Click once on Hub0 and choose Port0
13. Notice the green link lights on both the PC0 Ethernet NIC and the Hub0 Port0 showing that the link is
active.
14. Repeat the steps above for PC1 connecting it to Port1 on Hub0. (The actual hub port you choose does not
matter.)
15. Adding a Switch.
Select a switch, by clicking once on Switches and once on a 2950-24 switch.
16. Add the switch by moving the plus sign "+" below PC2 and PC3 and click once.
17. Connect PC2 to Switch0 by first choosing Connections.
18. Click once on the Copper Straight-through cable.
19. Click once on PC2
20. Choose FastEthernet
21. Drag the cursor to Switch0
22. Click once on Switch0 and choose FastEthernet0/1
23. Notice the green link lights on PC2 Ethernet NIC and amber light Switch0 FastEthernet0/1 port. The switch
port is temporarily not forwarding frames, while it goes through the stages for the Spanning Tree Protocol
(STP) process. After about 30 seconds the amber light will change to green indicating that the port has
entered the forwarding stage. Frames can now be forwarded out the switch port.

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24. Repeat the steps above for PC3 connecting it to Port3 on switch0 on port FastEthernet0/2. (The actual
switch port you choose does not matter.
25. Move the cursor over the link light to view the port. Fa means FastEthernet, 100 Mbps Ethernet.
26. Configuring IP Addresses and Subnet Masks on the Hosts. Before we can communicate between the hosts
we need to configure IP Addresses and Subnet Masks on the devices.
27. Click once on PC0.
28. Choose the Config tab. It is here that you can change the name of PC0. It is also here where you would
enter a Gateway IP Address, also known as the default gateway. We will discuss this later, but this would
be the IP address of the local router. If you want, you can enter the IP Address 192.168.1.1.
29. Click on FastEthernet. Although we have not yet discussed IP Addresses, add the IP Address to
192.168.1.10. Click once in the Subnet Mask field to enter the default Subnet Mask. You can leave this at
255.255.255.0. We will discuss this later.
30. Also, notice this is where you can change the Bandwidth (speed) and Duplex of the Ethernet NIC (Network
Interface Card). The default is Auto (auto negotiation), which means the NIC will negotiate with the hub or
switch. The bandwidth and/or duplex can be manually set by removing the check from the Auto box and
choosing the specific option.
31. Bandwidth – Auto
If the host is connected to a hub or switch port which can do 100 Mbps, then the Ethernet NIC on the host will
choose 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet). Otherwise, if the hub or switch port can only do 10 Mbps, then the
Ethernet NIC on the host will choose 10 Mbps (Ethernet).
32. Duplex – Auto
Hub: If the host is connected to a hub, then the Ethernet NIC on the host will choose Half Duplex. Switch: If
the host is connected to a switch, and the switch port is configured as Full Duplex (or Autonegotiation),
then the Ethernet NIC on the host will choose Full Duplex. If the switch port is configured as Half
Duplex, then the Ethernet NIC on the host will choose Half Duplex. (Full Duplex is a much more efficient
option.) The information is automatically saved when entered.
33. Repeat these steps for the other hosts. Use the information below for IP Addresses and Subnet Masks.

34. Verify the information: To verify the information that you entered, move the select tool (arrow) over each
host.

35. To connect like-devices, like a Hub and a Switch, we will use a Cross-over cable. Click once the Cross-over
Cable from the Connections options.
36. Move the Connections cursor over Hub0 and click once.
37. Select Port2 (actual port does not matter).
38. Move the Connections cursor to Switch0.
39. Click once on Switch0 and choose FastEthernet0/3 (actual port does not matter).

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40. Use the command prompt on the desktop tab on each host to verify if data can already be send and
received through each PC by ping command.

D. ANALYSIS/OBSERVATION

E. CONCLUSION

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