Installation and Introduction of Packet Tracer Objective:: Experiment # 03
Installation and Introduction of Packet Tracer Objective:: Experiment # 03
Installation and Introduction of Packet Tracer Objective:: Experiment # 03
Objective:
• Installation of Packet Tracer.
• Establish a connection by using packet tracer and run commands on it.
Theory:
Cisco Packet Tracer is a network simulation program that allows students to experiment with network
behavior. Packet Tracer provides simulation, visualization, and authoring, assessment, and collaboration
capabilities and facilitates the teaching and learning of complex technology concepts. The current version
of Packet Tracer supports an array of simulated Application Layer protocols, as well as basic routing with
RIP,OSPF, and EIGRP, to the extents required by the current CCNA curriculum. While Packet Tracer
aims to provide a realistic simulation of functional networks, the application itself utilizes only a small
number of features found within the actual hardware running a current Cisco IOS version. Thus, Packet
Tracer is unsuitable for modeling production networks. With the introduction of version 5.3, several new
features were added, including BGP. BGP is not part of the CCNA curriculum, but part of the curriculum.
It can be used to design a network by connecting various networking devices and running various
troubleshooting tests to check the connectivity and communication between different networking devices.
Packet Tracer can be used to understand the use of different networking devices appropriately and the
difference in their working. As it is costly to buy various networking equipment while learning
networking, Packet Tracer can be used to understand computer networks.
Procedure:
1. Installation:
First of all install the software by name packet tracer which we use for establishing connections between
two or more devices. I install the software by clicking next, next and then finish.
The layout of Packet Tracer is divided into several components similar to a photo editor. Match the
numbering in the following screenshot with the explanations given after it:
2. Click on 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
We will begin building our network topology by selecting devices and the media in which to connect
them.
Several types of devices and network connections can be used. For this lab we will keep it simple by
using End Devices, Switches, Hubs, and Connections.
Single click on each group of devices and connections to display the various choices.
Adding a Switch
Add the switch by moving the plus sign “+” below PC2 and PC3 and click once.
Before we can communicate between the hosts we need to configure IP Addresses and Subnet Masks
on the devices.
Click on Fast Ethernet. Although we have not yet discussed IP Addresses, add the IP Address to
172.16.1.10. Click once in the Subnet Mask field to enter the default Subnet Mask. You can leave
this at 255.255.0.0. We will discuss this later.
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).
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 Auto negotiation), then the Ethernet NIC on the host will choose Full Duplex.
If the switch port is configured as Half Duplex, then the
Repeat these steps for the other hosts. Use the information below for IP Addresses and Subnet Masks.
To delete a device or link, choose the Delete tool and click on the item you wish to delete.
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.
The link light for switch port FastEthernet0/4 will begin as amber and eventually change to green as the
Spanning Tree Protocol transitions the port to forwarding.
3) Explain, If a device is configured with bandwidth and duplex settings on automatic, does the
device at the other end of the connection have to be set to automatic as well?
Conclusion
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