Chapter 3 PacketTracer Introduction
Learning objectives
Examine the PacketTracer software package.
Implement a simulated network environment.
Configure the devices on the simulated network.
Procedure
In the following lab you have to following a series of steps to implement a network with one
subnet.
Step 1:
Open PacketTracer and on the bottom left of PacketTracer choose ‘End devices’. Drag and drop a
PC, a laptop, a server and a printing devices onto the PacketTracer program as in figure 1.
Figure 1: Drag and drop these end devices
Step 2: Configure the IP address of the components on the network
Use the IP addresses shown in Table 1 below and configure the devices. In Table 1 the IP
address configurations of each device is given. In the screen shots in Figures 2 to 6 is an
example of how to change the IP settings on a workstation. To change the configurations of
the other devices is very similar. Double click on the device to change its configuration.
LAN 1
Device IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway
Workstation 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Server 192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Laptop 192.168.1.4 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Printer 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Table 1
Figure 2: Double click on end device Figure 3: Choose desktop tab
Figure 4:Set IP configuration Figure 5: Check configuration using ipconfig
Step 2 questions:
Step 3: Add switch
Drag and drop a switch onto the PacketTracer program. Connect the devices to the switch by
using an appropriate cable. The network should look like figure 6.
Figure 6: Connecting end devices to the switch
Step 4:
Add a second LAN with the devices and configuration listed below in Table 2. Connect the
devices in LAN 2 together using a switch.
LAN 2
Device IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway
Workstation 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Server 192.168.1.12 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Laptop 192.168.1.13 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Printer 192.168.1.14 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
Table 2
Step 5:
Connect LAN 1 and LAN 2 together using an appropriate cable. The network should look like
figure 7.
Figure 7:
Step 5 questions
Question: Can you ping between every device on the network?
ANS:
Question: Can you ping the switch?
ANS:
Question: What is the switches IP address?
ANS:
Step 6: Add a router to the network.
Connect the router to the switch using an appropriate cable as show in figure 8 below.
Figure 8: Addition of a router to the network
You will need to configure the router (double click on the router and choose CLI).
Command 1: enable
Command 2: Router #config t
Command 3: Router (config)# interface fastethernet0/0
; note it can also be fastethernet0/0, fastethernet0/1 or serial0/0, serial0/1
Command 4: Router (config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
Command 5: Router (config-if)# no shutdown
End of Lab activity