PRACTICAL NO.
Aim:
How to Connect and Configure networking Devices in Cisco Packet Tracer Simulation Tool.
a) Configuring Router hostname, Fast Ethernet Interface.
b) Configure the PC Gateway and PC IP Address.
Software: Cisco packet tracer.
Theory:
1) Create and Connecting network devices
The large white space that opens by default is the workspace where you will create your topology.
You can use the entire white space and can even scroll down and to the right to utilize a larger
area. Since our topology is very small, we will use only the left portion of the screen. This will
help us with workspace later when we are running a simulation.
a) Create 3-Devices Router, Switch and End Device (PC):
In this demonstration, we can use any of the routers listed. In other topologies, use specific
router types, as you may need specific modules added to the devices.
Router Switch End Device (PC)
• Do the same thing on the Switch and End Device icon. So, you can see 3 devices on the
workspace (Router, Switch, and End Device).
b) Connecting Devices:
• Click on the Connection icon for the choosing connection models, you can choose smart
connection (automatically). But this we choose the copper straight.
• Choose the Copper Straight icon to connecting the Router and Switch Device. And after
you click on the Copper icon, then click on the Router Device.
3. Click on the
Router device.
1. Choose the
2. Choose the Copper
Connection icon. Straight icon.
• Next, select FastEthernet0/0 on the Router.
1. Choose
FastEthernet 0/0
• Click on the Switch device and select FastEthernet0/1. And then You can see the Router and
Switch Connected with the Copper Straight but the link between the Router and Switch is
down.
2. Click on the Switch
device and select
FastEthernet0/1
• Click on the Copper Straight icon again.
• Click on the Switch device and select FastEthernet0/2.
3. Click on the Switch
device and select
FastEthernet0/2
4. Click on the Copper
Straight icon again
• And finally, click on the End Device (PC) and select the Fast Ethernet0.
5. Click on the End device (PC)
and choose FastEthernet
• And you get like this one:
Remember default state of a
router interface is shutdown
6. Red indicates that
the link is down
c) Port Status
• Point out that the link between the switch and the router is down. This is because the Fast
Ethernet interface on the router is “shutdown”.
• The link between the PC and the switch is up, because the interfaces on these devices start
up in an operational state.
• These link lights are a quick visual way to determine if your links are operational.
7. Mouse over the connection to see
which ports packet tracer selected
d) Viewing Port Labels
• You may need to mouse over the connection to determine which ports on the devices were
used for the connection.
2) Configuring Device:
GUI Interface:
In this example, we learned to make some basic configuration changes through a GUI interface,
while also showing them the equivalent IOS commands.
a) Configuring Router Hostname:
2. Type hostname in both
places; one for display
2. Device name is
name and one for hostname
updated in
topology
1. Configure a device click on it
4. Equivalent IOS and then click the config tab
Command are
shown here
• To begin configuring a router or a switch, click on it and then click on the Config tab.
• In Global Settings, type in the Router Name in both the Display Name field (updates the
topology) and the Hostname field (updates the configuration).
• In the “Equivalent IOS Commands” window, you will see the commands for every action
you take under the Config tab.
• Change the name of Router0 to “My Router”.
b) Configure Router Fast Ethernet Interface:
3. Activate the interface.
1. Click on an interface FastEthernet
0/0 to configure it.
2. IOS Commands are
updated and the link
light is now green.
4. Enter the IP address
and Subnet Mask.
• To configure an interface under the Config tab, choose the interface, configure its addressing,
and then set the “Port Status” to “On”. The actual commands are shown in the “Equivalent IOS
Commands” window.
• Configure the FastEthernet0/0 interface
o IP Address: [Link]
o Subnet Mask: [Link] (The subnet mask will automatically be populated.)
o Turn Port Status to on to activate the interface.
o IOS commands are updated and the link light is now green.
c) Configure the PC Gateway:
2. Under Global settings, you
can change the PC name
and enter the gateway IP
Address.
1. Click on a PC and then click on
the config tab to configure it.
• After clicking the PC icon in the topology, navigate to the Config tab to enter settings for the
Gateway and Display Name.
• No two devices can share the same name in Packet Tracer, therefore, if you have a router
named “My Router”, no other device can have this name.
d) Configure the PC IP Address:
1. Click on
FasrEthernet
under INTERFACE
to configure the
IP Address and
Subnet Mask.
• Select the Fast Ethernet link to configure the IP address and Subnet Mask.
• The default subnet mask will be filled in automatically when you tab from the IP address field.
• Note that Bandwidth and Duplex can be set to “Auto”.
Add Notes:
Click on Note tool button to add notes to the topology.
• Notes are helpful reminders of configuration settings.
• Notes can be added, moved and deleted from the topology just like devices.
Conclusion: In this practical, we have studied how to connect the Network Devices and
Configuring initial settings of a device in Cisco Packet Tracer Simulation Tool.