Cisco. The second issue. We use Packet Tracer 5.0 for network modeling. Screencast

Today in the issue:

Packet Tracer 5. We study the possibilities of the program.
The release is designed as a screencast.
In 20 minutes you will get to know the main functions of PT5.

On the agenda:

Wednesday PT5:
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• Logical network diagram
• Simulation equipment.
• Work with objects on a logic diagram.
• Mechanisms for visual modeling of data flows

Work with equipment:

• Adding expansion cards to routers
• Setting up the equipment in graphical mode
• Setting up equipment in CLI mode
• Computers and servers: features and configuration.

We collect network diagram:

• Add equipment to the chart.
• We use cables to connect equipment
• We configure the computer and server
• Add a switch and a router. Configuring the router.
• We use ping requests from the command line and in visual mode to test the connection.
• We use trace trace (traceroute) to check the paths of packets.
• Simple debugging.

We download the screencast from here in the form of wmv (“Save object as”) or from here the same thing, only in a zip-archive.

Well, as agreed, homework !

Assemble the network as follows:



And make it so that the computer can ping the web server.
Almost everything will be clear to you after the screencast. But there is one snag. The router only knows about the networks to which it is connected. Accordingly, Bart does not know about the network with the web server. And Homer doesn't know about the network with the computer. On these routers you need to register static routes yourself. And how to do it - you will find on the Internet.
Still the first issue may come in handy.
UPD1: Packet Tracer itself , of course, for educational purposes only!
Yes, and more. Dynamips is great. But!
1. there is no switching at all.
2. This is a real IOS and 80% of the teams there will interfere and distract.
3. Dynamips itself is not easy to handle. It takes a lot of confusion to create a custom network.
For newbies, PacketTracer is a really good product. After it, you can switch to Dynampis (with GNS3), and understand how an emulator differs from a simulator, what is good and what is bad, and so on.
By the way, the release about GNS3 (Dynamips) was planned further!