So I’ll check them by pinging.Īn easy way to get to the command prompt is just by double-clicking on the device, like that. Again, the vital stage is easily missed because it’s off the bottom: ‘Submit’.
I’ll select it, then do ‘Edit device’, ‘Interfaces’. And now the last bit, which is vital but easily missed because it’s off the bottom: ‘Submit’. And for the subnet mask, the usual one for a home network: 255.255.255.0. I’m going to give it an interface address of 192.168.1.100. We select it, then go to ‘Edit device’, and choose ‘Interfaces’. I’ll start with this computer, RightHandSide. None of these devices has an IP number attached, so I’ll give them some IP numbers. so I’ll concentrate on them in this part.
The PCs in Packet Tracer Anywhere, though, are standard PCs. Packet Tracer Anywhere hides some of this complication, but not all of it. The router and the switch here are actually based on large-scale commercial devices, and they’re more complicated than domestic devices. In fact, the Ethernet sockets on the back of a home gateway are the switch part of the device. You can think of the router and switch here as forming a unit that’s a bit like the home gateway. A set of points, or a switch, is used to divert a train from one track to another, depending on the destination. In the USA, points are called ‘switches’. The name comes from the American word for a set of railway points. Actually, it’s very different from an electrical switch. The name ‘switch’ probably gives the impression it’s something like a light switch. The switch is a device we haven’t met yet, although we’ll look at it in more detail in later sessions. Depending which link you click, you might get a preloaded network or a blank screen to construct a network in. I’m going to give you a quick introduction to Packet Tracer Anywhere.Īs Packet Tracer Anywhere is viewed in a browser, you get to it by clicking on a link.
#Youtube cisco packet tracer tutorial 1 simulator
This simulator is called Packet Tracer Anywhere, or PT Anywhere for short. We’ve also got this much simpler network simulator, which is based on Packet Tracer but has a much simpler interface. But they’re also involved in network education and training, which is why they’ve produced the Packet Tracer simulation software. Cisco make a lot of network hardware, and a small amount of domestic network hardware. This one uses Cisco’s Packet Tracer software, which you might be familiar with. In this course we use two network simulators.