Table of Contents for
Packet Tracer Network Simulator

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Cover image for bash Cookbook, 2nd Edition Packet Tracer Network Simulator by Jesin A Published by Packt Publishing, 2014
  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Packet Tracer Network Simulator
  4. Packet Tracer Network Simulator
  5. Credits
  6. About the Author
  7. About the Reviewers
  8. www.PacktPub.com
  9. Preface
  10. Who this book is for
  11. Conventions
  12. Reader feedback
  13. Customer support
  14. 1. Getting Started with Packet Tracer
  15. Installing Packet Tracer
  16. Interface overview
  17. Creating a simple topology
  18. Summary
  19. 2. Network Devices
  20. Customizing devices with modules
  21. Emulating WAN
  22. Accessing the CLI
  23. Summary
  24. 3. Generic IP End Devices
  25. Servers
  26. Other end devices
  27. Configuring end devices
  28. Summary
  29. 4. Creating a Network Topology
  30. Testing connectivity with PDUs
  31. Using the simulation mode
  32. Clustering a topology
  33. Summary
  34. 5. Navigating and Modifying the Physical Workspace
  35. Moving devices physically
  36. Managing cables and distances
  37. Customizing icons and backgrounds
  38. Summary
  39. 6. Configuring Routing with the CLI
  40. Dynamic routing protocols
  41. The Routing table
  42. Load sharing
  43. Summary
  44. 7. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  45. BGP versus dynamic routing protocols
  46. Configuring BGP in Packet Tracer
  47. Summary
  48. 8. IPv6 on Packet Tracer
  49. IPv6 static and dynamic routing
  50. Using both IPv4 and IPv6
  51. Summary
  52. 9. Setting Up a Wireless Network
  53. Wireless networks and physical workspaces
  54. Summary
  55. 10. Configuring VLANs and Trunks
  56. InterVLAN routing with routers and layer 3 switches
  57. Switch-to-switch trunk links
  58. Analyzing broadcasts in the simulation mode
  59. Summary
  60. 11. Creating Packet Tracer Assessments
  61. The initial network
  62. The answer network
  63. Testing the activity
  64. Summary
  65. Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Packet Tracer

So you have just entered the world of Cisco networking by starting to prepare for CCENT or CCNA and would like to get a taste of everything in Cisco, but do not have the luxury to afford real hardware. Well, who needs a few pieces of real hardware when you can design complex topologies with tens (if not hundreds) of Cisco devices and watch as packets move between them, and do all of this on your laptop, sitting anywhere? The best part is, if you are an instructor or interviewer, practical questions can be created with Packet Tracer; you'll learn how to do this in Chapter 11, Creating Packet Tracer Assessments.

This chapter will guide you through the installation of Packet Tracer, describe its graphical interface, and show you how to create your first simple topology in it. Because this is a simulator, not all real world (read real hardware) protocols are supported. So we will begin by seeing which protocols it does support.

Protocols supported by Packet Tracer

A simulator, as the name suggests, simulates network devices and its environment, so protocols in Packet Tracer are coded to work and behave in the same way as they would on real hardware. The following table shows the protocols supported by Packet Tracer:

Technology

Protocols

LAN

Ethernet (including CSMA/CD*), 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless*, and PPPOE

Switching

VLANs, 802.1q, trunking, VTP, DTP, STP*, RSTP*, multilayer switching*, EtherChannel, LACP, and PAgP

TCP/IP

HTTP, HTTPS, DHCP, DHCPv6, Telnet, SSH, TFTP, DNS, TCP*, UDP, IPv4*, IPv6*, ICMP, ICMPv6, ARP, IPv6 ND, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and VOIP(H.323)

Routing

Static, default, RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, single area OSPF, multiarea OSPF, BGP, inter-VLAN routing, and redistribution

WAN

HDLC, SLARP, PPP*, and Frame Relay*

Security

IPsec, GRE, ISAKMP, NTP, AAA, RADIUS, TACACS, SNMP, SSH, Syslog, CBAC, Zone-Based Policy Firewall, and IPS

QoS

Layer 2 QoS, Layer 3 DiffServ QoS, FIFO Hardware queues, Priority Queuing, Custom Queuing, Weighted Fair Queuing, MQC, and NBAR*

Miscellaneous

ACLs (standard, extended, and named), CDP, NAT (static, dynamic, inside/outside, and overload), and NATv6

* These protocols have substantial modelling limitations, so not all commands under these protocols work.