PACKET TRACER

ADNAN KAZAN
 STARTING POINT

Who is using Packet Tracer?

Who makes own assignments?

 CONFERENCE

It was a good day,

but how can i use
this on Monday?

Practical value
Lunch
ADNAN KAZAN

Information Science

Regio College
Teacher CCNA program
NASC
Trainer \ Book “Netwerken met Packet Tracer”

Contact
adnankazan@gmail.com
TOPICS

Difficult to talk about a tool, without actually using it.

10 min. 10 min.
What can i do with it? How to make PKA
When can i use it? Variables and Plagiarism

Make
Intro Basics Usage Wrap up
assignments

15 min.
Concepts
Teamwork
 BASICS

“Cisco Packet Tracer is a comprehensive, networking

technology teaching and learning program that
offers a unique combination of realistic simulation
and visualization experiences, assessment and
activity authoring capabilities, and opportunities for
multiuser collaboration and competition”
- Netacad
SHORT DEMONSTRATION OF BASICS

1.
2.
Logical/Physical
Realtime/Simulation 1
3. Tool bar
4. Packet Window 3
5. Device-Type

2
5 4
DEMO 1
 THE FUNDAMENTELS

Friendly user interface

Flighttime
Contact with devices

Make own assignments

Simulation mode
Packet Inspection
SHOWING WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN
GO WRONG
• Broadcast storm
• With real equipment not “visible” what happens on the
data layer
• In Packet Tracer very easy to show and also to demonstrate
the workings of STP
• Result of STP election proces
DEMO 2
 MAKE TOPICS MORE CLEAR

• Routing and Administrative distance / longest

length prefix
• Using the inspect tool
Default route

192.168.0.0/29 10.0.0.0/30 192.168.0.32/29

10.0.0.4/30 10.0.0.8/30
DEMO 3
LEARN STUDENTS TO TROUBLESHOOT

• 30 students >> not enough equipment to do some

simple troubleshooting tasks
• With PT easily done, from datalink layer to
application layer
• Wrong gateway configured
• ARP
• Broadcast message
• MAC – IP
• Routing loop
• DHCP doesnt have ip left in scope
DEMO 4
 TEAMWORK?

• PT provides the possibility to connect instances with

each other
• So a group of 2-4 students can work together and build a
corporate network on 4 devices
• Easy to set up, not always easy to troubleshoot
especially on BYOD environments.
DEMO 5
 MAKING OWN ASSIGNMENTS

• Packet Tracer gives teachers possibility to make

own assignments

• Always start with an environment which is finished = Solution

• Create the start up environment
• Additional step: Use variables to minimize plagiarism
• Lock it!
• Distribute and collect
DEMO 6
 FUTURE

• IoT in Packet Tracer

• Will be huge
• More protocol support
• First hop redundancy protocols >> Stacking of switches
SO, HOW CAN I USE THIS ON MONDAY?

• All the files are on wetransfer (i have included 10

troubleshoot files)

• You can use the troubleshoot files with your students

• Make your own assignments
• Difficulty with making assignments? Mail me!
 THANKS

• Questions? PKA File’s?

• Mail
• adnankazan@gmail.com