What's new in Packet Tracer 6.0 ?
Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2 build 0162 has been released for download ! Have a look at Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2 new features.
General improvements in Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1
- Supports current LTS version of Ubuntu and stopped support for Fedora
- CAB-HD8-ASYNC cable
- IPv6 in IP Configuration under Desktop
- Terminal server for routers
- PC Firewall for IPv4 and IPv6
- Servers with 2 NICs
- Circling tool
- Improvements to Activity Wizard and Variable Manager
New Hardware in Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1 :
Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1 includes 3 new Cisco ISR routers :
- Cisco 1941 Integrated Service Router
- Cisco 2901 Integrated Service Router
- Cisco 2911 Integrated Service Router
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| Cisco 1941 Integrated Services Router | Cisco 2901 Integrated Services Router | Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router |
This new Cisco Packet Tracer version also includes new high-speed WAN interface cards (HWIC) :
- HWIC-2T (Cisco One- and 2-Port Serial High-Speed WAN Interface Card)
- HWIC-8A (Cisco 8-Port Asynchronous High-Speed WAN Interface Card)
This serial modules used with the octal cable allows out of band management of Cisco networking devices through their console port. The HWIC-8A module allows the connection of 8 console cables, each serial connection being mapped to a TCP port for telnet access.
Router#show line
Tty Line Typ Tx/Rx
0/0/0 3 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/1 4 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/2 5 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/3 6 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/4 7 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/5 8 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/6 9 TTY 9600/9600
0/0/7 10 TTY 9600/9600
New IOS version (IOS 15) :
The new Cisco ISR routers included in Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1 are delivered with IOS 15.1(4)M4 (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M and C2900-UNIVERSALK9-M). This version is provided with the ipbase licence activated. The security and unified communications licences can be activated for a 60 grace period with the following CLI commands :
- Security (Cisco 1941, Cisco 2901, Cisco 2911) : license boot module c2900 technology-package securityk9
- Unified communications (Cisco 2901 and Cisco 2911 only) : license boot module c2900 technology-package uck9
