Cisco Packet Tracer 8.x tutorials
Tutorial description
This tutorial is designed to help you to configure the voice over ip (voip) features available in Packet Tracer 8.1.1
It will show you the steps required to :
- Configure Call Manager ExpressTM on a 2811 router,
- Use the various telephony devices
- Setup dial peers
- Connect CiscoTM IP phones as well as analogue phone on the network.
Network diagram
Note : Connect only IP Phone 1 at the beginning of the lab. IP Phone 2 must be disconnected.
Supported devices in Packet Tracer 8.1.1
Cisco Packet Tracer 8.1.1 supports three telephony devices :
- Cisco 7960 IP Phone
- Home VOIP device for analog phone connection to an IP network.
- Cisco IP Communicator software on desktop or laptop PC
Cisco 7960 IP Phone
This Cisco Packet Tracer 8.0 tutorial describes two common use cases for radius authentication configuration on enterprise networks :
- Radius as a central authentication service for securing network devices admin access
- Radius as an authentication service for securing a WIFI network with WPA enterprise
Radius authentication for telnet access on a Cisco 2811 router
Telnet authentication lab description
This Packet Tracer tutorial describes how to configure RADIUS authentication on a CiscoTM 2811 router to secure telnet access. The RADIUS server is hosted as a service on a Server-PT device. Radius client password has to be configured on the AAA tab of the Server-PT device.
Router R1 :
- FastEthernet 0/0 : 192.168.1.1/24
- FastEthernet 0/1 : 192.168.2.1/24
RADIUS Server : 192.168.1.2/24
Client (Laptop0) : 192.168.2.1/24
Introduction
DHCP service is a key component of your network infrastructure by allowing centralized ip address management on a single pool of servers. DHCP configuration is also part of CCNA and CCNP Enterprise certification curricula. This skill can be tested in lab environnement during exams ans it's important for students to get used to DHCP configuration before taking the exam.
Packet Tracer 8.0 implements two methods for setting up a DHCP server in your network :
- Configuration of DHCP pools on Cisco routers or multlayer switches.
- Configuration of a standalone DHCP server appliance on the network and usage of the "ip helper-address" command on network devices for DHCP traffic forwarding outside each local broadcast domain. This tutorial will describe this method for implementing DHCP service in your network.
DHCP server and DHCP client sould be in the same vlan to be able to communicate as the initial DHCP discover is a layer 2 broadcast packet to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff MAC address. Cisco routers and layer 3 switches are able to act as DHCP relay and forward DHCP requests to a DHCP server located in another VLAN : a single DHCP server can now be deployed to deliver IP addresses to many subnet.
Introduction
Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2 is a powerful simulation software for CCNA and CCNP certification exam training. The video tutorials provided in this sections will help you to understand the basics of Packet Tracer 8.2 operations (tutorial 1) and how the simulation mode works to get a deep analysis of packet flow between network devices (tutorial 2).
Video tutorial 3 provides an advanced network configuration example using Packet Tracer 8.2 in a VOIP lab scenario.
Tutorial 1 - Basic network configuration
This first video demonstrates basic use of Packet Tracer 8.2. It will show you how to configure IP services on a Cisco ISR router and a workstation in the CiscoTM Packet Tracer 8.2 network simulation software :
- IP address configuration
- Connection to a router using a crossover cable
- Initial configuration of the router and the workstation
You can configure the workstation's global and interface settings on the Config tab.
The Desktop tab provides additional tools to configure workstation dial-up settings, IP settings, use a terminal window, open a host command line interface, open a web browser, configure LinksysTM wireless settings, establish a VPN connection, generate network frames, and issue SNMP requests to network devices.
Tutorial 2 -Following packets
This second video tutorial shows how Packet Tracer can capture and display the content of packet as they go through the network (simulation mode). Features are similar to an advanced network tracking software and allows monitoring of frames as they go through and are processed by network devices. The network monitoring tools are available in Packet Tracer simulation mode.
Tutorial 3 - Configure Cisco Call Manager Express (CME)
This advanced Packet Tracer 8.2 video tutorial explains the different options available in Cisco Packet Tracer for Call Manager Express (CME) configuration on a Cisco 2811 ISR router.
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