Installation of Cisco Packet Tracer

I'll show the steps for the installation of Cisco Packet Tracer software in this post. note that the version explained here is 5.2. I think its same for the version 5.0 as well.

1. Double click on the Packet Tracer 5.2 Setup icon

2. In Windows 7, it will ask you for the confirmation for the installation. Click Yes in the dialog box
3. Then, follow the below screenshots and provide confirmation accordingly

if you have less space in the default location as shown above, you can browse and provide another location

if you would like to have both a desktop icon and a Quick Launch icon, then select both the check boxes shown above and click Next

if you want to run Packet tracer, as soon as you install, you can select the above shown check box and then click Finish. Or else click finish without selecting the check box.

OK, now, you are done with the installation and ready to follow the practical sessions along with me. I hope you will enjoy working with packet tracer

What is Cisco Packet Tracer?

This blog will describe you the practical experience that I have obtained in hands on experience in using  Cisco Packet Tracer Software under the subject of Data Communications and Computer Networks (we simply call it DCCN). Let's start with it.

Introduction to Routers

Router is a network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information. Occasionally this called as gateway.

 CISCO Routers

Cisco is one of the world leading manufactures of routers and many other communication equipments.

CISCO 805

 CISCO 1700 SERIES

throughout this practical series, i will be explaining the router configurations using Cisco Packet Tracer (version 5.2) software. Now, you will surely have the following question, won't you? 

What actually is this Cisco Packet Tracer?

Cisco Packet Tracer is a powerful network simulation program that allows students to experiment with network behavior and ask “what if” questions. As an integral part of the Networking Academy comprehensive learning experience, Packet Tracer provides simulation, visualization, authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities and facilitates the teaching and learning of complex technology concepts.

Packet Tracer supplements physical equipment in the classroom by allowing students to create a network with an almost unlimited number of devices, encouraging practice, discovery, and troubleshooting. The simulation-based learning environment helps students develop decision making, creative and critical thinking, and problem solving. Packet Tracer complements the Networking Academy curricula.

Simply speaking, this allows you to configure routers and networks with the aid of a command line interface. you will realize the ease of working with it as you go along with this series of blogs.

Ok, now I think you had a brief idea of what we are going to do next... of course, we need to know how to install Cisco Packet Tracer Software. Read the next blog to clarify any doubts in the installation

Thought to share knowledge...

First and foremost I should let you all know that why I have decided to write this blog. It's quite a simple idea that came to my mind and something that i should have started few years before. As an undergraduate student in the field of Information Technology(specialization in Software Engineering), it was great to share the knowledge that I gain from my University under each of my core subjects. Currently being in the end of my academic year, I turn back for three years of education with satisfaction since I could learn things in a vast area in the field of information technology. Since I always appreciate group studies with my friends, I learned each and every technology with great interest. I had an idea to recall my memory with some of those interesting subject contents, practicals and so on.

One point is, it will be a great help for my juniors at the same university and also would accomplish the needs of the viewers as well. I thought to use my prior knowledge of past years with the help of my own tutorials and notes to help understand concepts in a clearer and interesting way. Also the comments of the viewers are also highly appreciable :)

I hope I will enjoy blogging :)