Networks Lab

Experiment Name: Building a

Experiment No.: 2
Introduction:
Packet Tracer is a proprietary tool of Cisco. It is used to create & simulate network virtually. It
gives same environment virtually as it exists physically. So what you do need to do and work same
on all virtually provided devices as you are working with them physically. This is the beauty of this
tool. This tool is widely used in CCNA training.
This tool gives all type of network devices require to create one real time working network and
also provide same interface as if you are working on real device.

Packet Tracer has two different views

At startup, you are in the Logical Workspace in Real-time Mode, and you can build your
network and see it run in real time in this configuration, also you can switch to Simulation Mode to
run controlled networking scenarios.

Several types of devices and network connections can be used. For this experiment we will
keep it simple by using End Devices, Switches, Hubs, and Connections.

Objective:
• To learn about configure a different networks in cisco packet tracer.

Equipment used:
Cisco Packet Tracer Student 6.2 program.

Experiment procedure:

• Using above tools in the program we can put devices, routers, switches, hubs, cables, …etc.

• First, we built a simple network topology with just two PCs by Selecting “End Devices” and
then click at “Generic” and click on the main area. Repeat it to the second device.
• Select “Connections” from Power Cycle Devices and click on “Copper Cross-Over”, - two
end devices needs a cross-over connection in-between - , then draw connections from the
first NIC (Ethrnet0)of PC0 to the second NIC (Ethrnet0) PC1.

• Double click on a PC, a box will appear. Click on the “Desktop” tab, then select “IP
configuration” , Write the IP address of your network and click at the Subnet mask filed.
Subnet Mask will appear automatically. Repeat it to set the IPs for all the PCs.
• By using "Place Note" Tool, write the IP address for each device under it.

• Double click on a PC0, a box will appear. Click on the “Desktop” tab, then select
“Command Prompt” , write "PC>ping 10.0.0.2" , if there is a reply then the connection is
successful.

• We can do the previous step by these steps:

2. Drag and Drop the message to the source device and then to the Destination device.
In this case my source device is PC0 and destination device is PC1.
3. Select the Simulation Mode at the bottom right corner.

4. Click at “Auto Capture / Play”.

• After these steps, we repeat them with Hub and another with Switch.

Discussion:

When we use Hub and try to send a simple PDU from a source device to a destination device,
the path of the Message was from source to Hub, then to all devices. And then from Destination to
Hub then back to the source with the same procedure.
The Switch was the same at the first, but it has a learning attribute that let it build a table
contains of MAC address and IP address for each end device that connect to it, so after the first
message between two devices, it doesn't send the message to all devices, but to the destination
device directly. And this was the result for our test for the Hub: (from PC4 to PC1)
At the first the Switch behave the same, then it send the message directly to the destination,
This was our test for Switch: (from PC7 to PC4)

Switch Hub
Data Link Layer. Network switches Physical layer. Hubs are classified
operate at Layer 2 of the OSI as Layer 1 devices per the OSI Layer
model. model.
Hubs always perform frame
First broadcast; then unicast &
flooding; may be unicast, multicast Transmission Type
multicast as needed.
or broadcast
Switches use content accessible
memory CAM table which is
A network hub cannot learn or store
typically accessed by ASIC Table
MAC address.
(Application Specific integrated
chips).
Full Duplex Half Duplex Transmission Type
No collisions occur in a full- Collisions occur commonly in
Collisions
duplex switch. setups using hubs.

Conclusion:
Connection established successfully between Source and Destination.