Set up Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0
Below are the steps to satisfy the requirements listed in question 1.
Part 1 Setting up the physical topology
Open Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 (after successfully installed on PC)
On the left bottom, click “End devices” and choose “Generic PC-PT”, place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice, for PC-A and PC-B)
On the left bottom, click “Switches” and choose “Generic-PT”, place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice, for S1 and S2)
On the left bottom, click “Connections” and choose “Console”, connect PC-A with S1 and PC-B with S2, the PC port will be the RS232 and the switch port will be the Console port.
On the left bottom, click “Connections” and choose “Copper Cross-Over”, connect S1 with S2, the S1 port and S2 port can both be FastEthernet0/1.
When the Copper Cross-Over cable turns green, and the console cable turns black, it means they are correctly connected.
The screenshot is shown as Fig-1:
Fig-1
Part 2 Configure the PC hosts
Click on PC0, and click Config tab, in the Global settings, change the name to PC-A (see Fig-2):
Fig-2
Click Desktop tab, then click IP Configuration, and then change the IP address and Subnet Mask according to the Addressing table given (see Fig-3).
Fig-3
Repeat the above steps for PC-B (IP Address and Subnet Mask according to the given addressing table)
Part 3 configure the initial settings on two switches using Cisco IOS
Click on the PC-A and access the Desktop tab. Click on the Terminal icon. A small window will appear, click OK to accept the default settings and the switch CLI will appear. Just hit ENTER in your keyboard and you will get to the user mode (Switch>) (see Fig-4):
Fig-4
Now, we are in Switch1 IOS Command Line Interface.
1. Name the Switches.
Enter privileged EXEC mode by entering enable command
Switch> enable
Switch#
The prompt will change from Switch> to Switch# which indicates privileged EXEC mode.
Enter configuration mode by
Part 1 Setting up the physical topology
Open Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 (after successfully installed on PC)
On the left bottom, click “End devices” and choose “Generic PC-PT”, place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice, for PC-A and PC-B)
On the left bottom, click “Switches” and choose “Generic-PT”, place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice, for S1 and S2)
On the left bottom, click “Connections” and choose “Console”, connect PC-A with S1 and PC-B with S2, the PC port will be the RS232 and the switch port will be the Console port.
On the left bottom, click “Connections” and choose “Copper Cross-Over”, connect S1 with S2, the S1 port and S2 port can both be FastEthernet0/1.
When the Copper Cross-Over cable turns green, and the console cable turns black, it means they are correctly connected.
The screenshot is shown as Fig-1:
Fig-1
Part 2 Configure the PC hosts
Click on PC0, and click Config tab, in the Global settings, change the name to PC-A (see Fig-2):
Fig-2
Click Desktop tab, then click IP Configuration, and then change the IP address and Subnet Mask according to the Addressing table given (see Fig-3).
Fig-3
Repeat the above steps for PC-B (IP Address and Subnet Mask according to the given addressing table)
Part 3 configure the initial settings on two switches using Cisco IOS
Click on the PC-A and access the Desktop tab. Click on the Terminal icon. A small window will appear, click OK to accept the default settings and the switch CLI will appear. Just hit ENTER in your keyboard and you will get to the user mode (Switch>) (see Fig-4):
Fig-4
Now, we are in Switch1 IOS Command Line Interface.
1. Name the Switches.
Enter privileged EXEC mode by entering enable command
Switch> enable
Switch#
The prompt will change from Switch> to Switch# which indicates privileged EXEC mode.
Enter configuration mode by