Packet Tracer 1.1.5.4

In this packet tracer it was a lot more demanding then the previous labs. This time around all the tabs ion the new router i put in the logical workspace. i first started off with having to to out in a 1841 router in the workspace. Following that i quickly started configuring it starting with adding WIC-2T module to the open slot in the router and turning it on. I then had to add a copper straight through wire as the connection between the new router and the switch. i then added an assigned IP address. then had to add passwords by using the cli command line since the config tab cannot do this part. i press the exit an then enable secret class in order to set an encrypted password. the password would be cisco and then redo some of the previous steps to see if the password is set. After completely verifying the information i can see that all the green lights are clear and present in all the machines and check results to see the 100% completion.

Packet Tracer 1.1.5 Cabling Devices

In this lab was able to to connect devices cabling wise. All the devices in the had no connections so i was able to connect all of them with virtually no effort since it was a step by step process. the objectives were obviously to connect the devices and verify the connections. Some of the were connected without having to choose the port, but that was only the beginning. After that i had to choose a specific port for all of the remaining devices so that they would work properly. After connecting PC1 to the first port on Hub H1 i then connected H1 to to the FastEthernet0/0 on router R2. this was practically how i had to connect the other router and the other computer. Not including the details all that was left to do was assign the right port to the corresponding cable. As soon as i saw all the link lights green i knew i had to be done so i checked results and was complete.

Packet Tracer 1.1.4

In this lab of packet tracer i was given a routing table unlike the previous packet tracer. Here i was ale to troubleshoot a router. So i pressed the router and entered the cli for proper configuring. I started with entering the name of the router and entering a bunch of passwords to enable further access. i was then asked to enter a IP address which was 192.168.2.2. i was then given a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 which went based on the address i entered. i then analyzed the results and i noticed everything was running the way it is supposed to be based on the green lights each side of the machine. the way in which i was able to "Examine the results of using setup" was by entering exec mode and entering the enable command. after entering the enable secret command i could see the new configuration by entering yet another command which would be show running-config. this would be 100% completion for this packet tracer.

Packet Tracer 1.1.1

In this introduction packet tracer for chapter 1 it gave me a complex server with a bunch of computers, switches, routers etc. I noticed that they did not have a routing table and the activity just told me to analyze everything and get a basic understanding of how things are connected. i than opened the simulation to see how the packets move around and noticed that a lot of the packets show a "x" at the bottom right of the packet. my hypothetical explanation about this is that since there is no routing table the packet most likely doesn't know where to go. As a result, the packet will most likely never get to where its supposed to go until proper addressing and configurations are made.

Stage 2 Forwarding Packets

in stage what i think will happen is similar to some of the things that were done for stage 1. Basically me and my group will pass it around to the correct students that meet the criteria. what is says for the steps are pretty self explanatory. Although for step six i am a little curious about. is says that "ST6 forwards it to the hypothetical destination, which is router 2". the last time a checked the word  hypothetical usually refers to the best route in my opinion (could be wrong). so far today no one in the group has been assigned as the router for this activity, but i guess we shall see tomorrow.

Lab 1.3.2 packet tracer

What was done in this lab was practically configuring routers. This lab focused on how the routing table is built and how it works. the way in which a router builds a routing table is by adding the networks for the IP addresses configures on each of the interfaces that are online for that router. i also used the CLI and typed in commands to configure the routing tables. it was straight foward and most of the steps just needed to be repeated for the other router. After that all; that needed to be done was to check the connectivity using the ping.