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How To Install And Use Cisco Packet Tracer For CCNA

If you're using Packet Tracer for your CCNA preparations, then this guide will help you. I well tell you how to install Packet Tracer and some basic ways you can use Packet Tracer for the CCNA.

Installation -

Go to this link.

Click on Sign up and fill all the required details. I recommend you to use your own email address as you have to keep signing in when using Packet Tracer.


You will get a similar page after creating an account.

Click on Launch Course.

Now you will be directed to the Packet Tracer course page.

 
 

Now click on Student Resources. You will get the following page:


Scroll down on the page and click on Download and install the latest version of Packet Tracer.

You will be taken to this page:

 
 

Click on the version on Packet Tracer you want to download. I will download the latest version of Packet Tracer and I recommend you to do the same. I will download Cisco Packet Tracer 7.2.1

You will be taken to a page with documents and the downloads to the 32bit and 64bit versions of Packet Tracer. Download and install the version your computer supports.

The download will be a ZIP file. Extract the ZIP file and run the setup to install Packet Tracer on your PC.


Usage -

Now I will tell you how to use Packet Tracer basically. You will learn most of the stuff while studying for the CCNA.

After your installation, start Cisco Packet Tracer.

You will have this page on your view.


Now you will have to start adding devices to your space.
The devices are in the bottom left corner. 




Chose Network Devices from the top and select [Routers] from the bottom. Now drag and drop PT-Router into the space.





Now click on [Switches] and drag and drop PT-Switch in the space.

Now, click on End Devices from the top and drag and drop a PC into the space.


Now, click on Connections(Lightning icon).

You will be presented with a lot of different connection types. Click on the Lightning Icon which says automatically choose connection type.


Now, click on the Router and the click on the Switch. Do the same with the Switch and the PC.


Yay! You have set up a basic network. 

You can click on the router and switch to open other options about that device. You can click on the CLI option in the window to open the Command-Line Interface.


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Thanks for reading!

AZID

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