Packet Tracer 5.0

Packet Tracer 5.
0
Overview
July 14, 2008
Presentation_ID © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 1
Agenda
 Packet Tracer Overview
 PT 5.0 Key Features and
What’s New
Expanded Platform Support
Enhanced Protocol Support
Multiuser Functionality
 PT 5.0 Key Benefits

 Summary
Packet Tracer
Overview
What is Packet Tracer 5.0?
 Comprehensive networking technology teaching and
learning software with powerful simulation, visualization,
authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities
 Offers a unique combination of realistic simulation and

visualization experiences, complex assessment and
activity authoring capabilities, and opportunities for
multiuser collaboration and competition
Simulation, Visualization, Collaboration
simulate IOS commands
visualize network traffic
collaborate on multiuser activities
Supports Homework and Pre-Lab Prep
Packet Tracer Activity Wizard
 Anyone can author, the PT Activity Wizard guides you
 The process is basically write instructions, build a correct
answer network, specify grading, specify an initial network, save
 Ability to create your own

learning activities, tasks, labs,
games and complex
assessments
 Build scaffolded learning
experiences, formative and
summative assessments
Activity Wizard for Editing PT Activities
Instructors can localize, edit or enhance existing activities using Activity Wizard
Packet Tracer: Key E-Learning Component
 Learning theories stress early hands-on experiences
 Key components of Networking Academy e-learning
strategy include
In-person, hands-on labs with real equipment
Online curriculum and assessment
Packet Tracer
Instructor
Collaboration Tools
 Learning cycles alternating both Packet Tracer

activities and in-person, hands-on lab experiences with
real equipment are a best practice for teaching CCNA-
level networking to beginners
Integrated into CCNA Curricula
Students launch PT directly from CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration to

access activities that reinforce the curriculum
PT 5.0
Key Features
Packet Tracer Features
 Logical and Physical Workspaces
 Real-Time and Simulation Modes
 User friendly CLI
 Global event list (packet sniffer)
 LAN, switching, TCP/IP, routing, and WAN protocols
 Activity Wizard, Lab grading
 Multiple platform support
 Multiple language support
 Integrated Help and Tutorials
Moving to PT 5.0 – What’s New
PT 4.11 PT 5.0
• Simulation and Existing features plus:

visualization of commonly
used CCNA-level • Additional Protocol Support
protocols (e.g., IPv6)
• Activity Wizard allows • Additional Platform Support
field authoring and (Linux, Vista)
localization of activities
• Multiuser Capability
• Win 2K, XP platforms
• Used in lectures, labs,
homework, assessments
• Free for all students and
instructors
New Features in Packet Tracer 5.0
 Expanded platform support
Windows (Widows XP, Windows 2000)
Vista (Vista Basic, Vista Premium)
Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora)
• Enhanced protocol support
Expanded list of protocols to reflect current networking trends and practices
in industry and government
More support for teaching CCNA-level commands
Deeper modeling for existing protocols
 Multiuser functionality
Enables social learning instead of students working alone
PT 5.0 is now a network-capable (peer to peer) application
Supports collaboration, competition, remote instructor-student interaction,
social networking, gaming
Packet Tracer 5.0 Protocol Support
 HTTP, TFTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP

 TCP and UDP
 IPv4, ICMP, ARP, IPv6, ICMPv6
 RIPv1/v2/ng, Multi-Area OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routing,
Route Redistribution, Multilayer Switching
 Ethernet (802.3), HDLC, Frame Relay, PPP
 STP, RSTP, VTP, DTP, CDP, 802.1q, PAgP
 802.11
*New in PT 5.0
Packet Tracer 5.0 Multiuser Functionality
 PT 5.0 is now a network-capable (peer to peer)
application, using the real network (TCP socket
connections) to carry the Packet Tracer virtual packets
 The PT application running on one computer can
communicate with the PT application running on 1 or
more other computers
 This connectivity between multiple instances of PT
supports teamwork, classroom games, collaboration,
competition, remote instructor-student interaction, and
social networking
Example Multiuser Scenarios
3 Packet Tracer instances interacting
via Packet Tracer Messaging Protocol (PTMP)
Real TCP
Socket
Connection
PC 1 PC 2
Real TCP Real TCP
Socket Socket
Connection Connection
PC 3
Multiuser Games for Social Learning
Instructor console view of Instructor console view of

multiuser “Relay Race” game multiuser “King of the Hill” game
PT 5.0
Key Benefits
Packet Tracer 5.0 Key Benefits
 Makes teaching easier by providing a free, multiuser environment

for instructors to easily teach complex technical concepts
 Makes learning easier by providing a realistic simulation and

visualization environment for exploration, experimentation and
explanation
 Instructors and students can create their own virtual “network

worlds” for teaching and learning networking concepts and
technologies
Key Instructor Benefits
 Ability to teach complex CCNA-level networking concepts
Demonstrate technologies and configurations
Author custom guided activities, labs and assessments with immediate feedback
using the Activity Wizard
Use for lecture demonstration, individual and group labs, homework, assessments,
games, network design, troubleshooting and modeling tasks, reinforcement of
hands-on lab activities, case studies, competitions
 Supplements classroom equipment and provides

complementary learning opportunities that are not
possible in the classroom alone
Visualization, animation and detailed modeling provide a teaching environment
enabling exploration, experimentation and explanation in new visual ways
Supports self-paced learning outside the classroom
Supports social learning processes via multiuser collaboration and competition
Overall enhanced student satisfaction and success, adds additional value to attract
more students to program
Key Student Benefits
 Provides a free practice and visualization environment for the
design, configuration and troubleshooting of network environments
Exploratory development environment for CCNA-level concepts and protocols
Design, build and configure your own network with drag and drop devices
Observe virtual packets real time as they travel through your network
 Allows practice outside of the physical classroom and lab (can be

run on home computers, mobile laptops)
Practice your problem-solving and troubleshooting skills at your own convenience
Create and configure much larger topologies than possible with physical
equipment available
 Provides a rich learning environment beyond standard networking

technology instructional practices
Explore concepts, conduct experiments, test your understanding
Provides valuable hands-on expertise to help you succeed in the classroom and
on the job
Multiuser functionality provides more collaboration, competition and fun learning
opportunities
PT5.0
Summary
Impact Summary of New PT 5.0 Features
On Students On Instructors On Authors
Additional Ability to run PT on more

operating systems,
Ability to run PT on more
operating systems both in
Improved support for authoring on more
operating systems
Platforms supports more out of and out of classroom
classroom environments
More Free practice and

visualization environment
Ability to use PT to teach
more topics (like IPv6)
Improved support for creating CCNA-
level curriculum and assessments
Protocols for crucial networking
technologies
Multiuser More collaboration,

competition, and fun
More support for social
learning processes
More instructional design possibilities
Functionality
Packet Tracer 5.0 Key Take Aways
 PT 5.0 makes teaching and learning networking
technology easier
 PT 5.0 is a key Networking Academy e-learning
component
 PT 5.0 is not intended to replace experiences with real
equipment, but rather to complement them
 PT 5.0 is a laboratory for teaching and learning; you
can experiment, you can create your own virtual
network “world”
 PT 5.0 is going social with multiuser functionality; it isn’t
just what you do yourself, it is what you can do with
others too
Packet Tracer 5.0 Availability
 Packet Tracer 5.0 is scheduled for release July 28, 2008
 Available free to all Networking Academy instructors,
students and alumni on Academy Connection
 To obtain Packet Tracer 5.0
Log in to Academy Connection
Click the Packet Tracer image on the left side of your Home Page
Select the appropriate download option
Packet Tracer 5.0 Additional Resources
 The following additional resources will be available on
the Packet Tracer resource page on July 28, 2008
FAQs
Datasheet
Brochure
Video
Link to instructor training materials (including 2 new resources -
Beginner and Advanced Guides)
New PT 5.0 supplementary activities
Packet Tracer Discussion Forum
Access the global instructor community for questions,
discussions, and activity sharing

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 PT 5.0 Key Benefits

 Offers a unique combination of realistic simulation and

visualize network traffic

collaborate on multiuser activities

 Ability to create your own

 Learning cycles alternating both Packet Tracer

Students launch PT directly from CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration to

• Simulation and Existing features plus:

 HTTP, TFTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP

Instructor console view of Instructor console view of

 Makes teaching easier by providing a free, multiuser environment

 Makes learning easier by providing a realistic simulation and

 Instructors and students can create their own virtual “network

 Supplements classroom equipment and provides

 Allows practice outside of the physical classroom and lab (can be

 Provides a rich learning environment beyond standard networking

On Students On Instructors On Authors

Additional Ability to run PT on more

More Free practice and

Multiuser More collaboration,

Select the appropriate download option

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