on the bottom left hand corner you will find all the devices you need.

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1 Create a simple LAN in packet tracer Things you will need 1) Generic PC 1) Switch 1) Server open packet tracer on the bottom left hand corner you will find all the devices you need. Click on END DEVICES and drag a PC to the area Server PC

2 Follow the picture above. Now to add a switch click on the switches from the same place you picked a PC and add the first switch to the screen. after this we need a server. click on the END DEVICES again to select the SERVER to the screen. Its the third icon on the list Well done. Now we need to connect the three devices together and check if they are communicating over the LAN. Click on the lightning bolt icon by the END DEVICES it represents the connections. Inside it we have several different cable types. PC SERVER and SWITCH they all use the COPPER STRAIGHT THROUGH cable. Its the black line icon third on the list.

3 click on it and then click on the PC. it will show the Ethernet port which is available for this device. Choose the FAST ETHERNET 0. now click on the switch and choose FAST ETHERNET 0/1

4 Switches have multiple Ethernet connections so we can pick any from the list. Its a good practice to choose the first one to stay organised. Now do the same from the switch to the server Choose copper straight through wire from the switch to the server. Well done. Now we need to give each of these devices their own IP address to find each other on the network. PC Switch - no need for an IP address Server Lets enter these IP addresses to the devices Click on the PC0 icon This box will come up

5 This is the configure screen for the devices. We will go in to detail about this page later. Click on config on the top Now click on FASTETHERNET0 on the left.

6 Enter the IP address for the pc in the following BOX with says IP address and press enter and press enter. Once you pressed enter it will give you the subnet MASK address automatically. No need to worry about that. Close the PC0 config Screen. Now the server. Click on the server ICON.

7 you will see the configuration screen click on config on top

8 Now click on the FAST ETHERNET 0 on the left Enter the IP address in the following box which says IP Address and press enter

9 Subnet mark address will be filled automatically. Well done thus far. Check so far you create a small LAN with one device and one server connecting both through a switch Given IP address for both Now what? We need to check if they are communicating in the network. Packet tracer has its own MSDOS installed in the pc we will ping the server to check if it responds to the PC. Click on the PC icon and go to the configuration screen.

10 Click on the DESKTOP tab on the top. This PC comes with its own apps cool right. Now click on the COMMAND PROMP icon.

11 type ping and press enter. that is our server address The server has replied to our ping. It means the ports are open for upload and download communication between the devices. Now we need to name our devices so we know which is which. At the moment its PC0 Swtch0 and Server0 This information doesnt help anyone. Lets fix it.

12 Click on the where it says PC0. It will automatically go in the typing screen which will allow you to rename the device on screen. Name the PC my room PC and click away it will register the new name to the device. Name the switch Main Switch Name the server My Server. You screen should look like this.

13 Now do the following Tasks to the LAN. Add two more PC Name them Work PC and Games PC Work PC IP address will be Games PC IP address will be Connect them both to the switch using the Copper Straight Through wire. Configure their IP address in the config screen as you have with the first PC. and Ping them to the server. Final LAN network. SAVE THE PACKET TRACER PROJECT AS 1 SIMPLE LAN