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Packet Tracer Network Simulator

By : Jesin A
Book Image

Packet Tracer Network Simulator

By: Jesin A

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Packet Tracer Network Simulator
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Static routing


Static routing is the no-brainer method for configuring routing even though it requires more work. With Packet Tracer, static routing can be configured using the GUI alone. In this method, we configure a router with a destination and a gateway to reach it. So, each router in a topology should know the means to reach all destinations in the network, which requires manual work. Similarly, if a router is added or removed from the topology, all routers must be manually updated to reflect this.

Static routing with GUI

Even if you do not know Cisco commands, this feature of Packet Tracer comes in handy. For this exercise, we will be using the topology shown in the following screenshot:.

This network has four routers in a ring topology, with no PCs or loopback interfaces. Because we will be using only the GUI here, configuration will be kept to a minimum. The topology can be configured by performing the following steps:

  1. Click on a router icon, go to the Config tab, select an interface...