© 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public PT for ITE Instructors 1 Michigan Academy Conference 2011 Wireless in a Packet Tracer World Dr. Deanne Cranford-Wesley Associate Professor, Davenport University April 15th

PT for ITE Instructors 2 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Wireless in a Packet Tracer World Session length:  50 minutes Target audience:  CCNA  CCNA Wireless  IT Essentials  Anyone who wants to learn about wireless features of Packet Tracer Session description:  Packet Tracer is continuing to be used more and more by the Academy Community. Yet, the wireless features are a resource that seems to be untapped. This session will provide information on how to use the wireless features in Packet Tracer. In addition, the session will help spark ideas on how you could incorporate wireless in several areas of teaching. Equipment list: Packet Tracer installed on PCs

PT for ITE Instructors 3 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Agenda  Wireless features PT Wireless Equipment Logical VS Physical Workspace Security Features Where does wireless fit in the curriculum  Hands-on lab  PT Resources Tutorials  Questions

PT for ITE Instructors 4 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Wireless Features of PT5.3.2

PT for ITE Instructors 5 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  HWIC-AP-AG-B module is a High-Speed WAN Interface Card providing integrated Access Point functionality in the Cisco 1800 (Modular), Cisco 2800, and Cisco 3800 Integrated Services Routers. It supports Single Band b/g or Dual Band a/b/g radios.  Linksys router has enhanced GUI features.  Wireless PDA  Wireless Tablet PC  Added PC Wireless features New Wireless Equipment

PT for ITE Instructors 6 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Wireless Devices

PT for ITE Instructors 7 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Subtitle Logical VS Physical

PT for ITE Instructors 8 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Logical VS Physical Workspace  The Physical tab provides a physical representation of the logical layout  By default you begin in the Logical layout. Click the Physical tab under this icon to open the logical layout of your document.  Once the logical configuration is completed, your devices automatically show up in the physical area.

PT for ITE Instructors 9 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Logical VS Physical Workspace  Once in the Physical workspace, you can display the following views:  Home City  Corporate Office  Wiring Closet  Rack View

PT for ITE Instructors 10 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Logical VS Physical Workspace  The overall logical view (Challenge Lab):

PT for ITE Instructors 11 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Logical VS Physical Workspace Home CityWiring ClosetCorporate Office Rack Views

PT for ITE Instructors 12 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Uses of the Physical Workspace  This area can be used to - Reinforce concepts of distance of closets and catchment area -Demonstrate wireless coverage area -Visually explain the physical configuration of closets -Visually explain the relationship between the logical designs and the physical layout of equipment

PT for ITE Instructors 13 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Overview of Practice Lab

PT for ITE Instructors 14 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  Setting up the Home Network Lab Practice

PT for ITE Instructors 15 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  Final Diagram Lab Practice

PT for ITE Instructors 16 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Packet Tracer Resources

PT for ITE Instructors 17 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public  PT Help Contents  PT embedded Tutorials  PT Online Resources Resources to Remember

PT for ITE Instructors 18 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Packet Tracer Discussion Forum  Access the global instructor community for questions, discussions, collaboration, and activity sharing

PT for ITE Instructors 19 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public How to get to the Tutorials  To access the Tutorials, you need to open Packet Tracer and click Help.  There you will find the link for Tutorials.

PT for ITE Instructors 20 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Packet Tracer Tutorials  Tutorials are step by step guides (movies) to help you understand the features of Packet Tracer

PT for ITE Instructors 21 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  Packet Tracer comes with the tutorials installed for your convenience. For users who want more functionality, there are also a set of Advanced Tutorials to assist you in learning even more about Packet Tracer.  To find these tutorials and install them, there are a few very simple instructions to follow.

PT for ITE Instructors 22 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  Log into the Academy Connection and click on the Library link.

PT for ITE Instructors 23 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  From the Library page, select the Course Catalog and then Packet Tracer

PT for ITE Instructors 24 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  From the Packet Tracer link, scroll down until you find the link for Advanced

PT for ITE Instructors 25 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  Once in the Advanced Tutorials section, you will need to download three files. The instructions (Instructions_to_update_pt_5.3.doc) The advanced Tutorials (Adv-Tutorials.zip) PowerPoint tutorials (PT_Training_Materials.zip)

PT for ITE Instructors 26 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Advanced Tutorials  Once this information downloads—follow the instructions on the Word document to extract the files into the PT5.3 directory. Once completed—you will have several new tutorials immediately available to you in PacketTracer.

PT for ITE Instructors 27 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public

PT for ITE Instructors 28 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public