Cisco Packet Tracer

Cisco Packet Tracer is a powerful network simulation tool developed by Cisco Systems, designed for learning, practicing, and visualizing computer networks, IoT, and cybersecurity concepts. It offers a virtual environment to create, configure, and troubleshoot network topologies with drag-and-drop simplicity, making it ideal for students, educators, and IT professionals. Also known as a network simulator, Packet Tracer supports multi-user collaboration and real-time protocol simulation.

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Rany 3 weeks ago

Lately, my Cisco Packet Tracer keeps freezing up mid-lab, especially when adding devices or running complex sims. It's the latest version on Windows, and my PC specs are decent. Happens more with bigg...

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Rany 3 weeks ago

Trying to practice some CLI stuff in Cisco Packet Tracer for my UC cert, but when I attempt to read a .txt file from the command prompt on a device, it throws errors or just hangs. I've placed the fil...

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Rany 3 weeks ago

So, I've got this fully configured network in Packet Tracer – routes are set, pings go through fine in realtime mode – but when I switch to simulation, it shows these weird visual errors like packets...

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Rany 3 weeks ago

I'm working on this basic network setup in Cisco Packet Tracer for my CCNA prep, and for some reason, my PCs and other endpoints aren't pulling IPs from the DHCP server on the router. I've double-chec...

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Rany 3 weeks ago

Hey everyone, I'm a student just starting out with networking classes, and I've run into this frustrating glitch where I can't log into Cisco Packet Tracer. It keeps redirecting me to the Netacad site...

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Abdelrhman Elhusein 4 months ago

I connected two PCs in Packet Tracer, but when I try to ping one from the other, it says ‘Destination host unreachable’ or ‘No IP assigned’. What am I doing wrong?

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Abdelrhman Elhusein 4 months ago

When I try to log into Cisco Packet Tracer, it keeps redirecting me to the Cisco NetAcad website or says login failed. How can I fix this?

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