Observing ARP in Packet Tracer - morgan-hanrahan/Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Summary

In the 3-2 Lab, we used Packet Tracer to simulate a network and examined the address table of the switch and ARP tables of the computers. Then we frame contents and analyzed them to get a better understanding of ARP and Ethernet.

Helpful Info

To assign IP addresses and subnet masks to a PC in Packet Tracer, click on the PC then click the Config tab. From there click on FastEthernet0 and go to the IPv4 Address and subnet mask boxes and insert what you'd like.

To enter admin mode on CLI in Packet Tracer, hit return and then when the prompt looks like: Switch> type enable. Then you'll enter admin mode.

To view the MAC address table from CLI enter admin mode and then type show mac-address-table.