THE BEST TUTORIALS TO LEARN PACKET TRACER

Hi there, in this new post we are going to talk about the best tutorials to learn packet tracer from scratch. Many students or IT professionals are starting in the networking world, specifically within CISCO CCNA Routing and Switching, for this people is completely necessary to have tools to practice and do their networking LABs and one of those tools are the simulators. As you know the main and more known simulator is PACKET TRACER, a tool designed by CISCO System that allows users to create, configure, modern and real network topologies in order to simulate the
behavior of the network devices, like routers, switches, access points and so on.

So the first thing that a student needs to know is how to use the simulator packet tracer, in order to get it, there are lots of tutorials on the web, some of them are large, others are short or very specific, devoting to only one area of the networking. That is why in this post we will show the most complete tutorials to begin learning packet tracer from the beginning level and you can know all the features that this excellent simulator can offer which are very useful.

But what are those tutorials to learn Packet Tracer?

To present them we are going to enumerate the tutorials and give a brief description about it and the link to the website:

1. Packet tracer: The first tutorial we can recommend to check is the one which is embedded in the packet tracer program. here we have the simulator tutorial to start to know all the configurations and options that packet tracer offers, it also teaches you how to do your first Lab, the workspace basics, the operating modes, connections/links, configuring devices, keyboard shortcuts, modeling by layers, the activity wizard, and many other thing even more advanced. If you don't know how to enter to this packet tracer tutorial you can download this brief step-by-step guide in PDF:

2. Netacad: On the website of Netacad we have a FREE packet tracer tutorial designed for beginners called "Introduction to Packet Tracer", if you don't know anything about packet tracer, don't worry,  because on Netacad  there is a good tutorial to learn step by step all the things related to packet tracer with no prior networking knowledge, you will find  here good tips and practices for using the simulator, it teaches you the tools and their basic operations and how to deal with any network using everyday  examples. An account in Netacad is needed, so you just have to sign up (which is free) and start the course. This curse is 10-hours length, its level is beginning and the type of learning is self-paced and of course is free. You can begin the course on:

3. Channel Danscourses: Now we are going to see the best tutorials for packet tracer on youtube. The first and one of the best is the channel called: "DANSCOURSES", where we will find a lot of videos related to networking, programming and so on. Danscourses has a big number of videos related to packet tracer, (80 videos) that teaches you all the tools of packet tracer and how to use them, through good examples you will be able to get familiarized with the simulator and all the main features needed to start learning and practicing networking, since the beginning to the advance level. Start learning on the following link:

4. Channel David Bombal: Another excellent tutorial to learn packet tracer deeply is the youtube channel called "DAVID BOMBAL". As the previous channel shown, this one has lots of videos and tutorial related to networking and technology. There are 112 videos which teach you how to solve CCNA Labs in packet tracer from an intermediate to advance level. The good thing is that this videos are aimed to help you to get the certification, looking over the main concepts, practicing with Labs and doing troubleshooting, like in an CCNA exam, To start watching the videos go to the link: 

5. Channel Mizael Martinez: And our last recommended youtube channel is called: "MIZAEL MARTINEZ", a channel which teach you the main and more used features of packet tracer from scratch, as the Netacad tutorial shown before, if it is your first time using packet tracer, this tutorial is suitable for you, and you will learn how to use packet tracer without any problem, reviewing the menus, the devices, the wires and all the things you can need to do Networking Labs in this simulator. Start learning packet tracer on the following link:

See you in the coming posts...

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