Today I’m working on a simple lab in Packet Tracer to configure VLAN’s shown on the topology below. My source for the information for this lab is the Cisco Networking Academy. My first step after setting up the switches and cabling, and setting the IP addresses on the PC’s and the default VLAN, was to configure the VLAN settings. First S1: Then S2: A show VLAN command shows the VLAN’s I’ve set up: I then moved my Access port for…

Tonight I’m working on Lab 2 from the book 101 Cisco CCNA Labs by Paul Browning and Farai Tafa. My first step in Task 1 of the Lab is to add the Routers to my Packet Tracer Lab. I will choose to 2911 Routers and add a Serial Port to each. After turning on the router I will configure the hostnames, R1 and R3. Next I made a Serial DCE connection between the two routers using interface Serial 0/3/0 on…

Thanks for finding this page. My name is Patrick and I am a Network Administrator, looking to focus on Network Engineering with a path towards Cyber Security. I intend to use this blog to document my experience doing Cisco, Cloud, and Cybersecurity labs. I hope you enjoy.