LAB $1$A$-$ Packet Tracer $-$ Navigating the IOS

Topology

Objectives

Part $1$: Basic Connections, Accessing the CLI and Exploring Help

Part $2$: Exploring EXEC Modes

Part $3$: Setting the Clock

Background

In this activity, you will practice skills necessary for navigating the Cisco IOS, including different user access modes, various configuration modes, and common commands you use on a regular basis. You also practice accessing the context$-$sensitive Help by configuring the clock command.

Part $1$: Basic Connections, Accessing the CLI and Exploring Help

In Part $1$ of this activity, you connect a PC to a switch using a console connection and explore various command modes and Help features.

Step $1$: Connect PC$3$ to S$3$ uses a console cable.

a$.$ Click the Connections icon $($the one that looks like a lightning bolt$)$ in the lower left corner of the Packet Tracer window.

b$.$ Select the light blue Console cable by clicking it$.$ The mouse pointer will change to what appears to be a connector with a cable dangling off of it$.$

c$.$ Click PC$3$; a window displays an option for an RS$-232$ connection.

d$.$ Drag the other end of the console connection to the S$3$ switch and click the switch to bring up the connection list.

e$.$ Select the Console port to complete the connection.