Packet Tracer Lab L2 Switching and VLANs | Cisco CCNA 200-301

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[@KeithBarker]

Thank You Nathanael Roach❗

[@joshuacrane4899]

For other people that are wondering why the interfaces that are trunked are not showing up while doing "show VLAN brief". "show VLAN brief" only shows ports that are access-ports. So if access mode hasn't been turned on, it will not appear in the list of ports. Great videos Keith. Thanks for creating them and the Labs.

[@KeithBarker]

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[@sdolg1827]

Just completed the Lab. Thanks Keith! Still works even after 3 years!

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you S Dolg for working on that lab! Hands on practice is one of the best ways to build your skills, and get better. Thank you!

[@ChasedWheels]

Awesome! I liked the way you show how to troubleshoot! nice!!!! I will never forget again to check the VLAN in all Switches!

[@KeithBarker]

Great to hear!

[@santran1240]

great video Keith. I just started my CCNA journey a month ago, and I'm glad I founded your channel. Thank you!

[@KeithBarker]

Welcome aboard!

[@simbadurio444]

Once again, a great, challenging and entertaining lab. I got further clarification on switches and VLANS. I feel like I was slightly mislead by the instructor. 🤣🤣 I won't spoil it for any new comers taking on this lab.

[@JustGelin]

Hey Kieth, I love your style of teaching! Very easy to learn when it's informative and entertaining. I only wish the quizzes were after each section and not all at the bottom so I could see how well I was remembering everything. I also wish you had CCNP study info listed, I know a lot of what you already have taught here could be moved into that course as well, minus the basics. Keep on doing what you are doing, it's great! Thanks again.

[@mustafamayoof5351]

It's very helpful to see you troubleshooting the dhcp and forwarding issues, including the vlans missing on 2 switches

[@KeithBarker]

Glad I can be helpful!

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[@KeithBarker]

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[@KeithBarker]

Thanks again!

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[@KeithBarker]

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Thank you for doing this Keith. I've always had some friction when it comes to lab and I've started to lab with your PT videos and they are super helpful. Please keep them coming.

[@KeithBarker]

Fantastic!

[@3232groundhog]

Excellent stuff. I didn’t know the Vlan access/trunk commands but was otherwise able to get this working by putting all the active switch ports onto VLAN 10. I then switched the various trunking ports back to trunk mode via the config. Was really useful to learn these commands after watching the full video and re-do it correctly in CLI. I learned a lot, thank you.

[@KeithBarker]

Great to hear! Thanks for that feedback Steven, and happy studies!

[@zadkieladdae8145]

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Lucky wish I had more time to lab

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[@KeithBarker]

Best of luck!

[@ryanrrothwell]

Just finished the lab, thanks Keith.

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Ryan Rothwell for working on that lab! Hands on practice is one of the best ways to build your skills, and get better. Thank you!

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[@KeithBarker]

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Your videos are great, I`m on my way to complete this master course during this lock down, thanks for really good explanation, you have great energy!

[@KeithBarker]

Awesome, thank you!

[@anwarahmed5342]

Awesome troubleshooting tips, thanks Keith👍🌺

[@KeithBarker]

Very welcome

[@zyzzuschrist3410]

I love your way of teaching, your enthusiasm

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you! 😃

[@arthurrouquan]

Great series! But I have a newbie question at 11:37 : I was wondering why we don't set up the interface Fa0/2 to VLAN 10 too, and also why it doesn't show up in the VLAN brief ? Are the interfaces between two switches special ?

[@arthurrouquan]

Okay I just have learned about trunking

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I do like the simple way you make things clear....

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[@KeithBarker]

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[@memyselfimemyselfi496]

This was really fun, thank you, Keith.

[@KeithBarker]

Happy to do it, thanks for the feedback.

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Hey Keith, I love your videos. Just a question, Is this different than your course on CBTNuggets?

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[@KeithBarker]

Happy to help

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That was a pretty good refresher, thanks! 👍👍

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mattin79]

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[@vyasG]

Thanks for this lab.

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I love your videos, very good stuff. I am brand new to CCNA, when you entered commands into CLI, how do I understand what you are typing and not just copy what you are doing? Where do I learn the syntax?

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You can type tab or ? to list the available commands. Also, read the IOS doc

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[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Shanebagel

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[@KeithBarker]

Happy to do it, thanks for the feedback Damien.

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[@KeithBarker]

Thank you MusaTheGamer!

[@anthonymulweye3178]

Hi Keith, I'm taking a CCNA course and I'm following your videos along as well. I have watched this video on VLAN and practiced but I'm confused with something I have noticed. My scenario is: I have noticed on SW1 we created a VLAN 10 on port Fa 0/1 but not on port Fa 0/2, on SW3 we created a VLAN 10 on port Fa 0/2 but not on port Fa 0/1, on SW2 we created a VLAN 10 but did not assign any ports. My question is: Why did we not create the VLAN 10 on the other ports that are connecting the devices and why did we not assign any ports on SW2 to VLAN 10 yet the Laptop was able to ping the server?? Please help, I'm confused. NOTE: Anyone on this channel who can help me understand, please help.

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Anthony Mulweye. Feel free to join my Discord sever. Lots of people there helping each other out. Each Saturday at 10am Pacific I hold my "Office Hour" where learners can ask questions about the topics they are studying. Mostly focusing on Cisco CCNA 200-301 topics. Feel free to join us there live if you are available. Here is the link ogit.online/Join_OGIT_on_Discord Thanks again Anthony Mulweye!

[@anthonymulweye3178]

@@KeithBarker Thanks so much Keith Barker, I will be catching you on the Office hour and the Discord platform. I appreciate your good work, your time and the help you offer.

[@Kabul-ITELI]

The model made in the packet tracer is not supported my my pocket tracer version 7.2.2. What should I do

[@jasonjason2293]

Hi Keith, I got the message telling me the switching and VLANs.pkt is not compatible with this version of Packet Tracer. What should I do to resolve this? Thanks.

[@vnzlan522]

Great Lab! I got mine to work but i did a running config on all the switches and noticed only SW3 had vlan 10. I turned it into a vtp server and turned SW1 and SW2 to vtp Mode client. Vlan 10 showed up in the database but had to still configure access port for vlan 10 on the switches. Overall it worked at the end but i want to know if they way i troubleshooted this would of cause other issues in a real environment?

[@memontaser]

Started doing labs...Need more labs @Keith

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Mohammed, at least a couple new labs each week. Playlist on KZbin for PT labs on my channel, and the labs can be downloaded at thekeithbarker.com happy studies.

[@inkbythebarrelandpaperbyth6905]

Did it. Thank you sir. ❤

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for working on that lab! Hands on practice is one of the best ways to build your skills, and get better. Thank you!

[@jeremywestwood3769]

Hi Keith, is there any way to open your packet tracer labs in packet tracer mobile? It throwing an error says the file is newer . PT mobile cant open the lab file. Thank you.

[@fawazal-motairi6596]

YOU are the best ever :)

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Fawaz Al-Motairi

[@adnanabbasi5608]

Hi Keith! Nice Job. One question, how to create VLANs on n-Numbers of Switches along with Name assigned to each Vlan in a single go?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you adnan abbasi. Feel free to join my Discord sever. Lots of people there helping each other out. Each Saturday at 10am Pacific I hold my "Office Hour" where learners can ask questions about the topics they are studying. Mostly focusing on Cisco CCNA 200-301 topics. Feel free to join us there live if you are available. Here is the link ogit.online/Join_OGIT_on_Discord Thanks again adnan abbasi!

[@Hanzotaco]

I have to guess that the file is no longer available to download. Still appreciate the information. I'll try to just recreate the example in Cisco packet tracer to work on.

[@CookieMate1]

Another fun way of resolving missing vlans is setting the switches with missing vlan as vtp clients and the one with vlan 10 as server. They were all in the same vtp domain.

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Moh Fayek!

[@md.faruqueislam502]

Which version did you use for packet tracer?

[@ahmedabbas7047]

Hello Keith, the attachment doesn't work with PT version 7.2

[@fiifihayford1537]

Hello Keith please do you have video on how to configure switches and routers?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question @fiifihayford1537. This CCNA playlist has over 100 videos to choose from. You can also go to my channel, and do a direct search there for the specifics you are looking for. Happy studies.

[@manonthemoon4544]

Good stuff!!

[@KeithBarker]

Thanks!

[@manfersite]

Hi. I was interested on understanding why, without making any config on the lab, just fresh open, the first time you turn on the laptop it gets a link-local IP address because of a failed DHCP attempt but if you turn off the laptop and turn on again it never gets an IP. And more interested on understanding why with a fresh opened lab, no changes, I power on the laptop and then I do a power cycle devices (Alt+S), then the laptop gets IP from the DHCP server and laptop is able to reach server, though laptop is supposed to be on VLAN 1, server on VLAN 10 and SW1, SW2 have no VLAN10. On this stage, I can reboot the laptop and always gets the IP though it takes one or two minutes to obtain it, sometimes after showing a link-local IP address before obtaining the IP from DHCP. Thanks.

[@manfersite]

I found why. When the lab is fresh opened SW1 Fa 0/1 (ap/laptop link) is in VLAN 1 and SW3 Fa 0/2 (server link) is in VLAN 10 and they can't reach each other. But when I power cycle the devices SW3 loses VLAN configuration on Fa 0/2 so both laptop and server are on VLAN 1.

[@KeithBarker]

Great question manfersite.

[@j.johnson6028]

Hi Mr. Barker. I will like to know, how do you identify public addresses from a private addresses please?

[@inspireeshwar2225]

Each class has a fixed range of private ip address and few reserved address ranges. Anything other than private and reserved is a public ip. Please refer to RFC 1918 for more info.

[@alihersi66]

Thank you so much !!!!

[@KeithBarker]

You're welcome!

[@memyselfimemyselfi496]

Keith, have you done any videos on, how to set up a server?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question. In many of the PT labs, I include the requirements to configure the server. Here is a playlist of the PT labs so far ogit.online/pt-labs Thanks for the question, and happy studies.

[@pankajkirola4957]

You Are GreaT Sar !

[@DD-mr2tk]

Hey Keith, i would like to know what ver of Packet Tracer are you using for these labs ? My Packet Tracer isn't supporting your files and would like to know if i can get the version you are using. Thank you !!!

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question D D. At the start it was 7.1 I think, then I went to 7.3. The newer versions are free from netacad.com, and are backwards compatible, so if you have the latest free version, it should be able to open up all PT project files.

[@DD-mr2tk]

@@KeithBarker hey Keith; you are the best instructor i have ever come across. When there was no utube videos of yours; I bought CBTNugget account for a year and I had gone through your CCNA videos; that was in 2016/17. Now you have your CCNA course on youtube (just seen them) it’s very good for all newbies since they can access them for free. Just wanted to say thank you for what you have done so far and wish you all wishes !!! By the way; I have Packet tracer 7 downloaded and going through the app on my old PC; maybe thinking of getting a new piece once I get a new job as Network Engineer. Good day man and pls keep that enthusiasm on your video; it’s what makes you unique.

[@EA-fb7ug]

Thank yo so much

[@H0bbz-dev]

Where do I start with these commands? It seems you have a list of commands that are just rattling around in your head, however, where would I go for those and what they do?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Josiah Abernathy. If you are at the beginning of your CCNA studies, you may want to hold off on the labs until you have gone through some of the CLI commands in the book or video series you are studying. These would include: enable configure terminal and configuration of interfaces and routing protocols. Just take one step at a time, as you come across these commands in your study material, and use PT for free to practice them.

[@ASAMAAF93]

Thank you Keith great an informative lab. Similar to some people I cannot see trunking on any of the switches so I just setup the ports of each switch to VLAN 10, another problem is the password of the Wifi AP was set to TKIP instead of AES. One more problem I faced and still facing is that the server DHCP pool handing out IP addresses starting from 10.67.83.32 ! (which happens to be within its own address .. ). If I try to create another serverPool1 and assign start of IP address to 10.67.83.40, it would let me, but it won't allow me to remove the original serverPool for some reason. But hey, solving problems is half the fun (& learning)! FYI, I'm using the latest PT 7.3.0. THANKS AGAIN.

[@voiceofreason314]

That was fun! One question: At one point I had only vlan 10 allowed on the switches (excluding vlan 1), and the ping didn't work. Why is that? If the native vlan is vlan 1, doesn't it get access to all communication, so to speak?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question voiceofreason314. Not sure about that situation, but if you have something like that again, you can save a copy of the PT file (during the situation), and attach it in a DM to me on Discord and I would be happy to take a look.

[@nicka8774]

Hey Keith. I had worked on this for a long while and tried to problem solve this but I keep getting a native vlan mismatch on Switch 2. I also cannot get a successful ping. How do I fix? Thanks.

[@nicka8774]

I got it! I persevered and resolved this! Thanks again Keith. If you read this (since you have a million posts to read), I am really getting to enjoy this after nearly 3 months of studying for the CCNA!!

[@bustobusto8208]

I've been following you couple of days now and it very educative and much rich tutorials. I Thank you very much. I want to learn cisco.Please how can I get packet tracer to setup lab and do practise

[@KeithBarker]

Welcome aboard! Packet Tracer is available by setting up a free account at netacad.com, and then downloading the current version of Packet Tracer. Enjoy, and happy studies.

[@bustobusto8208]

@@KeithBarker Thanks very much

[@priyanshiarya5515]

I tried same topology but couldn't reach server IP from laptop. In my topology, connection to AP isn't up either(it is showing in red color). I checked and compared configs of all 3 switches with yours and found that in my case in sw-1 and sw-3 additional configs are coming for gigaEthernet 0/2(sw3) and 0/1(sw-1). I found that when I do any config for fastEthernet 0/1 or 0/2, same configs are being copied on gigaEthernet as well. Could this be the reason for AP not able to reach server/switches? If not, what else should I check? Please someone help!!

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Priyanshi Arya. Feel free to join my Discord sever. Lots of people there helping each other out. Each Saturday at 10am Pacific I hold my "Office Hour" where learners can ask questions about the topics they are studying. Mostly focusing on Cisco CCNA 200-301 topics. Feel free to join us there live if you are available. Here is the link ogit.online/Join_OGIT_on_Discord Thanks again Priyanshi Arya!

[@dheena12]

GREAT lab

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you tk!

[@dheena12]

@@KeithBarker do you have a session/lab on dnac and aci ? Your explanation on this lab vxlan is so simple when you showed the frame and encapsulation. You know how to make complex topics simple Plus the packet tracer output, phenomenal

[@jakezxz1352]

I completed this but there are no entries on SW2 MAC Address table ? Why would this be the case? SW1 also does not show the MAC Address of the Laptop, Why is this ?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Jakezxz1 for working on that lab! Hands on practice is one of the best ways to build your skills, and get better. Thank you! It is possible in PT the MAC address table times out very quickly. In the future to test, try a ping or some other network traffic generating event from a device connected to the switch, just before looking at the MAC address table. Happy studies.

[@Lashan_]

When I attempted I turned SW3 vtp mode to server and SW1 vtp mode as client.... I just wanted to understand the difference in the outcomes.

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Converge World. On a VTP client, you can not locally (at the CLI on that switch) create or delete VLANs. The client can only update or delete VLANs from it syncing with the VTP information from a switch acting as a VTP server. Hope that helps.

[@Lashan_]

@@KeithBarker thanks for the feedback, understood.

[@Alex1990CV]

Hi Keith, what's the Packet Tracer version you are using? I tried opening your lab with 7.2.2 and 6.2 but none work. Thanks in advance!

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Alex1990CV. I used 7.3 from Netacad.com

[@Alex1990CV]

@@KeithBarker Thanks a lot for your quick answer. Big fan here, I really love your work, thank you for sharing for free such useful knowledge, really appreciate it.

[@chingching579]

It is not allowing me to open the download.

[@marckdavies6451]

I had downloaded pocket tracer before so when I downloaded yours and opened it, it looks different from what's on here. How do I reset it?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you marck davies. Feel free to join my Discord sever. Lots of people there helping each other out. Each Saturday at 10am Pacific I hold my "Office Hour" where learners can ask questions about the topics they are studying. Mostly focusing on Cisco CCNA 200-301 topics. Feel free to join us there live if you are available. Here is the link ogit.online/Join_OGIT_on_Discord Thanks again marck davies!

[@alpha_centaurus5396]

Thank u bro you're the best, 😘😘 you

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you Alpha _Centaurus!

[@memyselfimemyselfi496]

Off subject but, what's the difference between serial DCE and serial DTE links?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question. The DCE side of the connection traditionally will provide the clocking signals used on the connection. The DTE will use those provided clocking signals.

[@AlexGrayTech]

Nice work! I hope my video quality can be on your level one day. OG of IT!!! I like that :D

[@KeithBarker]

You can do it! Let me know if I can help with any of that.

[@fasikudeji9921]

I have difficulties opening the file ,it’s telling my packet tracer isn’t compatible with it,please what do I do?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question fasiku deji. You will want Packet Tracer 7.3 or higher. Free from Netacad.com

[@toomuchtcurt]

@@KeithBarker And this is when I discovered Packet Tracer doesn't contain a way to check itself for updates. I should have upgraded ages ago. Thanks!

[@vangjelmandri8952]

Since im to lazy to type same vlan twice, i enabled VTP . Ping works, web access works.

[@KeithBarker]

Awesome! Thank you Vangjel!

[@vangjelmandri8952]

@@KeithBarker No. Thank You 😊

[@ashershah7091]

where is the packet tracer download file

[@saifssj]

everything was fine till creating VLAN 10 at SW 2. It is created however my pinging is not working, I thought about manually assigning port 1 to VLAN 10 and it says VLAN mismatch. Can someone please tell me what is going on?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Saifssj. The links between SW1 - SW2 - SW3 are trunks (in the downloaded lab I provided). If you assign one of those trunk ports as an access port in VLAN 10, instead of a trunk, that is what would cause an error. Thank you for doing the lab. Take a few minutes, download the lab again, and go through it step by step in the video, and let me know how you did. Happy studies.

[@saifssj]

@@KeithBarker Omg,thank for replying!!

[@abdulrhmans8345]

I though problem was the interfaces not configured with switchport trunk allowed vlan 10 in SW2 both interfaces

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Abdulrhman. By default all the VLANs are allowed on a trunk, so that wasn't a challenge here. Thanks for watching!

[@caravanplusthetrueseller9856]

thanks

[@KeithBarker]

You're welcome!

[@samtheking25]

Keith mate, it would be nice for you to link your website

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the suggestion, will make a better effort going forward.

[@samtheking25]

@@KeithBarker cheers, loving the content

[@26moree]

this is fun...

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you!

[@sonalibiswal7686]

Couldn't open the .pkt file . Any solution?

[@KeithBarker]

Thank you for the question Sonali Biswal. That normally is due to the version. I used version 7.3 of Packet Tracer, so you would want that version or newer to open the PT files I provided at thekeithbarker.com Happy studies.

[@manu2137]

no web server opening showing host name unresolved

[@nadir1378]

What's the website URL for the labs please someone?

[@brother4him]

thekeithbarker.com

[@KeithBarker]

Thanks Randy!

[@nadir1378]

Thanks. Much appreciated 🙂

[@jaygibson1946]

%CDP-4-NATIVE_VLAN_MISMATCH: Native VLAN mismatch discovered on FastEthernet0/1 (10), with SW1 FastEthernet0/2 (1). why do I get thei

[@jemuelbjeroham1228]

Thank you so much Keith!!

[@KeithBarker]

Happy to do it, thanks for the feedback Jemuel B Jeroham.