Packet Tracer – Explore Network Functionality Using PDUs
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Step 2: Delete the simple PDU
c. Delete the simple PDU using the Event Simulation pane.
Click the Delete button in the Event Simulation pane at the bottom of the Packet Tracer window. Notice
that this removes the simple PDU and clears out all PDUs from the Simulation Panel Event List.
Part 3: Create a Complex PDU in Simulation Mode
Step 1: Create a complex PDU
a. Add a complex PDU to send pings from the PC to the laptop.
Click the Add Complex PDU icon, the one that looks like an open envelope, in the right pane of the
Packet Tracer window. The curser will change to an envelope with a plus sign. Click the PC first so it
will be the source device of the pings and then click the Laptop so that it will be the destination.
The Create Complex PDU window will display.
b. Configure complex PDU settings to send the pings every 5 seconds.
In the Create Complex PDU window, there are many settings which can be customized. To send a
ping every 5 seconds from the PC to the laptop, the Destination IP Address field must have the IPv4
address of the laptop, 192.168.0.100. The Source IP Address field should be the IP address of the
PC, 192.168.0.101. At the bottom in the Simulation Settings section click Periodic and set the
Interval to 5 seconds.
c. Observe traffic moving through the network.
Click the Auto Capture / Play button and watch the traffic move through the network and notice the
PDUs populating the Simulation Panel Event List. Because we set the complex PDU to an Interval of
5 seconds, a new PDU will be created every 5 seconds. Click the Auto Capture / Play button again
to stop the simulation.
To delete the complex PDU, click the Delete button in the Event Simulation pane at the bottom of
the Packet Tracer window.