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Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1 Important Information About Upgrading
Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1 Important Information About Upgrading
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Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1
Important Information About Upgrading
Last Updated 19 June 2014
This document provides guidance on when to upgrade to Cisco
Packet Tracer
(PT) 6.1. If you have questions after reviewing this information and recommended
actions, please contact your Academy Support Center (ASC) or the Cisco
Networking Academy
learning
environment.
To determine when you should upgrade your lab and student computers to the PT 6.1 release, please read
this document carefully. PT 6.1 is not fully backward-compatible with the CCNA R&S 5.0 course
components, so please continue to use the currently installed version of PT until current classes are finished.
The Packet Tracer 6.1 release includes fixes to many bugs reported by the community and provides the
following new protocol support and enhanced functionality:
ASA5505 device support
Enhanced NetFlow support
Enhanced OSPF, OSPFv3, EIGRP, and EIGRPv6 support
After determining the appropriate time to upgrade to the new version of PT, please follow these instructions to
download the software:
1. Log in to Cisco NetSpace
2. Select Offerings > CCNA
3. In the second to last paragraph on the page, click Learn more about Cisco Packet Tracer. Youll be
directed to the Packet Tracer Resources page, where you can download the appropriate package for
your needs.
PT 6.1 Upgrade Information
One of the PT 6.1 bug fixes corrects the previous incorrect designation of the 2960 switch gigabit interfaces as
Gigabit G1/1 and G1/2. The interfaces are now correctly displayed as they appear on the hardware, as G0/1
and G0/2.
This PT 6.1 bug fix does not affect the IT Essentials course or CCNA Security 1.1. When CCNA Security 1.2 is
released in July 2014, it will require PT 6.1. The following components in the CCNA