Release Notes: P ac k et T r ac er 5 .

Purpose
Packet Tracer 5.0 is a standalone, medium-f idelity , simulation-b ased netw orking tech nolog y
learning env ironment, th at p rov ides users w ith th e ab ility to desig n, conf ig ure, and troub lesh oot
comp uter netw orks at a C C N A-lev el of comp lex ity . Th ese notes p rov ide detailed inf ormation ab out
th is release, including content, know n issues, and sup p ort inf ormation.

R el ea se C on t en t
Component D es c r i pti on
Packet Tracer 5.0 p rog ram S imulation-b ased netw orking tech nolog y ap p lication. V ersion 5.0
is comp atib le w ith all C C N A Discov ery and C C N A E x p loration
courses and all v ersion 4 .x Packet Tracer activ ities.
H elp F iles H TM L -b ased h elp f iles emb edded in th e ap p lication
Tutorials 1 2 main top ics w ith 6 0 F lash -b ased training tutorials; may b e
launch ed f rom th e ap p lication or used stand-alone
S av e F iles 1 8 ref erence top olog ies to h elp new users start learning or
creating activ ities

K n ow n I ssues a n d C a v ea t s
I tem I D D es c r i pti on
2 2 3 9 R emov ing routing p rotocols w ith redistrib uted commands causes instab ility w h ich
may lead to a crash w ith some trig g ers such as remov ing static routes. Th e
w orkaround is to remov e th e redistrib uted commands b ef ore remov ing th e routing
p rotocols.
2 2 4 8 Drag g ing an access p oint in Ph y sical W orksp ace f or tw enty seconds causes a crash .
Th e w orkaround is to drag f or a f ew seconds, w ait tw o seconds, th en drag ag ain.
6 6 7 C onf ig uring tw o interf aces w ith same netw ork address and th en activ ating one of th e
interf aces incorrectly b ring s up th e p ort ev en th oug h an I P address is not assig ned.
8 0 7 W h en p arallel cab les ex ist b etw een tw o dev ices, th e simulation mode PDU s trav el
b etw een th e cab les instead of on th e transmitting cab le.
1 0 1 9 O n a real router, th e timer is reset f or O S PF and E I G R P routes af ter a " clear ip route
* " command, b ut not in Packet Tracer 5.0.
1 0 8 6 Packet Tracer 5.0 is not sh ow ing th e w ireless manag ement f rames, so it w ould sh ow
th e data f rames b eing b uf f ered w ith out seeing any oth er f rames.
1 1 0 5 I n S imulation M ode, routing tab les are up dated b ef ore th e animation sh ow ing th e
p acket arriv es in th e simulation.
1 2 0 3 L inksy s router icon looks similar to I S R icon.

1 3 5 4 " ip osp f netw ork" command is only av ailab le on serial interf aces.

1 6 7 4 Th e round trip times f or p ing s in multiuser netw orks are v ery long . Th is delay is due to
th e p rop ag ation of real TC P p ackets.
1 7 3 7 E I G R P summary route is incorrectly p rop ag ated.

2 1 7 4 Telneting into a remote dev ice and ch ang ing its h ostname is not ref lected on th e local
console of th e remote dev ice until sw itch ing to a dif f erent mode.
2 1 9 8 I n Packet Tracer, I S R routers h av e 3 6 max imum V L AN s in “ sh ow v tp status” , L ay er 2

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 sw itch es h av e 2 55, and 3 56 0 sw itch h as 1 005. H ow ev er, th e real dev ices h av e
dif f erent numb ers according to dev ice model, not dev ice ty p e.
2 2 1 2 I n Ph y sical W orksp ace, th e g eoicon lab els are sometimes detach ed f rom th e g eoicon
itself af ter nav ig ating b etw een locations. N av ig ating to a dif f erent lev el and b ack
remedies th e issue.
2 2 1 8 I ssuing th e command " deb ug p p p neg otiate" b ef ore enab ling PPP encap sulation,
deb ug messag es does not w ork. Th e w orkaround is to enab le PPP encap sulation
f irst, and th en enab le deb ug g ing .
2 2 2 1 W h en clicking on S av e S etting s in th e Ap p lications & G aming section in th e L inksy s
G U I , th e last item in f ocus does not sav e. Th e w orkaround is to click on anoth er item
to ch ang e th e f ocus b ef ore clicking on S av e S etting s.
2 2 2 4 Th e AC L f ilter w indow does not close af ter F ile-> N ew .

2 2 3 4 " do cop y run start" command does not up date startup -conf ig .

2 2 4 4 E nd Dev ice I Pv 6 C onf ig uration is av ailab le f or only C op p er F astE th ernet. Th e

w orkaround is to use th e command line to conf ig ure I Pv 6 f or th e oth er p ort ty p es.

S upport
F or g eneral assistance w ith issues related to dow nloading or installing Packet Tracer 5.0, contact
th e G lob al S up p ort Desk. To access th e S up p ort Desk, log in to Academy C onnection and click
H el p at th e top of th e p ag e, th en select A c a d emy S u ppor t.

Please rep ort b ug s and errors th roug h th e C urriculum and Assessment Q uality S up p ort site. To
access th is site, log into Academy C onnection and click H el p at th e top of th e p ag e, th en select
Cu r r i c u l u m a nd A s s es s ment Q u a l i ty S u ppor t. S elect th e Conta c t Cu r r i c u l u m T ea m tab ,
p rov ide as much detail as p ossib le, and th en click S u b mi t.

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