Hands-On Project 4-1: Downloading and Installing a Router Simulation Program

Objective: Download and install a router simulation program.

Description: You download and install a free router simulation program in this project. Most router configuration is done from a command-line interface, and the program you install in this project gives you practice in working at the Cisco IOS command line.

1. Log on to either the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 computer. You can perform all the projects in this chapter on either system.

2. Open a Web browser and go to http://download.cnet.com/Toggit-Router-Simulator-andLab/3000-2051_4-10110264.html.

3. Click the green Download Now link. Click Save. When the download is complete, click Run. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, click Save, click the View downloads button while the file is downloading, and then click Run when the download is finished. If a User Account Control window appears, enter your username and password, and then click Yes.

4. With the CNET Download.com Installer window, you might also see a Special Offer window. If so, click I do not accept, and click Next Step. When the download is complete, click Open. Double-click the ToggitSim folder, and double-click setup. If a User Account Control window opens, enter the username and password of the domain administrator, and then click Yes.

5. In the Toggit Router Simulator Setup window, click OK. Note the directory in which Toggit will be installed; by default, this directory is C:\Program Files(x86)\Toggit\RouterSim. Click the icon that shows the computer and box to start the installation. In the Choose Program Group window, click Continue. When the setup program has completed successfully, click OK.

6. You might be able to open the program by clicking Start, clicking All Programs, clicking the Toggit folder, and clicking Router Simulator. In some cases, the program does not create a Start menu link. If so, browse to the installation folder that you noted in Step 5, right-click ccnasim, and click Pin to Start Menu. Start the program by clicking Start and clicking ccnasim. Click Start. The opening screen should look like Figure 4-10.

7. Leave the router simulation program running for the next project.