Packet Tracer 3.2 Usage

Realtime Mode: Ping and Traceroute

Realtime mode was created for you to initiate pings or traceroutes from one device to another. To initiate simple pings, press the "Ping" button, then click on a device to ping from, then the device to ping to. On routers, the first functional IP address is used as the destination of the ping. To run traceroute, access the device's command line interface and use the traceroute command. You can also do pings with the command line interface. Both simple and extended pings and traceroute are supported. Note that the PC's version of traceroute is the tracert command.

The ping log keeps a history of ping attempts.