Use your Packet Tracer skills to build a smart home network — add, configure, and monitor IoT devices, explore environmental controls, and even create your own custom IoT Thing from scratch.
In today’s digital world, more and more devices are connecting to the network than ever before — a smart home, city, or grid can have hundreds of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This course uses Cisco Packet Tracer to bring that world to life. You will learn how to add IoT devices to a home network and connect, configure, and monitor them through a Home Gateway. You will explore what IoT devices are, what they can do, and how they are programmed. You will also work with environmental controls to simulate real-world sensor responses, and create your own custom IoT Thing to use in your smart home network. No physical hardware is required.
Curriculum Chapters
- Module 1: Create Your Own Smart Home Network
- 1.0. Introduction
- 1.1. IoT Devices in Packet Tracer
- 1.2. Create and Control Your Smart Home Network
- Module 2: Environment Controls and IoT Things in Packet Tracer
- 2.0. Environment Controls in Packet Tracer
- 2.1. Create IoT Thing in Packet Tracer
- 2.2. Course Summary
Skills You Will Learn
Identify IoT devices available in Cisco Packet Tracer and understand their capabilities and programming. Add wired and wireless IoT devices to a home network and connect them through a Home Gateway. Configure and register IoT devices to a Home Gateway or Registration Server. Monitor and control smart home devices remotely through a web interface. Explore Packet Tracer’s environmental simulation controls to understand how IoT sensors detect and respond to real-world conditions such as temperature, smoke, and humidity. Create a custom IoT Thing from scratch including design, connectivity, and programmed behaviour. Use and test your custom IoT Thing within a smart home network.
Technologies Used
Cisco Packet Tracer
Home Gateway
IoT Registration Server
Smart home IoT devices (fans, lamps, doors, sprinklers, sensors, and more)
Course Details
Course Type: Free self-paced
Time: 3 Hours
Modules: 2
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites
Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer recommended. No physical hardware required.
Certification & Career
Career and Certification alignment: This course is part of the Cisco Packet Tracer Learning Collection. It carries no standalone certification alignment. It is the third course in the Packet Tracer introductory series, following Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer and Exploring Networking with Cisco Packet Tracer.
Achievements & Badges
Upon completion, earn a Cisco Networking Academy digital badge. Share your verified achievement on LinkedIn, your CV, or professional profile.
What Cisco verifies: Cisco verifies the earner of this badge has the knowledge and skills to add and configure IoT devices in Cisco Packet Tracer, set up and monitor a smart home network using a Home Gateway, work with environmental controls, and create custom IoT Things within the Packet Tracer simulation environment.
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