How to Simulate IoT projects using Cisco Packet Tracer

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Packet Tracer and IoT Development Tasks
Institution
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Overview
Packet tracer is a great simulation program that is being used by students and
network administrators to design and simulate a network with an unlimited number of devices
(Yan, 2014). In this assessment I have done several tasks to design an IoT network with a
registration server. I have inserted all the screenshots taken during the process. There is also a
link to the packet tracer file at the end of this assessment (it is embedded as an object).
In this generation, almost all devices utilized by humans can be controlled by technology. This
eventually has lead to the easening of activities done manually by hand, thanks to the Internet of
Things. A huge array of movable items, at home, office or any place can be controlled by just a
tablet. This way, data goes along a number of routes. Restrictive data is stored in databases and
dissected in reports and afterward ascends the administration chain. Data additionally begins
remotely—assembled from open sources, reaped from the Internet, or acquired from data
providers. However, the anticipated routes of data are changing: the physical world itself is
turning into a sort of data framework. In what's known as the Internet of Things, sensors and
actuators implanted in physical articles—from roadways to pacemakers—are connected through
wired and remote systems, frequently utilizing a similar Internet Protocol (IP) that interfaces the
Internet. These systems produce enormous volumes of information that stream to PCs for
investigation. At the point when articles can both sense the earth and convey, they become
instruments for getting multifaceted nature and reacting to it quickly. What's progressive in this
is these physical data frameworks are currently starting to be conveyed, and some of them even
work to a great extent without human intercession.

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Pill-formed microcameras as of now navigate the human stomach related tract and send back a
large number of pictures to pinpoint wellsprings of ailment. Accuracy cultivating hardware with
remote connects to information gathered from remote satellites and ground sensors can consider
crop conditions and modify the manner in which every individual piece of a field is cultivated—
for example, by spreading additional compost on regions that need more supplements.
Announcements in Japan peer back at bystanders, surveying how they fit shopper profiles, and in
a flash change showed messages dependent on those evaluations. In this paper, I have made a
demontration of a connection on Internet of things devices done in Cisco Packet Tracer from the
Netacademy portal.
Adding a registration server and setting it up for an IoT network

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Register a Tablet to the Registration Server

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Setting up a Wireless Router

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Configuring the Smart Lamp Fan to register with your Registration Server.

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Configure the Smart DOOR

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Changing the lamp, door and fan setting.
Fan setting changed from off to low

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Door setting to Lock

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Lamp Setting to Dim

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Add and Configure Temperature Monitor

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Add and Configure Wind Detector

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Temperature Monitor and the Wind Detector

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Temperature Monitor Attribute
Wind detector attribute

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Inbound PDU details

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All IoT devices.
TASK TWO

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Python program reading json data to gathering data from the Ballina IOT sensor. It also
makes all data available via a standardized web interface.
with open('http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDN60801/IDN60801.94596.json', 'r') as f:
ballina_dictionary = json.load(f)
for distro in ballina_dictionary:
print(distro['name'])
print(distro['history_product'])
print(distro['local_date_time'])
print(distro['lat'])
print(distro['lon'])
print(distro['cloud'])
print(distro['cloud_base_m'])
print(distro['air_temp'])
print(distro['wind_dir'])
print(distro['wind_spd_kmh'])
print(distro['rain_trace'])
print(distro['name'])
Internet of things comes with number of merits which include:
Access to data
You can without much of a stretch access information and data that is sitting a long way from
your area, progressively. This is conceivable due to the system of gadgets, an individual can get
to any data sitting from any piece of the globe. This makes it extremely advantageous for
individuals to approach their work, regardless of whether they are not physically present.

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Correspondence
Better correspondence is conceivable over a system of interconnected gadgets, making the
correspondence of gadgets increasingly straightforward, which diminishes wasteful aspects.
Procedures, where machine need to speak with one another, are made increasingly proficient and
produce better, quicker outcomes. The ideal model for this is hardware at an assembling or
creation unit.
Bringing about Financially savvyness
As referenced in the point above, correspondence between electronic gadgets is made simpler as
a result of IoT. This helps individuals in day by day assignments. Moving information parcels
over an associated system set aside time and cash. Similar information that would set aside a
long effort to move should now be possible a lot quicker, on account of IoT.
However, it may bring about some disadvantages to humanity like reducing employment rates
since; With each assignment being computerized, the requirement for human work will lessen
definitely. This will directly affect rates of employment. As we head into the eventual fate of
IoT, there will be an obvious decrease in the procuring procedure of experts.
Conclusion
An IoT is a network of devices that can also connect to the internet and are used daily.
All internet of Things devices are meant to make easy the life of every human being utilizing
them. IoT has enabled many unthoughtful things to happen. Like the lights of a car automatically
turning on when the car reaches the runway. Opening your door at home using your own tablet.
Controlling every other device at home with your tablet. Be it the Air conditioner, smart lamp,
temperature monitor, smart music player and many more. It has further aided in the collection of
data from several devices and has evidently enabled consumers, organizations, and even entire
cities to run more and more efficiently (Jesinn, 2014).’

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Jesin, A. (2014). Packet Tracer Network Simulator. Packt Publishing Ltd.
Vijayalakshmi, M., Desai, P., & Raikar, M. M. (2016, December). Packet Tracer Simulation
Tool as Pedagogy to Enhance Learning of Computer Network Concepts. In
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Yan, D. (2014). Applications of Packet Tracer simulator in the course< Router Configuration.
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