Explore a Smart Home

Packet Tracer has a wide variety of sensors and smart devices that will allow you to design smart homes, smart cities, smart factories, and smart power grids.

To locate the available sensors and smart devices, select End Devices from the Device Selection box at the lower left-hand side of the screen. Next, select the subcategory Home. In this subcategory, you will see many IoT devices including an air conditioner, ceiling fan, coffee maker, and CO detector. These devices can be connected to your network wirelessly or with a physical cable.

To connect the devices to your network, you need a home gateway or registration server. To find a home gateway, select Network Devices from the Device Selection box and then select Wireless Devices from the subcategories.

To control the devices, you have two options:

1. You can interact directly with a device. Hold down the Alt key and at the same time click on the device to turn it on or off.

2. You can connect remotely over the network. Using a remote PC, tablet or smart phone, use a web browser to connect to the home gateway or registration server. From here, you can turn the devices on or off using the features of the home gateway or registration server.

To configure devices, click on the device to open it. After it is opened, multiple tabs are displayed:

• Specifications – describes the features, usage, local and remote control of the device

• Physical – available modules and power connections

• Config – shows display name, serial number, network configuration, and IoT server

• Attributes – displays the device attributes such as MTBF, power consumption, and cost

To configure the home gateway, click on the device. Within the device multiple tabs are displayed:

• Physical – available modules, and power

• Config – shows display name, interfaces (Internet, LAN, and wireless) to be configured

• GUI – shows services to be turned on/off

• Attributes – shows features and values related to device such as mean time between failure (MTBF), cost, power sources, and wattage

Click Play in the video to explore IoT devices in a Smart Home.

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