System Requirements

Minimum

- CPU: Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or equivalent
- OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fedora 11, or Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- RAM: 256 MB Free
- Storage: 250 MB of free disk space
- Display resolution: 800 x 600
- Adobe Flash Player
- Language fonts supporting Unicode encoding (if viewing in languages other than English)
- Latest video card drivers and operating system updates

Recommended

- CPU: Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or better
- RAM: 512 MB or more
- Storage: 300 MB of free disk space
- Display resolution: 1024 x 768
- Sound card and speakers
- Internet connectivity (if using the Multiuser feature)

Packet Tracer does not limit the amount of memory that is used to create and configure devices. So if a user, or more importantly an author, creates complex PKA and PKT files using large networks with complex protocols running may require up to 1 gigabyte or more of memory to run effectively. If you are creating activities for PT, please be careful of creating issues like STP loops as they might greatly increase memory requirements. By creating files like this, you may cause Packet Tracer to operate unreliably or even crash.