GNS3

My GNS3 Cisco Lab Dream

jer0886 — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:27:08 -0400

After you've discovered GNS3 (aka Dynamips...aka Dynagen), you now have a real, emulated environment...ehhh...strike that...you now have a "quasi-real" emulated Cisco environment to add routers without cost. You can practice and test nearly any configuration you'd like...but now we come to a big problem...

WHAT DO YOU PRACTICE?

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GNS3 - The Emulator to End All Simulators

jer0886 — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:14:57 -0400

While we're talking about building a home lab, let's talk about the cheapest home lab ever...That'd be FREE. A group of guys from France have put together a Cisco emulator known as GNS3. Notice I said, "emulator" rather than "simulator". This is the real deal guys...put together a network diagram and boot a REAL IOS in a PC-based lab environment.

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