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I believe the best option is to do Rack Rentals since you will not have to worry about supported features on the hardware you purchase
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I believe the best option is to do Rack Rentals since you will not have to worry about supported features on the hardware you purchase

jskfan

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Set up CCIE LAB on GNS 3<br />
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Setting up CCIE LAB &nbsp;in GNS3 is possible for routers but not switches.<br />
I would like to know if I can use Physical Switches and connect them to the Laptop where GNS3 is running and get the Lab Setup ?<br />
if so , What are the components needed to get this Lab Setup ?<br />
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Thank you
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Set up CCIE LAB on GNS 3

Setting up CCIE LAB  in GNS3 is possible for routers but not switches.
I would like to know if I can use Physical Switches and connect them to the Laptop where GNS3 is running and get the Lab Setup ?
if so , What are the components needed to get this Lab Setup ?

Thank you

Set up CCIE LAB on GNS 3

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).