Network planning / testing tools

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dreamsin

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Oct 31, 2018
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So I'm looking to get into a bit more networking.
A lot of how my home network works is pretty much black magic for me and testing stuff when the wife is watching netflix is a no-no.
Are there any tools that could help me virtualize some basic stuff (switches, vlans, router) so that I could test and work out a plan before trying stuff out on my homelab?
 

arrow00

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Jan 26, 2018
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Hello,
on the beginning Cisco Packet Tracer and then maybe GNS3.
For CPT You do not need special hardware as it is not virtualizing stuff.
GNS3 needs better hardware but also gives much more possibilities.

Tomek