Build your own virtual CCNA lab network – without emulators
Build your own virtual CCNA lab network – without emulators, LABS for CCNA/CCNP included. Learn how to easily create your own cloud of Ciscorouters, using free demo versions of IOS.
Labs included for CCNA and CCNP.
Note: this course is unique on Udemy (and probably on most of the rest of the Internet as well). If you’re the least interested in networking, you will benefit greatly from this course.
The usual options today only take you so far. Emulator software such as the routers in Cisco Packet Tracer lack many of the functions and commands needed for CCNA certification, and they lack a Lot of functions and technologies for CCNP or CCIE.
And GNS3 is a cheap-quality product with a difficult user interface, and it requires a Cisco contract for access to router images. Our solution is built on a top-rated, commercial-grade hypervisor (ESXi) and free demo versions of the Cisco routing software.
In this course you will learn how to create a lab network using (demo) versions of the real Cisco IOS and IOS XR routing software, which contain support for all advanced routing technologies, including BGP and MPLS.
All you need is this course and free (or very low cost) software and equipment, like an old left-over computer and some applications.
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Introduction
FREE PREVIEW: Introduction
FREE PREVIEW: Welcome care-package
0. Preparations
Preparations: Creating an IP address plan
Preparations: Designing the network
1. Installation
Obtain and download the system
Prepare the installation media
Access the BIOS setup and change the boot order
Install, configure and access the hypervisor
2. Using the platform
Basic initial configuration of the hypervisor
Installing your first virtual machine
Getting a Windows license key
Installing a Windows virtual machine [FAILED attempt]
Successfully installing a Windows virtual machine
Configure IP addresses for the VMs
Configure Linux services
3. Setting up the virtual routers
Creating network topology diagrams
Link networks and vlans
Installing virtual IOS routers
Virtual serial console connections
Updating our network topology diagram
Installing the Cisco IOS XRv 9000
Setting up the rest of the routers
FREE PREVIEW: OSPF and remote syslogging
Backing up the config
Remote administration
4. LABS for CCNA and CCNP
