Good online simulator

Crunchyhippo

Can someone suggest an inexpensive online simulator that I could use to practice and brush up on? I know there are several out there in cyberspace, but I don't know which to choose from, and I don't need a top of the line one. Thanks.

r_durant

Well, it's not an online simulator, but have you heard of Dynamips (I'm sure you have )

Check out this post, MikeJ has put together some good resources on how to set it up...the downside is that it cannot simulate switches, however you can connect the virtual router setup to real switches...It's in the CCIE forum, but don't let it scare yuh...

http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23872

If it's something you're interested in, check out the 7200emu link...basically a forum dedicated to Dynamips...

I'm trying to set it up for BSCI...

itdaddy

Do not get Boson cause it sucks way tooo many bugs; and get this!
the small fine print; you have to pay each year to keep using it.

1st year 200.00 dollars for ccna preview boson sim
2nd year close to same price to rent this sim. can you believe that

i wrote them a email telling them to shuv their sim sofware!
no way was i going to pay each year to use their crap! that works 80 percent of the time
and has bugs galore you have got to be kdding.

i have both real lab and sims boson. i do not use it any more. i am diving into my home lab
and beafing it up and getting creative.

i have decided to load my routers and switches with TFTP server with different configs
that i have saved say for example. i have my system config in the past for OSPF network
i just toss my files in my ospf folder and all my devices just look for their file and preload
any lab that i want vs me spending hours of setup time for each time of lab

say EIRGP lab
OSPF lab
RIPv2 lab
whatever all loadede via TFTP freaking slick!
unless i need to practice building from the bottom up then i wont use my preconfig
config files but great for quick trying something

the problem i woudl have in the past is say i just constructed a labe with RIPv2 and well
say i wante dto practice OSPF well i would have to conifg my whole system and say maybe
my frame relay as well too much time. need to just drill drill
so i have decided to build separate labs save them and the load the tftp when i need to
get a quick lab practice in bam!
done
slick!

route-e

Dude what a bunch of ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGG!!


thanks for the info man, I was close to it, to damn close!!