[c-nsp] network simulator

Holemans Wim wim.holemans at ua.ac.be
Mon May 18 14:58:50 EDT 2009


Spanning-tree changes are just the thing i want to simulate in order not to build a physical lab environment...

Wim Holemans

-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Keen [mailto:walter.keen at RainierConnect.net] 
Sent: maandag 18 mei 2009 20:19
To: Holemans Wim
Cc: Michal Prazenka; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] network simulator

GNS is meant for router simulations, not switch simulations.  Although, 
you can do some stuff with the 3600 series with 16ESW cards.  Last time 
I checked there were some issues testing with spanning tree.

Holemans Wim wrote:
> Just found out through google, will give it a try tomorrow.
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> From: Michal Prazenka [mailto:michal.prazenka at gtsce.com] 
> Sent: maandag 18 mei 2009 19:35
> To: Holemans Wim
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] network simulator
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> Have you tried GNS3?
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> Holemans Wim  wrote / napísal(a): 
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> I'm looking for a (free) network simulator that allows me to simulate a
> small network (20 switches) with different vlans on it. I want to test
> different scenario's : what happens if this switch goes down or that
> link goes down, how do the packets flow in each scenario for the
> different vlans...
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> Anyone has a good reference to such a product ? Free would be nice but
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> Netwerkdienst Universiteit Antwerpen
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