Seeking Recommendations for L2/L3 Switches and pfSense Integration in EVE-NG
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 4:54 pm
Hello everyone,
I'm a CS student and have developed an interest in networking. For the past year, I've been managing my home network using a Netgate pfSense firewall, which has been both educational and enjoyable. I wanted to further expand my knowledge and acquired a Catalyst 1200 switch to explore VLANs and more advanced networking concepts. I'm a bit intimidated by the switch and want to get some simulations up and running to test configurations before I start actually using it. I downloaded the new Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) free-tier and It seemed interesting but limited. I also discovered that the Catalyst 1200 doesn't run the expected switch OS. Instead, it uses an IOS-like operating system that is neither classic IOS nor IOS XE. Here https://www.reddit.com/r/Cisco/comments ... assic_ios/. Regardless, I have experience with neither.
I might have fantasized that I could tinker with an exact virtualized copy of the Catalyst 1200 in CML, with the same web GUI and functionality. Since I'm still within the return period for the Catalyst 1200, are there any Layer 2 or Layer 3 switches you would recommend that are fully supported in EVE-NG?
Are there any L2/L3 switches that offer this kind of functionality within a network simulator?
I now see that the Catalyst 1000 Series runs the classic Cisco IOS. Would switching to those switches allow me to use EVE-NG for testing my configurations?
As far as I understand pfsense is fully supported in all these simulators. I can just expect to be able to use a pfsense community edition for my firewall configuration within EVE-NG simulator?
Thank you for your assistance!
I'm a CS student and have developed an interest in networking. For the past year, I've been managing my home network using a Netgate pfSense firewall, which has been both educational and enjoyable. I wanted to further expand my knowledge and acquired a Catalyst 1200 switch to explore VLANs and more advanced networking concepts. I'm a bit intimidated by the switch and want to get some simulations up and running to test configurations before I start actually using it. I downloaded the new Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) free-tier and It seemed interesting but limited. I also discovered that the Catalyst 1200 doesn't run the expected switch OS. Instead, it uses an IOS-like operating system that is neither classic IOS nor IOS XE. Here https://www.reddit.com/r/Cisco/comments ... assic_ios/. Regardless, I have experience with neither.
I might have fantasized that I could tinker with an exact virtualized copy of the Catalyst 1200 in CML, with the same web GUI and functionality. Since I'm still within the return period for the Catalyst 1200, are there any Layer 2 or Layer 3 switches you would recommend that are fully supported in EVE-NG?
Are there any L2/L3 switches that offer this kind of functionality within a network simulator?
I now see that the Catalyst 1000 Series runs the classic Cisco IOS. Would switching to those switches allow me to use EVE-NG for testing my configurations?
As far as I understand pfsense is fully supported in all these simulators. I can just expect to be able to use a pfsense community edition for my firewall configuration within EVE-NG simulator?
Thank you for your assistance!