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You could build a lab with older, yet relevant hardware from eBay, etc.
by dillonmckay 6y ago
You could build a lab with older, yet relevant hardware from eBay, etc.
- kaliszad 6y agoActually, you don't want to do that. It costs money and you really should have a good door between you and the equipment or you will go nuts from the noise. Most of the interesting stuff can be setup using Linux, OpenvSwitch, FRR/ BIRD, network namespaces/ VRF and more. It is all in FOS Software - so more or less zero cost. Of course, you will not learn how to configure a Catalyst Switch that way. For some stuff, there are virtual appliances that you can spin up with KVM/ QEMU but most of the enterprise stuff has to be bought. Again, at that time, you will have a solid understanding of what should be happening and will know what to look for in the documentation. The rest is field experience with firmware bugs, methods how to approach some problems and syntactic sugar of the particular equipment. At least that is my view.