You can do some switching by stuffing a virtual NM-16ESW into your faketastic 3660 in Dynamips. Then there are the built-in frame-relay and ethernet switches you could dump into the mix as well.
-Ryan On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Brandon Kim <brandon....@brandontek.com>wrote: > > James: > > I've been resisting GNS3 for the longest time, because I like real > equipment and to get my hands a little dirty. > But for the purpose of simulation, GNS3 helped me identify a BGP issue last > week. If it weren't for GNS3, > I would not have been able to figure it out. > > I will be using GNS3 in the future now for as much I can. Remember it is > more router oriented than switch. > > So you can't do any fancy L3 switching...... > > > > > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:05:21 -0500 > > From: ja...@freedomnet.co.nz > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Re: Network Simulators > > > > So far GNS3 has won out so far. It seems to work on my Mac fairly well. > > trying it out now. > > > > On 17/01/11 9:37 AM, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote: > > > I am currently researching virtual simulation environments for the > > > Networking courses that I teach. I am now interested in user-mode > > > linux emulators as they provide more real environments. > > > > > > The one that I am liking the most right now is this one: > > > http://wiki.netkit.org/index.php/Main_Page > > > > > > regards > > > > > > Carlos > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Arturo Servin< > arturo.ser...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> GNS3 > > >> http://www.gns3.net/ > > >> > > >> This is another network simulator, mainly for academic > research. > > >> > > >> NS-2 > > >> http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ > > >> > > >> And you can always setup some virtual machines with DNSs, > hosts and routers with open-source software. > > >> > > >> regards, > > >> -as > > >> > > >> On 17 Jan 2011, at 11:58, James Jones wrote: > > >> > > >>> Are there any good Network Simulators/Trainers out there that support > IPv6? I want play around with some IPv6 setup. > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> James Jones > > >>> +1-413-667-9199 <tel:+14136679199> > > >>> ja...@freedomnet.co.nz > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
