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Cisco Switch and Router Simulator

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petejnetwork

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Guys, could anybody recommend a free Cisco switch and router simulator that I can download? I have just tried the trial version of SEMSIM and am really impressed with it. It gives a tutorial along the way, and I may purchase the full version unless there is something better out there. Any suggestions? Pete
 
Cisco Packet Tracer. Version 6 is the latest, but 5.3 or 5.3.3 are fine as well, and the differences are not really noticable.
 
Packet tracer isnt really "free" but its been posted on ciscos own forums without takedown so i take that to mean they dont mind it too much. Also, GNS3 is a good router sim, but you will need the ios images in order to make it work
 
Packet tracer is way better than GNS3 for CCNA/CCNP stuff.

GNS3 takes a large toll on computer resources as it is running the actual router/switch image.
 
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