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GNS3-Topology: CCNA & CCNP Full Mesh Topology Template

Chris sent me a lab which he says has helped him to work on about 95% of his CCNA and CCNP lab requirements. I think this is a clear sign that using Dynamips or GNS3 can be effective in a big way with exam preperation. That 5% left over can be achieved in a few ways - rack space, friends with labs or purchasing switches on ebay and link them into the virtual topology using real interfaces. Nevertheless Its great to see how much we can do without cash, space or budget (electricity bill) to prepare ourselves for these exams. This lab is just a template lab and has no configs, routing protocols or scenarios to it. I’ll let Chris explain I created one simple topology that seems to handle 95% of my CCNA & CCNP lab requirements.  It isn’t fancy, but it should save people an hour+ of labor (that is how long it took me to create this topology). I was getting tired of making one lab per exercise in the Cisco Lab Portfolios and the Certification Zone lab exercises.  So I whipped up a 6 rout