PCN Lab - Revision history

Prolixium at 16:49, 24 January 2026

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	:~~''Warning: This entire article~~ is ~~written in~~ the ~~first~~-~~person~~ ([[~~Mark Kamichoff\|~~Mark Kamichoff]]'s~~) point~~ of ~~view''~~		[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a network extension of the Prolixium Communications Network composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.

			As of 2025 there is a new smaller lab setup composed of AS7712 and ConnectX hardware and some containers. This page has not been updated to describe it yet. I'll be calling it the "performance" lab for lack of a better term because it's composed of 100G links.

			== Performance Lab ==

	[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a network extension of the Prolixium Communications Network composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.		To be written.

	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

Prolixium at 05:17, 23 December 2019

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	[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a network extension of the [[Prolixium Communications Network]] composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.		[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a network extension of the Prolixium Communications Network composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.

	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

Prolixium at 05:17, 23 December 2019

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	[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a ~~small~~ network composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.		[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a network extension of the [[Prolixium Communications Network]] composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.

	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

Prolixium at 20:58, 21 December 2019

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	[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of ~~Dynamips~~, NX-OS, ~~RouterOS~~, and ~~Juniper vMX~~ systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX ~~frewalls~~). It's used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things.		[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of Juniper vMX, Cumulus VX, MikroTik RouterOS, Cisco NX-OSv, Cisco IOS-XRv, and Cisco IOSv systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX and ScreenOS firewalls). It has been traditionally used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things but now it mostly sits idle.


	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

Prolixium at 02:42, 31 January 2019

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	=== Lab 4.0 (current) ===		=== Lab 4.0 (current) ===

	I finally swapped out the junky NETGEAR switches for a Foundry FLS624. I also converted the Olives to vMXes.		[[Image:rack-upper.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Physical Network Devices]]I finally swapped out the junky NETGEAR switches for a Foundry FLS624. I also converted the Olives to vMXes.

	Main lab:		Main lab:

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 [[file:lab40-vpnlab.png|480px|Service provider VPN lab 4.0]]

Prolixium at 02:41, 31 January 2019

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	The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of Dynamips, NX-OS, RouterOS, and Juniper vMX systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX frewalls). It's used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things.		[[Image:rack.jpg\|thumb\|PCN Lab Rack]]The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of Dynamips, NX-OS, RouterOS, and Juniper vMX systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX frewalls). It's used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things.

	== LR-only Environments ==		== LR-only Environments ==

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2015-12-11T05:42:03Z

Random Lab Setups

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	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

	<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default. Click ''expand''' to see them.<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.		<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default. Click '''expand''' to see them.<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.

	=== Lab 1.0 ===		=== Lab 1.0 ===

Prolixium at 05:41, 11 December 2015

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	The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of ~~dynamips~~, Juniper ~~Olive~~ systems, ~~and one or two real~~ pieces of equipment. It's used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things.		The [[PCN]] lab is a small network composed of Dynamips, NX-OS, RouterOS, and Juniper vMX systems, with a few pieces of real equipment (SRX frewalls). It's used by [[Mark Kamichoff]] to test and break network things.

	== LR-only Environments ==		== LR-only Environments ==

	To study for the [[JNCIP-M]] (and [[JNCIE-M]], now!) exam and put together a few simulations for work, I use the [[stargazer]] Qemu Olive instance with a bunch of isolated LRs. A couple examples are listed below.		<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">This content is historical. Click '''expand''' to see it.<div class="mw-collapsible-content">To study for the [[JNCIP-M]] (and [[JNCIE-M]], now!) exam and put together a few simulations for work, I use the [[stargazer]] Qemu Olive instance with a bunch of isolated LRs. A couple examples are listed below.

	=== JNCIP-M Lab ===		=== JNCIP-M Lab ===
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	[[file:JNCIElab_generic.png\|320px\|JNCIP-E lab]]		[[file:JNCIElab_generic.png\|320px\|JNCIP-E lab]]</div></div>

	~~=== Work Stuff ===~~

	~~To be written...~~

	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

	<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.		<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default. Click ''expand''' to see them.<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.

	=== Lab 1.0 ===		=== Lab 1.0 ===

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	== Random Lab Setups ==		== Random Lab Setups ==

	<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">		<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.
	Deprecated lab setups are hidden by default
	<div class="mw-collapsible-content">The current version is 4.0, although the lab environment is always changing.

	=== Lab 1.0 ===		=== Lab 1.0 ===