There really are such things as Internet simulators, although there are different kinds. I'm in the process of setting one up at Gettlabs, which may not be scalable to a home lab. It consists of multiple routers, plus *NIX PCs running BGP update generators including Zebra and BGPsim.
What this lets me do is to generate more complex AS paths than is possible with a couple of routers in a pod, and also to generate errors (bad AS paths, flapping routes, etc.). The individual user pods see it as several ISPs with various numbers of POPs, with a "reasonable" number of routes -- not a full global table. For a different sort of simulator, look at http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/bmwg-charter.html and you'll see simulator methodology Internet Drafts for BGP and OSPF. You will also find RFCs and Internet Drafts about a different kind of simulator -- throughput testers. Realistically, the CCIE exam does not test Internet routes nearly as complex as we see in the real world. I don't know if there is a market for this more advanced BGP stuff--to some extent, I am doing it as a research project and possibly for custom classes. At 11:38 AM -0400 5/17/02, Mark Odette II wrote: >Naim, > >You could always play along, and tell him that you got yourself one of them >there "Internet Simulators", and that it's the best thing since sliced >bread.... you really love that Fractional T3 you now have at home :) > >The secret is in the back to back cable and the bandwidth command. ;^) > >You could have some real fun with that :) > >Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Kazan, Naim >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:31 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Internet Simulator [7:44348] > > >I was thinking the same thing but I got sucked in to believe that something >existed by my friend.......He's got a can of whoop ass waiting for him WWF >style. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Johnny Routin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:53 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Internet Simulator [7:44348] > > >A internet simulator... hmmmm... first time I heard that one ;) You can use >a router interface connected to another router to simulate the "internet." > >JR >-- >Johnny Routin >The "Routin" One > -- "What Problem are you trying to solve?" ***send Cisco questions to the list, so all can benefit -- not directly to me*** ******************************************************************************** Howard C. Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Technology Officer, GettLab/Gett Communications http://www.gettlabs.com Technical Director, CertificationZone.com http://www.certificationzone.com "retired" Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CID) #93005 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44378&t=44348 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
