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CCNA & CCNP practice labs — hands-on Cisco CML scenarios

Hands-on CCNA and CCNP practice labs — OSPF, VLANs, ACLs, routing, NAT and more, each a real Cisco Modeling Labs scenario you build and grade against the answer key.

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19 labs match your filters.

BeginnerFree2026-06-30

Router-on-a-Stick Fundamentals: Two VLANs, One Trunk

Configure inter-VLAN routing using router-on-a-stick with one router, one Layer-2 switch, and two hosts. Build VLAN 10 and VLAN 20, trunk the router uplink, create subinterfaces for each VLAN, and verify that hosts can now reach each other across VLANs.

CCNA45 min5 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-30

CCNA Port Security 1: Enable & Verify on Access Ports

Hands-on fundamentals with Cisco port security on host-facing access ports. Build a small two-switch campus with a trunk, place two Linux hosts in the same user VLAN, then enable port security with the explicit defaults (maximum 1, violation shutdown) on both host ports. Verify secure-up state and baseline host connectivity.

CCNA40 min4 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-30

802.1Q Trunk Fundamentals: Static Trunk and VLANs

Build a static 802.1Q trunk between two Layer-2 switches to carry VLANs 10 and 20. Map hosts to access ports, verify trunk encapsulation and allowed VLANs, demonstrate same-VLAN reachability across the trunk, and confirm inter-VLAN isolation. Then simulate an allow-list drift fault, diagnose with show commands, and restore service.

CCNA45 min5 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-25

Standard ACL: Permit Host & Subnet, Deny Others

Beginner CCNA ACL lab on a compact 5-node CML-Free topology. You will configure static routing end-to-end, implement source NAT (PAT) at the source edge, and then build a standard numbered ACL near the destination to allow a single NATed host and a specific subnet while denying all others. You will validate with pings from end hosts, observe ACL hit counters and NAT translations, and troubleshoot common mistakes such as ACL placement, wildcard masks, and pre-/post-NAT address matching.

CCNA55 min7 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-25

VLAN Fundamentals: Creating & Assigning Access Ports

Hands-on CCNA lab to practice creating VLANs on a single Layer-2 switch and assigning access ports. You will segment a flat network into two VLANs, place hosts into the right VLAN, and verify that intra-VLAN pings succeed while inter-VLAN pings fail (no routing present). Includes realistic verification and troubleshooting.

CCNA45 min5 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-25

CCNA Static Routing: Bidirectional End-to-End Connectivity

Hands-on CCNA static routing lab: build a small hub-and-spoke with two stub routers and a hub router. Configure default routes on the spokes and specific static routes on the hub so two user LANs reach each other end-to-end. Validate from real hosts and practice first-hop and return-path troubleshooting.

CCNA45 min5 objectives

BeginnerFree2026-06-23

OSPFv2 Single-Area Fundamentals: Adjacency and Area 0 Basics

Hands-on CCNA beginner lab: build a 3-router chain with end hosts, enable OSPFv2 area 0, form full adjacencies, advertise loopbacks and LANs, verify route propagation end-to-end, and intentionally create then resolve an OSPF area mismatch on a transit segment.

CCNA55 min5 objectives

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