Hands-on CCNA and CCNP practice labs across OSPF, VLANs, ACLs, routing, NAT, security, and more — each a real Cisco Modeling Labs scenario you build in your own CML and grade against the answer key. Filter by topic, track, and difficulty. A subscription unlocks every daily lab published since you joined while it's active; earlier labs unlock permanently with a bundle.
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Deploy OSPFv2 across a 3-router, 2-LAN branch/core/edge topology. Mark LAN-facing interfaces as passive so they do not send OSPF hellos or form adjacencies. Originate a default route only from the edge router and verify default propagation end-to-end using real client traffic. Includes realistic troubleshooting around missing adjacencies, non-propagating defaults, and unreachable external destinations.
Hands-on CCNA lab: build VLANs for Sales and Engineering, implement 802.1Q trunks with a hardened native VLAN, assign access ports, and apply sticky MAC port-security on access interfaces. The design uses a compact, realistic branch topology with a router-on-a-stick gateway, a distribution L2 switch, one access L2 switch, and two end hosts. Students deploy, verify, and troubleshoot VLAN reachability, trunk integrity, and port-security violations.
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Configure a compact branch LAN with router-on-a-stick inter-VLAN routing, two access switches, and two user VLANs. Implement VLANs, 802.1Q trunks with a hardened native VLAN, secure user-facing ports with port-security, and verify end-to-end reachability from the hosts. Includes realistic troubleshooting of VLAN assignment, trunk allow-lists, and port-security violations.
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Build and harden a small branch campus Layer 2 network with a distribution switch and two access switches. Implement VLANs, trunking, and basic port security, then verify from the end hosts and troubleshoot common L2 mistakes.
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Advanced multi-area OSPF lab with a realistic two-site design and a WAN ABR. You will deploy OSPF with a backbone (area 0) and a non-backbone area, intentionally create an area mismatch on one transit link to observe the failure, then correct it to restore full reachability. The final build demonstrates solid OSPF hygiene and SSH-only management.
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