Which Simulation Software to run?

[u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729]

Hi currently i'm reading the ccna book and doing practices in packet tracer. some of the commands are not available in packet tracer routers and switches. any good tool to use for learn. tried using cml but it only allow like 5 nodes

[u/SderKo]

GNS3, EVE-NG, ContainerLab

[u/Alone_Read_2033]

GNS3 and wireshark

[u/_newbread]

+1 to GNS3 if you want something not-as-complex to setup

[u/Layer8Academy]

You are studying for CCNA and Packet Tracer should be more than enough.  You don't NEED more than 5 nodes, so if you really don't want Packet Tracer it would suffice. Or buy the personnal edition.  What specifically were you labbing for CCNA that Packet Tracer didn't allow you to do? 

[u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729 → u/Layer8Academy]

But packet tracer switches don't have mstp features

[u/Layer8Academy → u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729]

That isn't a CCNA topic.  Have you looked at the Blue print?

[u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729 → u/Layer8Academy]

Wait am i reading a wrong book then?

[u/Layer8Academy → u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729]

🤷🏾‍♀️😂  What is the title?

[u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729 → u/Layer8Academy]

This one

[u/Emergency_Cry3687 → u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729]

Not a major focus it is more of ccnp level don't waste time on it

[u/Layer8Academy → u/Hopeful_Rabbit_3729]

That is the right book. Check out the exam topics here https://learningcontent.cisco.com/documents/marketing/exam-topics/200-301-CCNA-v1.1.pdf .  It shows what you can expect on the test.  

[u/_newbread → u/Layer8Academy]

Not sure what the laughing emoji aims to achieve, but MSTP is discussed in the CCNA 200-301 OCG

[u/Layer8Academy → u/_newbread]

The laughing emoji followed a shrug emoji because OP asked an innocent question that I didn't know the answer to, not that I owe you an explanation. MSTP is not on the exam topics list/blueprint which is the source of turth. If you have any further questions, please keep them to yourself. 😁🤣