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Looking for graded challenges? Browse all Lab Tasks → Objective-based build labs + troubleshooting scenarios that grade themselves as you go. Wireless CCNA? Try the Cisco 9800 WLC console → Configure WLANs, WPA2/WPA3, policy profiles & tags on a live in-browser wireless controller. CCNA Automation (200-901)? Open the Automation Master Console → bash, git, python, curl, docker, ansible, terraform — one live free-play shell for every automation lab.
Free-play 3 device tabs

Free-play Cisco IOS console

Three tabs, three different device kinds, each with its own state and its own IOS command set. Type vlan 10 on the router and it's rejected. Type router ospf 1 on the L2 switch and it's rejected. The L3 switch accepts both. Everything else (enable, configure terminal, interface, ip address, show running-config) works everywhere.

Click a tab to switch devices. Each keeps its own transcript. ? for help. ↑ / ↓ for history.

R1 · Router

ISR-style routed device. No VLAN database, no switchport commands.

  • configure terminal
  • interface Gi0/0
  • ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
  • router ospf 1
  • ip nat inside source list …

SW1 · L2 switch

Catalyst 2960-style. Switching only: no routing protocols, no ip route.

  • vlan 10
  • interface Fa0/1
  • switchport mode access
  • spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 4096
  • channel-group 1 mode active

MLS1 · L3 switch

Catalyst 3560/9300-style. Everything the L2 switch does, plus routing.

  • vlan 10, vlan 20
  • interface Vlan10 (SVI, L3 by default)
  • interface Gi0/1 → no switchport → ip address …
  • ip routing (off by default. Enable for inter-VLAN routing)
  • router ospf 1

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