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I have just passed the CCNA and was curious to others that have done this. I have used packet tracer for almost all of my practice. However now I am moving to the CCNP and packet tracer is less BGP friendly then I would like. Is GNS3 the way to go or should I break down and buy some hardware and use that equipment to set up my labs.