--- title: BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers... description: The online BGP Labs project now supports a much wider range of external router devices, including Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: The online BGP Labs project now supports a much wider range of external router devices, including Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Tt6cNhqos.png og:image:alt: BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The online BGP Labs project now supports a much wider range of external router devices, including Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10, Junos, and VyOS — in addition to the previously supported Arista EOS and FRRouting. This was made possible by rewriting most lab topologies that previously relied on custom configuration templates to instead use netlab's Generic Routing features, which support routing policies, AS-path filters, and BGP community lists across roughly 20 device types. The change means users can now run nearly all BGP labs in a single-vendor environment (e.g., Cisco IOS-only or Junos-only), reducing friction from dealing with unfamiliar devices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What devices can I use as external routers in the online BGP Labs project? External routers in the online BGP Labs project now support Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10, Junos, and VyOS, in addition to the previously available Arista EOS and FRRouting. This was enabled by rewriting lab topologies to use netlab's Generic Routing features, which cover routing policies, AS-path filters, and BGP community lists across roughly 20 device types. _Network engineers building BGP lab skills with specific vendor gear track ecosystem updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [BGP-Free Core with SR-MPLS « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-free-core-with-sr-mpls-ipspace-net-blog-h7kronzy3) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#bgp](https://daily.dev/tags/bgp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:21.862Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:07:27.934Z","description":"The online BGP Labs project now supports a much wider range of external router devices, including Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/004ec2e7134437062ca75bcf69314809?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/004ec2e7134437062ca75bcf69314809?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"networking,bgp","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"BGP Labs: Use Your Preferred Device for External Routers « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-use-your-preferred-device-for-external-routers-ipspace-net-blog-tt6cnhqos#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What devices can I use as external routers in the online BGP Labs project?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"External routers in the online BGP Labs project now support Aruba CX, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Dell OS10, Junos, and VyOS, in addition to the previously available Arista EOS and FRRouting. 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