--- title: New in netlab: VLANs, Hardware Labs, VRF Loopbacks «... description: netsim-tools release 1.2.2 (later renamed to netlab) introduces several new features: Access VLANs, VLAN trunks, and native VLANs on Cisco IOS, Arista EOS,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-in-netlab-vlans-hardware-labs-vrf-loopbacks-ipspace-net-blog-bw7cdgrod twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New in netlab: VLANs, Hardware Labs, VRF Loopbacks « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: netsim-tools release 1.2.2 (later renamed to netlab) introduces several new features: Access VLANs, VLAN trunks, and native VLANs on Cisco IOS, Arista EOS,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-in-netlab-vlans-hardware-labs-vrf-loopbacks-ipspace-net-blog-bw7cdgrod og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BW7cDGRod.png og:image:alt: New in netlab: VLANs, Hardware Labs, VRF Loopbacks « 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. # New in netlab: VLANs, Hardware Labs, VRF Loopbacks « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary netsim-tools release 1.2.2 (later renamed to netlab) introduces several new features: Access VLANs, VLAN trunks, and native VLANs on Cisco IOS, Arista EOS, VyOS, and Dell OS10; hardware lab support via an external topology provider; and VRF loopback interfaces. Much of this work was contributed by Stefano Sasso. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What platforms support VLANs in netsim-tools 1.2.2? netsim-tools 1.2.2 implements access VLANs, VLAN trunks, and native VLANs on Cisco IOS, Arista EOS, VyOS, and Dell OS10. VyOS and Dell OS10 support was contributed by community member Stefano Sasso. 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