--- title: Vibe Coding netlab Lab Topology with ChatGPT «... description: A network engineer tests ChatGPT's ability to generate valid netlab lab topology files using live internet access to documentation. Starting with a simple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-netlab-lab-topology-with-chatgpt-ipspace-net-blog-r6pktthve twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vibe Coding netlab Lab Topology with ChatGPT « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A network engineer tests ChatGPT's ability to generate valid netlab lab topology files using live internet access to documentation. Starting with a simple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-netlab-lab-topology-with-chatgpt-ipspace-net-blog-r6pktthve og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/r6PKTtHVE.png og:image:alt: Vibe Coding netlab Lab Topology with ChatGPT « 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. # Vibe Coding netlab Lab Topology with ChatGPT « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A network engineer tests ChatGPT's ability to generate valid netlab lab topology files using live internet access to documentation. Starting with a simple prompt to create three routers in a triangle running OSPF in area 1, ChatGPT produced a working topology after one error correction cycle. The post walks through the iterative prompting process, including a hallucination around default OSPF area settings, and concludes that AI-assisted netlab topology creation is viable. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash are noted in comments as also performing well on similar tasks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can ChatGPT generate a valid netlab topology file using the netlab documentation? Yes, ChatGPT can generate a working netlab topology file when given links to the netlab documentation and examples. It may produce minor formatting errors on the first attempt — such as incorrect YAML indentation in link definitions — but it can self-correct when given the actual error messages from netlab. The final topology using the interfaces attribute and node-level OSPF area settings worked correctly. _Network engineers iterating on netlab topologies with AI find the latest tool experiences on daily.dev._ ### How do I set OSPF area for all interfaces in a netlab topology without repeating it on every link? Set ospf.area at the node level rather than on each link. Configuring ospf.area under defaults.links or defaults.interfaces does not propagate correctly. Instead, define ospf: area: 1 under each node in the nodes section, and all interfaces on those nodes will inherit area 1. Links can then be defined without any OSPF area attribute. _Developers working through netlab configuration patterns track findings like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [My home lab dashboards were a mess until I let ChatGPT tie them together](https://daily.dev/posts/my-home-lab-dashboards-were-a-mess-until-i-let-chatgpt-tie-them-together-vaeyktrgn) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-netlab-lab-topology-with-chatgpt-ipspace-net-blog-r6pktthve) ```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":"Vibe Coding netlab Lab Topology with ChatGPT « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-netlab-lab-topology-with-chatgpt-ipspace-net-blog-r6pktthve","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-netlab-lab-topology-with-chatgpt-ipspace-net-blog-r6pktthve"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:09.500Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:00:57.667Z","description":"A network engineer tests ChatGPT's ability to generate valid netlab lab topology files using live internet access to documentation. 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