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Network Engineering Studies
CPU (Processor) - Any modern processor; minimum amd64 (x86-64) CPU; typical brand is Intel or AMD
RAM (Memory) - 4GB minimum, 8GB or more recommended
HDD (Storage) - At least 1.4GB of free disk space recommended
OS (Operating System) - Windows (10, 11), MacOS (10.14 or newer) or Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04) LTS
Cisco Packet Tracer software - available for free from Cisco Systems. Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX are supported natively
Cybersecurity Studies
CPU (Processor) - Any modern processor; minimum Intel i5 or equivalent, recommended i7 or equivalent multi-core processor. (More cores allow for more virtual hosts in the local lab environment running simultaneously)
RAM (Memory) - 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended (More memory allows for more lab environment components and to operate with more freedom)
HDD (Storage) - At least 64GB of free disk space (More disk space allows for more virtual machines installations)
OS (Operating System) - Windows, Linux, or MAC OSX *Intel-based Macs preferred for Virtual Box support. If Apple ARM M1/M2 based chip then another hypervisor must be used.
Oracle Virtual Box (Free and open source virtualization software - https://virtualbox.org)
