Simulación de una red sd-wan mediante equipos de networking en gns3.

Abstract

The present degree project SIMULATION OF AN SD-WAN NETWORK THROUGH GNS3 NETWORKING EQUIPMENT seeks to understand the Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) that has begun to be used in the communications area. SD-WAN is used to decrease transmission times and the cost of dedicated networks. These types of networks have begun to be deployed globally. Therefore, it is essential to know what it is about, its elements and its configuration.

In section one, a brief investigation was carried out on the operation of SDWAN networks, as well as the challenges that they imply for information technologies.

In section two, the methodology used for this project was analyzed, which is the same quantitative methodology that will be based on observing the operation of the network.

In section three four SD-WAN networks have been implemented using different equipment vendors. On the one hand, there is a Cisco Cisco-Viptela SD-WAN network that has 4 computers: vManage, vBond, vSmart and vEdge from version 19.2.4. On the other hand, there are three SD-WAN networks with Fortinet equipment where we will use FortiGate equipment of version 5.6.

In section four conclusions and recommendations are defined based on the results obtained from the performance tests and the investigations previously carried out.

In section five all the sources that supported the research of this project will be detailed.