Made every lab and exam practice feature free
Removed new checkout and opened the full NetForge catalogue and exam simulator to everyone. Existing customer access is preserved.
What’s new in NetForge
A running record of the work landing in the dev branch: new labs, clearer learning support, stronger visuals, and the foundations behind the next release.
41 dev changes recorded5 new audit-gap labsVisual pass across every major lab section
NetForge is now completely free
Browse the labsEvery lab and exam practice feature is open. No purchase or account is needed.
Complete dev history
From Phase 0 to the current releasePolish support button in app sidebar
Replaced the tiny coffee tile with a clearer, full-width support action and authored SVG icon.
Reorganise lab app header actions
Separated navigation, account controls, completion, and lab utilities into a clearer responsive header.
Add five audit gap labs
Added BGP, VPN MTU, stateful firewall and NAT, incident response evidence, and enterprise Wi-Fi design labs.
Overhaul security lab visuals
Aligned the security section with the shared lab visual system and refreshed its SVG diagrams.
Overhaul Wi-Fi roaming visualisation
Reworked the roaming and cell-overlap visual to make coverage, movement, and hand-off decisions easier to follow.
Align wireless labs with fundamentals UI
Applied the shared header, controls, education panels, and visual conventions across wireless labs.
Align routing labs with fundamentals UI
Applied the shared fundamentals presentation model and refreshed routing lab diagrams.
Align switching labs with fundamentals UI
Applied the shared fundamentals presentation model and removed inconsistent switching chrome.
Refine link aggregation and STP visuals
Improved the visual pass for link aggregation and spanning-tree workflows.
Apply mode-aware lab support
Adjusted learning support content so reference, assessment, and interactive labs show the right level of guidance.
Compact lab learning contract
Reduced the learning-contract footprint while keeping the learner expectations visible.
Consolidate lab learning support
Grouped learning support content into one consistent expandable rail.
Reconcile lab study guide metadata
Aligned study-guide availability and metadata with the current lab catalogue.
Refine MAC forwarding visuals
Improved the MAC learning and forwarding visual pass and its interaction hierarchy.
Refine switch frame delivery visuals
Improved the frame-delivery visual so the forwarding decision is easier to read.
Improve switch frame delivery visual
Added an earlier visual refinement for hub-versus-switch frame delivery.
Align switch intro with fundamentals visuals
Brought the What is a Switch? lab into the shared fundamentals visual system.
Improve MAC learning visualizer
Refreshed the MAC learning visualiser and made the forwarding state more legible.
Remove duplicate fundamentals controls
Removed duplicate rails and controls that repeated the same lab actions.
Clarify fundamentals lab rail semantics
Reworked stage labels so they describe learner actions rather than implying every lab needs stages one to six.
Standardize fundamentals lab visual system
Established the shared fundamentals visual language for headers, cards, controls, and diagrams.
Improve DHCP and DNS visualizer
Improved the DHCP and DNS lab visuals, flow, and learning presentation.
Improve ARP visualizer
Improved the ARP visualiser with clearer packet flow, state, and learner feedback.
Add OS reduced-motion validation
Added operating-system reduced-motion validation for the priority interactive labs.
Implement Phase 5 catalogue validation
Added catalogue-level validation for lab coverage, metadata, and release readiness.
Implement Phase 4.3 content quality metrics
Added content-quality checks to measure consistency across the lab catalogue.
Implement Phase 4.2 reference tasks
Added reference-task support for guided practice and repeatable learner workflows.
Implement Phase 4.1 security decision paths
Added decision-path interactions to security labs so learners practise choosing a response.
Implement Phase 3.5 Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyser
Added the interactive Wi-Fi spectrum analysis lab.
Implement Phase 3.4 OSPF visualiser
Added the interactive OSPF visualiser.
Implement Phase 3.3 VLAN workflow
Added the VLAN workflow lab experience.
Build VLSM Planner phase 3.2
Added the VLSM planner experience for variable-length subnet design.
Build Network Troubleshooting phase 3.1
Added the interactive network troubleshooting lab.
Validate Phase 2 responsive matrix
Validated the lab experience across the responsive viewport matrix.
Complete Phase 2b palette migration
Completed the shared palette migration across the lab visual system.
Harden Phase 2 lab interactions
Hardened lab interaction states, reset paths, and learner feedback.
Implement Phase 1 learning contract
Added the learning-contract model to make lab expectations explicit.
Implement Phase 0 lab integrity
Added the initial lab integrity and catalogue audit foundation.