hey,
was looking to set up a real lab with routers and switches where i could ping from a windows 10 machine and also use wireshark to learning purposes. i was thinking about buying a 4 port PCIe card for my windows desktop and connecting them for 4 differnet networks on junipers srx's. my question is is that possible and will it work for what i need. also is there a cheaper option that will work thru vm workstqation. i have googled where i see learning videos of switches connected to other switches and they have workstations on a vm. Basically, how would i connect a vm where i can ping from to a vsrx. overall i would like to save money by not having to buy laptops just to ping networks / policies.
thank you and suggestions are much welcomed. also the 4port PCIe ethernet port link is below is what i was thinkin about too as an option