# EVE-NG EVE-NG is a network-emulation environment used to assemble virtual routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and test topologies. ## Notebook evidence [[Scanned_20260730-1958]], PDF page 34, places EVE-NG in a cluster with [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]], link-local addressing, and administrative or recovery notes. ## Archive significance It belongs to the notebook’s virtual laboratory layer: reconstructing network relationships without requiring every original physical device to remain available.