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Episteq turns technical knowledge into practical capability.

Episteq builds tools and learning resources that turn technical knowledge into practical capability. Its first product is Packet Pilot, a workbench for network engineering practice.

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Packet Pilot workbench: a device palette on the left, Router 1 linked to Switch 1 on the topology canvas, and the Router 1 configuration panel on the right.
Packet Pilot by Episteq — device palette, topology canvas and configuration panel

01 · Proposition

What Episteq does

Episteq designs software and learning resources that help people move from understanding a technical subject to working in it with confidence and precision.

1.1

Start from a real task

Each product and resource leads to something the user can do, not only information to recall.

1.2

Build in practice

Products favour doing over reading: a workbench to build in, configurations to check, steps to repeat.

1.3

Describe it honestly

Release status is stated plainly, and planned features are not presented as available.

02 · Current product

Packet Pilot by Episteq

A network engineering workbench. Build a topology, prepare its configuration, and practise the task in one place.

Stable release Windows 10 / 11
Packet Pilot overview
  1. Device palette listing Router, L3 Switch, Switch, Firewall, WiFi AP, PC and Server.

    Step 1

    Device palette

    Router, L3 Switch, Switch, Firewall, WiFi AP, PC and Server, with a Subnet Planner under Tools.

  2. Topology canvas with Router 1 linked to Switch 1 from Gi0/0 to Gi0/1.

    Step 2

    Topology canvas

    Place devices and link their interfaces — here, Router 1 Gi0/0 to Switch 1 Gi0/1.

  3. Device configuration panel showing the Device Identity section with display name and Cisco IOS hostname fields.

    Step 3

    Device configuration

    Sections for Identity, Security, IPsec, IPv6, routing, DHCP, Management, ACL, NAT and Interfaces.

  4. Generated Cisco IOS configuration for Router 1, with Copy and Download .txt buttons.

    Step 4

    Generated configuration

    The Cisco IOS configuration for the device, ready to copy or download as .txt.

Recorded walkthrough

VLAN configuration demo

A recorded walkthrough of Packet Pilot on YouTube. The player loads only when you press play.

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Packet Pilot — VLAN configuration

03 · Audience

Who Episteq serves

Students

Practise the work, not just the theory — with tools built for real technical tasks.

Educators

Make practical teaching easier to prepare, run and repeat.

Technical professionals

Work more precisely with tools grounded in real engineering practice.

04 · Standard

How Episteq works

If Episteq makes it, it is built to be used: technically accurate, practical in purpose, and honest about what it does.

Built from real teaching and engineering practice.

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Start with Packet Pilot.

Download the workbench for Windows 10 or 11, or write to Episteq with a question.

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