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GNS3 (Graphical Network Simulator) is a software that allows you to build complex networks without having physical routers and switches. GNS3 provides an easy-to-use GUI (Graphical User Interface) to design virtual networks that behave almost like real networks. It is an invaluable tool to prepare for Cisco certifications including CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), and beyond. This article is the first in a series named GNS3 Labs for CCNA that covers topics in the new CCNA version 2 exams. You will learn how to install and configure GNS3 from scratch and how to create a network topology in GNS3. You may build on the knowledge gained from this article to complete GNS3 labs provided in later articles.

Introduction to GNS3

Navigate to Dynamips - IOS routers option in left pane and click New button in right pane Select New Image option and click Browse button. Now select the downloaded IOS image file By default IOS files are compressed. The only IOS images currently available from Cisco, that will work with the Dynamips emulator are the c7200 images (not the c7200p images!). The images for all of the other platforms Dynamips supported hit End of Support status, and their images were removed.

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GNS3 is an open source software that simulates complex networks that appear very much like real networks. GNS3 is a graphical network simulator but it actually uses emulators like Dynamips and Qemu to create software equivalents of hardware devices. GNS3 provides an intuitive point-and-click interface to create network topologies that consist of network devices like routers as well as hosts. You can connect your GNS3 networks also to external virtual machines and physical devices, which makes GNS3 absolutely flexible not only for certification studies but also for proof of concept scenarios.

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  • CISCO Course CCNA R&S CCNA. NCP's Student Gallery Lab Gallery Videos Gallery. Click IOS Router then Click New to add a Router IOS image in GNS3.
  • GNS3 offers multiple ways to emulate IOS. For older images, we use and maintain Dynamips; an emulator dedicated to emulate some Cisco hardware. Dynamips can run unmodified IOS images. In the new GNS3 1.4, there is a way to run a second category of switches and routers.

This article covers how to setup GNS3 on Microsoft Windows from scratch. You will find detailed instructions with screenshots to download, install, and configure the new GNS3 0.8.6. You should use the GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package that includes Dynamips, Qemu, PuTTY, VPCS, WinPcap and Wireshark among others:

  • Dynamips: Dynamips is a software that emulates Cisco routers on a personal computer. You must provide your own Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) images for Cisco routers emulated by Dynamips. The hardware supported by Dynamips includes Cisco 1700 series (1710, 1720, 1721, 1750, 1751 and 1760), 2600 series (2610 to 2651XM and 2691), 3600 series (3620, 3640 and 3660), 3700 series (3725 and 3745), and 7200. Dynamips 0.2.10 is bundled with GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package.
  • Qemu: Qemu is an open source emulator used by GNS3 to run Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance), PIX (Private Internet eXchange) and IDS (Intrusion Detection System). It can also emulate conventional operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Linux. Qemu 0.11.0 is bundled with GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package.
  • PuTTY: PuTTY is an open source telnet and SSH client developed originally for the Windows platform. GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package bundles a custom build of PuTTY.
  • VPCS: VPCS (Virtual PC Simulator) is a simulator and not a machine emulator like Qemu. It runs as a Windows or Linux program and provides only a few network commands like ping and traceroute. VPCS allows you to add lightweight hosts to your GNS3 networks in place of full-blown emulated machines. VPCS 0.4b2 is included in GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package.
  • WinPcap: WinPcap 4.1.3 is bundled with GNS3 0.8.6 all-in-one package and is needed by GNS3 to send packets to and receive packets from your NIC (network interface card).
  • Wireshark: Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer and its version 1.10.2 packaged with GNS3 0.8.6 lets you look inside individual packets travelling across your network links.

GNS3 Installation

We will use GNS3-0.8.6-all-in-one.exe, the all-in-one GNS3 installer that includes everything you need for the GNS3 Labs for CCNA. The package can be used for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems and it is available for download at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/GNS3/0.8.6/GNS3-0.8.6-all-in-one.exe. We have used a 64-bit Windows 7 platform to create this article but the instructions should work for any flavor of Microsoft Windows. The size of the package is around 60 MB and it should not take long to download on a broadband connection. Once the download is complete, just double click the executable to start the installation.

You can go with default options and the installation is essentially a matter of clicking buttons like Next, Install, and I Agree.

Mount and blade warband marshall guide. The installer will create a Start Menu folder for GNS3 shortcuts.

There are several GNS3 components that you may choose to install or not at this point, but for our purpose it suffices to stick to the defaults.

GNS3 will be installed in C:Program FilesGNS3 and we have no serious objections to the default destination folder.

During installation, you will be asked if you would like to install WinPcap and Wireshark and you should say yes. Once the setup is complete, just press the Finish button to close the wizard. There is a check box to start GNS3 right away, though you may also start it from Start > All Programs > GNS3 > GNS3.

The following splash screen is visible for a couple of seconds while the program loads.

You will be presented with a wizard when you run GNS3 for the first time. We will not use the wizard for GNS3 configuration, so just press OK to skip the wizard.

You should now find yourself at the main application window.

You need to perform three configuration steps before you can create network topologies:

  1. Add one or more decompressed IOS images
  2. Configure the path to the directory that contains IOS images

You should go to Edit > Preferences > Dynamips, and on the Dynamips tab, change the Executable path to Dynamips to C:Program FilesGNS3dynamips.exe. We will leave the working directory for Dynamips and all other settings to default values. You should now press the Test Settings button to verify if Dynamips starts successfully. If all goes well, you should see the message in green as seen in the graphic above.

GNS3 actually emulates Cisco routers (and other devices) and it needs real Cisco IOS images in order to do that. You must provide your own IOS images to run GNS3 Labs for CCNA. GNS3 can emulate a number of different Cisco router models, but we have found Cisco 3600 and 3700 series to be the most stable in GNS3. We will use the IOS image c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T5.bin for Cisco 3725 in this article.

The Cisco IOS images follow certain naming conventions and there is a meaning to everything in the image file name. We will not go into details here but the letter z in c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T5.bin indicates that the image is compressed in zip format. A real Cisco router would decompress this image at boot time and then load it into RAM for execution. GNS3 cannot run decompressed images so you have to use a utility like WinZip or WinRAR to decompress the image first. Run dongle protected software without dongle setup. The size of the original compressed image file c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T5.bin is around 45 MB that inflates to around 95 MB for the decompressed image C3725-AD.BIN. We will keep our decompressed Cisco IOS images in the directory C:IOS.

You now have to configure GNS3 to use the decompressed IOS image. Go to Edit > IOS images and hypervisors and configure the path to the decompressed image file on the IOS Images tab, as shown in the graphic below.

You should also press the Auto calculation button to calculate the IDLE PC value. IDLE PC is used to keep CPU utilization from going insane while running GNS3. If you plan to simulate large networks in GNS3, you would probably have to tweak IDLE PC value manually but for now you can rely on auto calculation.

You should press Close and the IDLE PC field would be populated with the calculated value.

You are required to press Save and Close to return to the main application window. You are now all set to create and test a network topology. The topology can be created by dragging routers from left to the main panel in the middle and then connecting them together. The topology shown in the graphic below involves two Cisco 3735 routers. The FastEthernet0/0 interfaces on the two routers are connected directly to each other. The topology file (topology.net) and configuration files (R1.cfg and R2.cfg) are available for download as an archive with this article. You have to download and decompress the archive leaving the directory structure as it is. You can then click the topology file named topology.net to launch GNS3 and load the topology.

You can access the CLI (command line interface) for each node by double clicking it. That will launch puTTY to connect to the router.

And here goes the configuration for R2.

Let's get back to R1 and try to ping R2.

Please note that you must do two things to ensure your saved configurations are available next time you load a topology into GNS3. First, you must do copy running-config startup-config on all routers, and second you must save the project from File > Save project as….

You have reached the conclusion of this introductory article belonging to the GNS3 Labs for CCNA series. There is a lot more to come in upcoming articles that would help you develop hands-on skills to succeed in the exam as well as the job market.

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Post subject: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3
Note: This post is NOT asking for IOS images which would be in breach of the Cisco IOS License.
We have all loaded the GNS3 software, identified an Cisco IOS, started the router and opened a console.
Only to be met with the 'solid green cursor of death', it just sits there and nothing happens.
We try to unpack the IOS using a DOS window, and still nothing.
So we move onto the next IOS, and the next, and eventually Success!!
So which Cisco IOS works??
I have yet to get a 2600 router working, although I have tried five different IOSs.
I have had more success with a Cisco 3745 Router which now works very well.



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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3

Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:33 am
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Location: Australia
I have successfully loaded: (the .image indicated I have uncompressed it)
c2600-ipbasek9-mz.124-25b.image
c2600-advsecurityk9-mz.124-25b.image
c2600-i-mz.123-6.image
c2600-is3x-mz.123-19.image
I always use a 2621XM as the router type, and usually give it 128MB RAM.

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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3
Thanks Rednectar.
I broke through the IOS images not working 'barrier' last night.
Previously using the Unpacker from the GNS website proved to be a bit unreliable.
I downloaded UltimateZIP Command Line version (a recommend from my web searching) and Success!!!
Only one 2600 image has not worked.


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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3
Hi iandart
Can you advise me step by step how to unzip IOS images please
Regards


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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3
Try this video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0M6N0xZ6l4
You will need some decompression software that works in the DOS prompt..


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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:07 pm
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YEAH.. I had the same problem a few months back with the 2600 and 2600XM. It would work for about 10 -15 mins and then freeze..
I haven't seen the video you guys posted yet, but I hope it works. This was why I turned to Ubuntu to run GN3 to use the 2600's..
Thanks Gents!!!
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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:07 pm
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@Iandart..
Hey man, I tried to view your video..Unfortunately, it's hard to see the commands and the screen :?
Alim

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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3
I have downloaded this software in the past but was stuck not using it since I could not obtain some cisco images. I did go though cisco acadamy way back in 1998. But rarely got onto a route 'in a corporate environment' to use the ios. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the bin file so I can LEARN the ios before I take the test?
Thanks


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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3

Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:16 am
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thanks yar now my gns3 working with c2600 and 3600 images.
[email protected] its my mail id. thanks for post and you tub link


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Post subject: Re: Cisco IOS images that work with GNS3

Joined: Fri May 27, 2011 2:06 am
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Hi,
I using GNS3 0.7.4 and i want use the card NM-16ESW. I tried many IOSs on C2600, C3600 or C3700 but none work and in few cases the IOS load but when i display 'show version' the card NM-16ESW is not there (I already choose the card on the configuration slots window before start the router).
Anyone knows what IOS this card work fine and in what family router ?
tks for now,
Andre



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