******************************************************************************* * GNS3 WorkBench - a VMware image of Ubuntu with GNS3 and VPCS installed * * and a collection of exercises/labs * * Just

add VMware and a Cisco IOS for an instant GNS3 WorkBench environment * * * * Lean more about GNS3 at http://www.gn3.net * * Lean more about GNS3 WorkBench at http://rednectar.net/gns3-workbench * ******************************************************************************* HOW TO INSTALL ************** Part 1: Before you use this disk... * This program requires VMware to be installed on your host computer Go to www.vmware.com and get a copy of Vmware Player for Windows (free) or Vmware Fusion for Macintosh (not free) * This program requires a copy of a Cisco IOS image - preferably c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T10.bin Part 2: Now that you have VMware installed and an IOS image ready... * Copy the "GNS3 WorkBench 5.x" folder to your hard drive - into a folder called "Virtual Machines" is a good place. There would have been such a folder created when you installed VMware Player/Fusion: Windows XP - My documents/Virtual Machines/ Windows 7/Vista <username>/Documents/Virtual Machines/ Macintosh OS X ~/Documents/Virtual Machines/ Part 3: First run... * ) * * From that folder, open the .vmx file (double click - or open from VMWare When asked "Did you move this virtual machine...", answer "I copied it" When the VM opens - maximise the VM to the full screen (you may have to maximise/shrink/maximise to get it to work)

Part 4: My VM is running, now what???? Before you can enjoy using GNS3, you have to get your IOS image copied to the virtual machine, and uncompress it. * age * y top and centre or your screen to see the menu) . click VMware Player->Shared Folders . enable shared folders and . share the folder where you have stored the IOS image - VM Fusion (Mac): (Note, you may have to move your mouse to the very to p Note the directory on your host machine where you have stored the IOS im With your Virtual Machine running, choose the appropriate steps below according to the version of VMware you are running: VMWare Player: (Note, you may have to move your mouse to the ver

and centre or your screen to see the menu) . click Virtual Machine->Shared Folders->Turn Shared Folde rs On . . * window. st machine's . ectory * o it enter the following commands cd /opt/GNS3/IOS ls -lh ;#to check your IOS image is indeed there unzip -p NAME_OF_YOUR_IOS_IMAGE.bin > NAME_OF_YOUR_IOS_I ls reated rm NAME_OF_YOUR_IOS_IMAGE.bin ;#to remove the original If your IOS image is the recommended c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T10.bin image for a C3725, then you are ready to: * Explore the pre-configured exercises from the desktop or open the folder "GNS Files - More exercises here" to explore * * * Read the Readme files within the GNS3 WorkBench environment If your PC seems to be running at a high CPU rate, read Part 5. Enjoy -lh ;#to check your uncompressed IOS image was c Bring up a command window - Click Applications->Konsole should d shared folder copy the IOS image to Ubuntu's /opt/GNS3/IOS dir Click on the "Network" Icon in the "Places" list (on the left panel) . you should be able to find & navigate to your ho click Virtual Machine->Shared Folders->Add Shared Folder share the folder where you have stored the IOS image

Now from within the Ubuntu environment on the Virtual Machine: * Open the desktop folder "READMEs and scripts" to open a browser

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Part 5: I don't have the recommended C3725 image, but have another c3725 image or and image for a 2600 or 2691 * * * * THIS IS VERY EXPERIMENTAL Copy the image to the /opt/GNS3/IOS directory and uncompress it as described above in Part 4 Configure GNS3 to use this image for this model router (Click Edit->IOS images and hypervisors: add the Image file & Model) Find a good idlepc value for this router/image. Read The document: /opt/GNS3/READMEs & Scripts/GNS3-0.5-tutorial.pdf to find how to get a good idlepc value Write down the good idlepc value you found make a backup copy of the /opt/GNS3/Project directory

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run the script /opt/GNS3/IOS/script to change firmware image

Chris Welsh rednectar.chris@gmail.com http://rednectar.net @rednectarchris