capture will used for capturing network traffic.ie will be the working directory for router temp files.Step 5 - Inside the gns3 folder, create the following folders: images, projects, configs, ie, capture, and tmp. Click on File System and create one new folder named gns3 (all lowercase). Step 4 - Open explorer using your newly created shortcut (root context file browser). This shortcut will help you to launch GNS3 in the root context. The only difference will be the command line text “ gksudo gns3”. Step 3 - Now we will create one more shortcut for GNS3 using the above method. Now whenever you launch this version of the file browser, it will launch in root context and anything opened within this browser will automatically operate in the root context. In the Properties box you will see a command similar to “nautilus -no-desktop -browser %U”, which we need to replace with “ gksudo nautilus” (without quotes). Step 2 - You will see a new shortcut on the desktop for the file browser. Go to Applications - System Tools and right click File Browser. Step 1 - Create one root context-enabled Explorer. Note: file and folder names under Linux are case sensitive, so the best option is to use lowercase names in all situations. This will help to have a managed hierarchy of folders and files. Configuring Ubuntu for GNS3įor best operation of GNS3, we will create some directories. In the Synaptic Package Manager type konsole and install it as previously described.įor best results, it is now time to configure Ubuntu for ease of use with GNS3. Step 4 - For a multi tab console we need to install the utility called konsole. Step 3 - After successful installation, you will see the following icon: Applications - Education - GNS3 Graphical Network Simulator. Click Apply and installation will start by downloading and configuring GNS3 + Dynamips along with all required applications. In the pop up window it will show all of the dependencies which these two packages require. Select both of the packages (mark for installation). Step 2- In the search box, type gns3, which returns the GNS3 and Dynamips packages. Step 1 - System - Administration - open the Synaptic Package Manager. GNS3 and Supporting Software Installation Ubuntu can be obtained in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions from:įor more information about how to install and dual boot with Windows XP (XP installed first), visit:įor more information about how to install and dual boot with Windows Vista (Vista installed first), visit:Īfter you have installed and booted Ubuntu successfully, you can proceed to the installation of GNS3 and the supporting software. Ubuntu is more user friendly than many other Linux flavors, especially considering that almost everything works out of the box with most laptop installations. Perhaps one of the best things, however, is the fact that it is free and can co-exist with other Operating Systems. Linux is a stable Operating System and applications that do intense calculations can be handled in a more optimized way, as compared to other proprietary Operating Systems. Nadeem is currently enjoying 100 rack rental tokens from Graded Labs for his excellent post here! Installing and Dual Booting Ubuntu You will often see Nadeem in the INE Online Community working with his fellow students. INE would like to thank Nadeem Rafi for this guest blog post on using GNS3 with Ubuntu! Nadeem is one of our prized CCIE 2.0 Self-Paced students currently studying hard for his CCIE R&S exam.
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