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GNS3 News: New tutorial for GNS3

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on August 20th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Written by Jérémy
Friday, 15 August 2008
We are proud to publish a new tutorial for GNS3 made by Mike Fuszner. This tutorial describe step-by-step and with lot of screenshots how to use GNS3, it is particularly recommended for beginners.
More advanced users will also find some very useful information:
* How to use virtual PC Simulator (VPCS) [...]

DeadWait: Dynataz is Live - The Hybrid of Dynamips & Dynagen on a Live CD

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on August 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment

So it seems that Dead Wait has found a new distribution even smaller than Slack and approximately 30MB in size. He’s dubbed it DynaTaz, based off of the Slitaz linux distro
SliTaz is a free micro GNU/Linux distro using BusyBox, a Linux kernel, and GNU free software. The goal of SliTaz is to have a GNU/Linux [...]

GNS3 Tutorials: BlindHog - How to build a switching lab Part 2

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 29th, 2008 | 0 Comments

So Josh (BlindHog) came around with part 2 pretty quick.
As per the his blog
This is part two of my gns3 switching tutorial series. In part 1, you learned how to use a 16 port network module (NM-16ESW) to simulate many features of a Cisco switch. In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure vlans [...]

GNS3 Tutorials: BlindHog - How to build a switching lab

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 25th, 2008 | 0 Comments

In case you have had a look at our Topology: VLAN Trunking GNS3 Lab - 802.1Q - Router On A Stick & need some help with configurations have a look over at BlindHog.
As per BlindHog:
In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a Cisco switching lab … even though GNS3 cannot emulate a Cisco [...]

GNS3 Announcement: Status of GNS3 - New GNS3 Wiki Site

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Like many we have all been wondering whats going on with GNS3 DEV and like many other OpenSource and FREE applications you run into time commitments. I wish Jeremy and Xavier some restful days while still trying to live life, work and develop GNS3.
They have though extended the opportunuty for users to help keep the [...]

Topology: Configuring BGP with Default Routing Lab 6-1

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 12th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Hey folks it seems we have a helper who is willing to share labs with us all! His name is Amir Hussain and he will be sharing his labs based on the BSCI v50 Lab Guide by Cisco.
You too can share your labs and co-admin this site by shooting me an email at postmy [AT] gns3-labs [...]

Video: Configure SDM in GNS3

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment

I found this video yesterday and thought it would be great share. I ran into this accidentally so I dont know who the author is.
After extracting this you will notice the file is an EXE. Seems this is the type of format the author used to record the video.. Don’t worry it’s safe, I checked [...]

Topology: MPLS VPNs with MPLS-TE Instead of LDP - OSPF Routing Protocols

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 10th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Based on his 2.0 lab, this is v2.5 by the famous Justine White over at Hacki.AT. I will also put toghether the 3.0 lab also. This is a very high CPU intense lab so be warned. I used 3640 routers to minimize the resource taxing.
As per the Justin in the original thread > MPLS VPNs [...]

Topology: DUAL DMVPN- Dynamic Multipoint VPN Over Frame-Relay Using EIGRP

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 9th, 2008 | 0 Comments

This is a DMVPN lab taken from this thread. The author of the post pitched a scenario by which he wanted folks to submit their work showing their attempt at it.
This is the scenario…..
DUAL HUB DMVPN Challenge:
A customer has hired you to configure 4 routers for them. Their requirements are listed below, keep in [...]

BlindHog: Saving GNS3 Labs Including Router Configs

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment

We have all experienced a time when working in GNS3 and we _think_ we saved the the topology and router configurations. So you open GNS3 and load that config, start them routers, watch them boot all the way to the painful promt
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
And your hard work is [...]

DynaFlux .. An Even Lighter DynaSlax Live CD Running FluxBox Window Manager

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on July 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Seems Deadwait realizes that size matters
He’s created anew live CD running the FluxBox lightweight window manager. This livecd does not include GNS3 though . Maybe he will roll this together eventually.
As per the post on his blog ..
ok this is a very light version of slax with only fluxbox as a manager and dynagen [...]

Topology: Multi-Homed VPN & Object Tracking - IP SLA - Floating Default Routes PLUS OSPF Over GRE Tunnel

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on June 27th, 2008 | 0 Comments

This lab is similar to Topology: Multi-Homed VPN & Object Tracking - IP SLA - Floating Default Routes. Call it “Part 2″
The only addition of to this lab is OSPF running over a GRE tunnel. Its currently using only 1 of the paths to get to the HQ (v284 router). In Part [...]

Topology: Multi-Homed VPN & Object Tracking - IP SLA - Floating Default Routes

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on June 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments

This lab was created based on a real world scenario and need. The need was to have 1 router at each end-point. One being the client side and the other being the side where their devices/services/apps reside (let’s call it the field). There is only one ISP at the client side and 2 available and [...]

DynaSlax, DynaSlaxGNS3 and DynaSlaxUSB LiveCDs

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on June 23rd, 2008 | 4 Comments

Well .. It seems that someone has put some hard work into creating 3 awesome livecds. He’s (deadwait) built and tested Dynamips/Dynagen and GNS3 in the livecd and USB key formats. They are called DynaSlax, DynaSlaxGNS3 and I call the last DynaSlaxUSB
No official docs for the USB or GNS3 version yet. I [...]

GNS3-Labs Announcement! Want To Help & Share?

Written by LBSources from http://www.gns3-labs.com on June 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Hello ..
As you know GNS3-Labs is a place to share and trade GNS3 & Dynamips / Dynagen topologies & configurations. So if you’re currently studying for a certification and creating labs often for work, test or play; why not share them here when your done with them? Instead of letting them sit on your hard [...]

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