Virtualization Archive

While working with GNS3, as mentioned before, physical LAN cards of the physical computers can be directly mapped to the virtual devices created in the application. However, the representation of physical machine, by default in GNS3, is a symbol of cloud. For the students ...Read More

Since all the virtual devices created in GNS3 directly interact with the hardware of physical computers, memory and processor of the physical machines are also shared with GNS3 virtual devices. This means that if you run a few virtual devices on GNS3, CPU usage ...Read More

Graphical Network Simulator or GNS3 is an upgraded and GUI version of Dynamips. Dynamips was the very first invention in the arena of virtual routing. When GNS3 was not invented, it was Dynamips which was used by the students to practice for their examinations. ...Read More

After successful installation of GNS3, users need to mount the appropriate IOS images and drag-and-drop appropriate icons from the left to center pane. Also, they need to connect them accordingly in order to exploit the features of GNS3 at their full. Once everything is ...Read More

GNS3, unlike other simulators like Packet Tracer or Boson Netsim, is in fact a router emulator that uses original IOS images which are used in  real Cisco routers. The application is used by the students who are preparing for Cisco CCNA global certification examination ...Read More

GNS3 would be considered of no good if users are not able to create complex topologies in it. Of course, students and IT professionals can create all kinds of topologies as per their course levels. Complex topologies created in GNS3 can include several routers ...Read More

A virtual machine that is created in VMware workstation, by default, is configured to provide display on a single monitor. This configuration is inherited from the host computer which, in most cases, is configured to use one monitor at a time. However, administrators may, ...Read More