Simulate a PC on 2950 port

thenjduke

I am assigning vlans to ports on 2950 and want to simulate a PC connected to it. Any way to do this?

DPG

Do you just want the port to be up/up or do you need for traffic to actually pass through it?

thenjduke

I need traffic to actually pass through it. I do not have a PC to hook up too it.

networker050184

You can hook up a router to act as a PC.

HardDisk

To achieve an UP/UP status try this command: (CBTnuggets ICND2)

R1(config)#int fa 0/0
R1(config-if)#ip address A.B.C.D a.b.c.d
R1(config-if)#no keepalive
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config-if)#^z

In GNS3 I have been using my C1700-MB-1ETH router image (64 MB RAM) to replicate a PC. This router (C1720) has 1 FastEthernet port so it works well as a substitute PC.

I set this router up with these following commands.

Router(config)#no ip routing
Router(config)#interface fa 0/0
Router(config-if)#IP address A.B.C.D a.b.c.d
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#ip default-gateway A.B.C.D
Router(config)#ip http server (Optional-starts http server process)


OR as seen in the GNS3 setup tutorial: (Include's a good ICND1 lab)

Documentation | GNS3
(A tutorial for GNS3 0.5 is available here (highly recommended for beginners).

Scroll about half way through the tutorial until you find the section:
Using the Virtual PC Simulator (and the Symbol Library)

This tutorial goes into detail on how to set-up this virtual PC (and much more) and in this tutorial you are provided the link to download for free the vpcs.exe application. For your convenience I have copied the link to that post below.

http://wiki.freecode.com.cn/doku.php?id=wiki:vpcs

Enjoy

HardDisk

Here is another way and perhaps better. I am still experimenting.

Router(config)#no logging console
Router(config)#interface fa 0/0
Router(config-if)#IP address A.B.C.D a.b.c.d
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1

Note: 192.168.1.1 should be your default gateway IP address.