GNS Help.

harilaharila Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
I just cant get GNS3 to work,i keep getting a message about the IOS image. please i need help on this. Have labs to work on.
thnx.

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  • RoguetadhgRoguetadhg Member Posts: 2,489 ■■■■■■■■□□
    harila wrote: »
    I just cant get GNS3 to work,i keep getting a message about the IOS image. please i need help on this. Have labs to work on.
    thnx.

    GNS3 requires a cisco IOS to function. Otherwise, Google is your friend. :)
    In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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  • chmorinchmorin Member Posts: 1,446 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Roguetadhg wrote: »
    GNS3 requires a cisco IOS to function. Otherwise, Google is your friend. :)

    Yup. There are tons of GNS3 tutorials out there. I even made a few on youtube. You can have it up and running in 10 minutes if you have cisco IOS and a proper guide and a technical mindset.
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  • harilaharila Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Roguetadhg wrote: »
    GNS3 requires a cisco IOS to function. Otherwise, Google is your friend. :)

    yeah i downloaded an ios image and added to gns but when i start running gns, the cpu usage blows up to 100% and my laptop freezes.
    i'm not sure if its the ios or something else.
  • KelkinKelkin Member Posts: 261 ■■■□□□□□□□
    You have to tweak the Idle-PC.. you can try this to start with.. again google is your friend..

    GNS3 • View topic - The Illusive Art of Acquiring A Good Idle-PC Value
  • martell1000martell1000 Member Posts: 389
    also be sure to decompress your images using winrar or similar tool.
    And then, I started a blog ...
  • RoguetadhgRoguetadhg Member Posts: 2,489 ■■■■■■■■□□
    CBT Nuggets

    Jeremy goes over some good topics for GNS3.
    In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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