#Microsoft loopback adapter gns3 install#
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Choose change adapter settings from left hand side of your screen, you will find there the loopback adapter.Go to control panel and select Network and Sharing Center.Select Microsoft from the Manufacturer list and Choose Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter and click on next.Choose Network Adapters from the next screen and click next.

#Microsoft loopback adapter gns3 install#

On the Add Hardware Screen, choose Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and click Next.

Enter hdwwiz to open Add Hardware wizard, from this wizard we will add a loopback adapter which is a logical adapter.

Now go to your Windows machine and Press Win+R key.

#Microsoft loopback adapter gns3 Pc#

Add a Cloud from the PC icon to communicate your PC with GNS3.

Now drag the router from the routers section of GNS3.

Click on Apply and then on OK Button to save the changes,Īdding the Router and Connecting to Physical machine.

This is very important if you want to preserve this practical, otherwise on reboot router will reset itself.

Uncheck the box that will tell you to erase NVRAM and disks.

Click on Memory and Disk Section and Under the PCMCIA Slots section, give your router some memory e,g, 64,128,256 as you desired.

Now click on edit where you have select new while adding the image.

Choose the defaults and add the router image.

Choose your router image and select open.

Click on Browse in the New IOS Router template screen.

Click on New Button at lower right hand of the screen to add the image.Go to Edit menu and choose Preferences.

Installation of Router in GNS3Īfter you have successfully downloaded the router image, it is time to install it in GNS3.įor this practical I have installed GNS 1.1.3 All-in-one.

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I assume that GNS3 is installed in your system and you have turned off your computer firewall off and exception must be given to GNS3 from antivirus as well to make this practical successful.įirst of all Download all mentioned softwares from the link given above.

Cisco 3745 Router image ( Download here).

Assign an IP address to the Cisco Router FastEthernet 0/0 interface and turn it on Then, test the connection by pinging the loopback IP address.Ĭloud1 and Cisco router can communicate with each other. The Loopback network card will become selectable as you can see in the image below. To cable cloud1 and Cisco Router, Chick cabling then click Could1. After successfully completing the loopback network card insertion steps, click OK to save the settings. Once you have selected the GNS3Loopback adapter, click the Add button. IN the Cloud1 configuration window, you need to select the loopback network card you added in the Ethernet interfaces section. Click Right-Click / Configure to set up Cloud1. Drag and drop one Router and Cloud into the GNS3 workspace. After restoring your computer, run the GNS3 program and create a new project. You can check the configuration by clicking the details button on the network card. After configuring the IP address settings. You can change the IP address settings here. You need to set and IP address for the GNS3Loopback network card. You can rename the loopback card to avoid confusing it with other network cards. You can see that the loopback card has added successfully. Adding hardware is complete and click Finish to close the window. The following window provides a summary of the hardware to be installed.

Select Microsoft from the manufacturer section, and then select Microsoft KM-TEST Adapter from the right pane. In the Hardware Types window, select Network Adapters and click the Next button. Continue by selecting Advanced as we will add the Loopback card manually. After the hardware wizard opens, click Next to Continue.

The hdwwiz command is a short way to add and Adapter

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Step 1.On Windows 10 open the Run window and type hdwwiz and click OK.