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GNS3 Network simulation guide / Chris Welsh.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
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EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welsh, Chris.
- Series:
- Community experience distilled
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer network protocols.
- Virtual computer systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- GNS3 Network Simulation Guide is an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive guide which is written in a tutorial format helping you grasp all the things you need for accomplishing your certification or simulation goal. If you are a networking professional who wants to learn how to simulate networks using GNS3, this book is ideal for you. The introductory examples within the book only require minimal networking knowledge, but as the book progresses onto more advanced topics, users will require knowledge of TCP/IP and routing.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Clearing the First Hurdle
- Pre-installation tasks and prerequisites
- Understanding the GNS3 family of applications
- Memory and CPU
- Router Image files
- Downloading GNS3
- The installation process
- Installing on Windows
- Installing on OS X (Macintosh)
- Installing on Linux Mint
- Post-installation tasks
- The Setup Wizard
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Creating Your First GNS3 Simulation
- Jumping in the deep end - a basic two router configuration
- Conceptualizing a project
- The topology.net file
- The configs directory
- The working directory
- Opening a project
- Getting to know the GUI
- Tips for managing your workspace
- Tips for managing your routers
- Using VPCS (Virtual PC Simulator)
- Capturing packets with Wireshark
- Avoiding the 100 percent CPU utilization problem
- Coming to grips with Idle-PC values
- Introducing GNS3 generic switches
- Ethernet switch
- Frame-relay and ATM switches
- Chapter 3: Enhancing GNS3
- Connecting to physical interfaces
- Mini-project - connecting your GNS3 router to your LAN
- Why can't my host computer ping my router?
- The Microsoft Loopback adapter
- The Linux NIO TAP adapter
- The OS X TUN/TAP adapter
- Adding VLAN support
- Generic Ethernet switch
- EtherSwitch router
- Terminal tips
- Using a different terminal application
- Using the AUX port
- Troubleshooting a device console
- Fine tuning the topology - adding graphics and text
- Accessing GNS3 running on a remote machine
- Accessing a device console remotely
- Linking GNS3 topologies on different hosts
- Chapter 4: Unleashing Other Emulators
- The Qemu emulator
- Adding Qemu support
- Linux
- Qemu Preferences
- Microcore Linux using Qemu.
- Adding ASA firewalls
- Adding Juniper routers (Junos)
- The VirtualBox emulator
- Adding VirtualBox Support
- A Windows PC on Oracle VirtualBox
- A Linux PC on VirtualBox
- Adding a Vyatta router using VirtualBox
- Chapter 5: The Cisco Connection
- Cisco routers - emulated hardware
- Cisco IOS
- Platform
- Feature set
- Memory location and compression format
- Train number
- Maintenance release
- Train identifier
- RAM requirements and the feature navigator
- Chapter 6: Peeking under the GNS3 Hood
- Understanding the topology.net file
- Say hello to the hypervisor
- The GNS3 orchestra
- UDP tunnel concept
- Conducting Qemu and VirtualBox
- Debugging using the GNS3 management console
- Chapter 7: Tips for Teachers, Troubleshooters, and Team Leaders
- Packaging your projects
- Adding Instructions
- Managing Snapshots
- Using remote hypervisors
- Remote hypervisor tutorial
- Preparing the remote servers
- Preparing the host computer
- Load balancing across multiple hypervisors
- Using your local GNS3 host as a hypervisor
- Building the topology
- Choosing the right platform
- Using VPCS with remote hypervisors
- Running GNS3 in a virtual machine
- The GNS3 WorkBench solution
- GNS3 Limitations
- Ethernet interfaces always up
- Cisco router support
- Host PC communication in a virtual machine environment
- Getting more help
- Official websites for all the GNS3 suite of programs
- Other helpful online resources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 2, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781782160816
- 1782160817
- OCLC:
- 862048656
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