GNS3 HOST BINDING UPDATE
The following update was installed on my Windows 10 machine Ģ020-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 2004 for 圆4-based Systems (KB4566782) I have noticed the following changes to the GNS3 application and to Windows 10. I am using the GNS3 2.2.12 application and the VMware VM that come with GNS3 2.2.12 release. I'm not the sharpest tack in the box but I am stubborn and sometimes stubbornness and listening helps!īased on an unbelievably inadequate amount of testing it appears the issue of vmnet1 issues on the VMware GNS3 VM are resolved with the release of GNS3 2.2.12. I believe this is a recommendation Jeremy made to a similar issue I posted a while back. My GNS3 VM eth0 is set to vmnet1 and my GNS3 application Server Preferences, Main Server, Host Binding is now set to 192.168.174.1, the value of vmnet1 IP.
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So, I completely uninstalled all VMware products, ran a registry cleaner, rebooted and installed VMware Workstation Pro 15.5.6 and continue to use GNS3 2.2.10 Long story short I am guessing but it seems I had an older VIX versioin issue. So I tried using vmnet2 which did obtain a valid workstation network adapter setting IP but still inconsistent connections to GNS3 VM.
Best I can tell there has been some inconsistency in vmnet1 obtaining a valid IP in my workstation's network adapter settings. While it seems any host-only vmnet will work I have always used vmnet1 for eth0 of the GNS3 VM. Wow! That response took a good amount of thought and effort! Many thanks! i have added an image of the vmware fusion custom network adaptors (vmnet2, vmnet3, etc.). When i "telnet" to a network device in a topology and the device has been set to run on the "local server i do the following: Now when i "telnet" to a network device in a topology and the device has been set to run on the gns3 vm i do the following: so if you look at the image of my server -> main server -> host binding again you'll see it is associated with the 192.168.255.1 ip address.įrom here i created two /etc/hosts entries:ġ92.168.255.128 is the ip address of the gns3 vm. i associated the gns3 vm network adapator to vmnet2. in vmware fusion, i created vmnet2, vmnet3, etc. My vmware fusion gns3 vm is setup as per the attached image. now in gns3 preferences -> server -> main server -> host binding, select from the drop-down list the ip address that relates to the ip address you noted for vmnet1. for the network adaptor vmnet1 note the ip address. in the output look for the network adaptor vmnet1. if you have the equivalent to macos "private to my mac" selected, then on your windows open a command-line terminal and execute "ipconfig /all". look at the configuration of your gns3 vm network adaptor the network adaptor that is associated with a vmnet (on macos there is private to my mac, vmnet2, vmnet3, etc.). on macos, i get a message if the "local server" and the "gns3 vm" are not associated to the same ip subnet. with all that written, i can say that the connection between "server" and "vm" is working and all services under the bui "servers summary" are displayed as "green". that is a bug from the perspective that if there is an existing ".conf" file for 2.2 versions below 2.2.8 and a gns3 version >= 2.2.8 is installed the appropriate ".conf" file is not updated with the new configurations for versions >= 2.2.8. So basically, it may be me not having read "install instructions" or it could still be a bug. Installed the gns3 2.2.10 app and gns3 vm 2.2.10.
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config/GNS directory to enable a "fresh" install of 2.2.10. I realised that there must have been a change in workings from 2.2.7 to 2.2.8 and onwards. wondering what is going on i decided to try something different. still perplexed i reinstalled version 2.2.7. Not sure of any other data that may be relevant. Test (fail: gns3 vm grey under gns3 servers summary and didn't even try to add and use cisco csr routers to/in the topology).Test (success: gns3 vm green under gns3 servers summary and able to add and use cisco csr routers to/in the topology).
GNS3 version and operating system (please complete the following information): Virtualisation engine: vmware fusion pro 15.5.3
Gns3 and gns3 vm versions 2.2.5 to gns3 and gns3 vm 2.2.7 are stable and reliable Unable to determine where the bug is that is, gns3, gns3 server, gns3 vm The gns3 vm is grey (not green) under gns3 servers summary.