GNS3 on VMWare
For students using VMWare Workstation at home, or in the University Labs
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For students using VMWare Workstation at home, or in the University Labs
Last updated
I will assume you have already installed VMWare Workstation. If you need to install this on a home computer, discuss with your lecturer. If you are working in a University laboratory, this will be preinstalled.
You should have already completed the Simple GNS3 install on your home computer. If you are working in a University laboratory, this will be preinstalled.
On the GNS3 Downloads page, I click to download the GNS3 VM.
I am given several options, I select VMWare Workstation and Fusion. At time of writing, this was over 1GB, you need decent broadband.
The download is in a ZIP format, you need to extract the file, I do so in the Downloads folder.
There is a single .ova file, open that in VMWare Workstation.
Next I open GNS3 and go to Edit->Preferences->GNS3 VM.
I select Enable the GNS3 VM and under virtualization engine, I select VMWare Workstation and click OK.
