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# Simple GNS3 install

<mark style="color:red;">The images I currently have available are good for version 2.2.42 only!</mark>

I used the GNS3 GIT repository to get the latest downloads.

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I download the Windows version and I am requested for an account. I create an account with my university e-mail. I then click on the install guide.

I run the installer which was saved in Downloads.

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I go with each of the defaults and click next to install. As different components are installed, I may have to agree with individual licenses.

I run GNS after the install and I get the  following prompt. I select to run the appliance on my local computer and press **Next**.

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I continue with defaults, click **Next** and **Finish**.

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To verify, I click **File->New Blank Project** and I call my project 16SEP23-01 and click **OK**. I click the horizonal arrow symbol, that means network switches.

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I can drag an Ethernet Switch to the project windows, that's me working!

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