– Navigate to the Control Panel by clicking Start > Control Panel or by loading My Computer and clicking Control Panel down the left side bar within “Other Places” For lab demonstration purposes, Free CCNA Workbook devices will use 192.168.255.1-8/24 and the host machine is 192.168.255.10/24 Verify your connectivity by assigning an IP address to SW1 in the same subnet that you assigned to the MS Loopback adapter.
CONNECT GNS3 TO PHYSICAL NETWORK INSTALL
CONNECT GNS3 TO PHYSICAL NETWORK HOW TO
This lab will show you how to configure a Microsoft Loopback interface used for local host IP connectivity to an Ethernet interface of a Cisco device within GNS3. While running GNS3 on other operating systems such as Windows Vista or Windows 7 is possible but due to the compatibility of GNS3, it is currently recommended that you run GNS3 on a Windows XP machine. The workbook was created so GNS3 can be used while running on a Windows XP Professional PC.
If you are using GNS3 then throughout the Free CCNA Workbook you will be required to connect to the router using your host machine. In this lab you will learn how to configure a GNS3 Ethernet NIO (Network Input/Output) Cloud used in labs found in the Free CCNA Workbook.