Add Router IOS Image in GNS3

After installing GNS3, you need to add router IOS image in GNS3. To do so, you need to perform the following steps:

Step 1

• In the GNS3 console, click Edit and select Preferences to open the Preferences window. Click Next to add a new router IOS image in GNS3, as shown in the following figure.

Step 2

• In the IOS image page, select the New Image radio button, click Browse and select the router IOS image that you want to add in GNS3. In this case, e will use Cisco router c2691 IOS image. Click Next to proceed, as shown in the following figure.

Step 3

• In the Name and platform window, specify the name and platform for the IOS image and then click Next as shown in the following figure.

Step 4

• In the Memory page, set the desired Default RAM size and then click Next as shown in the following figure.

Step 5

• In the Network adapters page, ensure that slot 0 is already listed and selected. Select the additional slots, if required, and then click Next as shown in the following figure.

Step 6

• In the WIC modules page, select the WIC modules to add additional modules as per your requirement, and then click Next as shown in the following figure.

Step 7

• On the Idle-pc page, click Finish and then click OK to close the Preferences window.

Step 8

• In the GNS3 console, you can see that c2691 router is added. Drag it to the work view area as shown in the following figure. Right-click on the added router and then select Start to start it.

Step 9

• Open the console of the router as shown in the following figure.