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L2 IOU image
L3 IOU image
License file
For you to access them easily I am making all the rare files available for you
here : http://bit.ly/IOUGNS3
Let us now go through the step by step process to configure IOU in GNS3:
1. Install the GNS3-IOU .ova file in Virtual Box. Make Sure you dont have any older
version of IOU installed in it.
2. Start the VM. It may take a few moments to run at the first time.
3. After it has started, you will note an IP address shown above the console screen. In
my case it was: 192.168.56.101:8000/upload where 192.168.56.101 was the IP of
the VM which was the Host-Only adapter of the Virtual Box instance.
Virtual Box
L2 IOU image
L3 IOU image
License file
For you to access them easily I am making all the rare files available for you
here : http://bit.ly/IOUGNS3
Let us now go through the step by step process to configure IOU in GNS3:
1. Install the GNS3-IOU .ova file in Virtual Box. Make Sure you dont have any older
version of IOU installed in it.
2. Start the VM. It may take a few moments to run at the first time.
3. After it has started, you will note an IP address shown above the console screen. In
my case it was: 192.168.56.101:8000/upload where 192.168.56.101 was the IP of
the VM which was the Host-Only adapter of the Virtual Box instance.
5. Select the L2 and L3 IOU image one by one and click on the upload button. The
full path will be shown after uploading is completed.
6. Now open GNS3. Goto edit->preferences.
7. Click IOS on Unix. Under path to IOURC put D:\GNS3 IOU\IOURC.txt (the
location of IOURC.txt file).
8. Next, goto GNS3 server->Remote server. Under host type 192.168.56.101 and
port 8000. Click Add. Then click Apply->Ok.
10. Now under IOU devices, Click New->Next->Ok->Give a name(like Switch IOU).
Under IOU image paste the location which you have copied from the image upload
Sample R1 Config:
Final Testing:
5. Select the L2 and L3 IOU image one by one and click on the upload button. The
full path will be shown after uploading is completed.
6. Now open GNS3. Goto edit->preferences.
7. Click IOS on Unix. Under path to IOURC put D:\GNS3 IOU\IOURC.txt (the
location of IOURC.txt file).
8. Next, goto GNS3 server->Remote server. Under host type 192.168.56.101 and
port 8000. Click Add. Then click Apply->Ok.
10. Now under IOU devices, Click New->Next->Ok->Give a name(like Switch IOU).
Under IOU image paste the location which you have copied from the image upload
screen.. Select L2 or L3 depending on the type.
12. Now simply drag your IOUs to your working area and create your switching lab.
Now let us test inter-vlan routing in this simple topology.
Sample R1 Config:
Final Testing: