Adding Hosts in GNS3 using VPCS

When working with virtualization software, you may come across a software called GNS3. It is quite similar to Packet Tracer, but the biggest difference is the trouble you go through when making the initial configurations.

In this video I’m assuming you have already found the cisco ios images to mount as routers and you are now faced by the task of adding hosts.

Adding hosts in GNS3 is different from the way it is done in Packet Tracer. very different! :) There are actually 3 ways you can add hosts which are:

using a router as a host and disabling its routing capabilities
using an already available virtual machine in a virtualization software such as VMWare
using VPCS

the method shown in the video involves using VPCS. It is an extremely watered-down simulation of a PC (very few tasks) but it gets the job done. For more complex scenarios, it would be better to use the second option.

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