Hello all!

Just a short message from me...I just returned from Australia and am already in Belgium, one more day of teaching and then I can have a week off in The Netherlands.

Yesterday I upgraded the site which will hopefully speed things up for some of you non-europeans. I use Amazon S3 Cloudfront so that the site is loaded from US and Asian servers as well (instead of just my Amsterdam server).

The other clouds that are back in my life are the ones in the sky....dark and grey instead of none (or a few with a nice blue background)...

Oh and before I forget, i created 2 redistribution labs...one "troubleshooting" lab which you will find in the troubleshooting section and one you'll find in the "Redistribution" category that i just added.

Have fun!

Rene

Rene going down under!

Hello all!

After a few weeks of teaching it's now time to sit back and take a nice long break....i'll be going on a holiday towards Australia for 4 weeks!

So instead of Cisco, routers & switches it's time for a 22 hour flight...get OSPF / BGP out of my head and enjoy the sun, kangaroos and hopefully keep my feet dry!

Anyway...this means I won't be releasing new labs the upcoming 4 weeks, however (since i'm an Internet junkie ;) i'll check the site every now and then...answer your questions/comments and so on.

The sun should recharge my battery so when I'm back i'll have plenty of energy for labs/videos and other stuff to help you study...I have big plans for the site this year :)

Take care all...have fun with the labs!

Rene

You can create your own switch lab by using the switch module of the 3600 router.  With a 3600 router right click -> configure -> select the hostname of the router -> click the slots tab on the right -> under slot1 drop-down menu select NM-16ESW -> OK. 
If you receive a message that says something about manual links - Edit -> Prefrences -> GUI Tab -> check the box that says "Always use manual mode when adding links".

To make your new switch look like a switch (you don't have to) Edit -> Symbol Manager -> Scroll down the left side until you see ethernet switch -> select the ethernet switch icon -> click the right arrow in the middle to add it to the customized nodes list -> above type in the name of your new switch -> select 3600 from the drop-down menu -> select the switch below in customized nodes -> click Apply -> click OK.  You can see your new "Switch" in your inventory on the left.  Just add the switch module to slot1 like you did above and you're not far from creating your own switching lab.

Live Webinar - Have your questions answered

I'm thinking about doing a live webinar...just for fun! (hey it's almost christmas right)  Are there any questions you have about Cisco, Labs, GNS3 or anything else? Leave your comment with your question and if there's enough interest I'll run it wednesday the 29th!

Rene

In this post i will explain you how to configure the ASA version 8 firewall in GNS3. Since GNS3 0.7.3 this only took me 5 minutes.

I assume you already have Qemu running.

• Start GNS3
• Open the menu, go to "Edit" then "Preferences".
• Open the "Qemu" tab.
• Open the "ASA" tab.
• Select the "Initrd" file. The filename I used was "asa802-k8.initrd.gz". Press Open.
• Select the "Kernel" file. The filename I used was "asa802-k8.kernel". Press Open.
• Hit the "Save" button. Press "Ok".
• Click and drag an ASA Firewall to your topology screen and press the "Start" button.
• Minimze your Qemu screen (don't close it).
• Press the "Console" button.
• After it's done booting wait about 1 minute then type in the following:
  /mnt/disk0/lina_monitor
• Voila! you have a running ASA 8 Firewall in GNS3.

That's all there is to it! Thanks to CCNA Tools for the information, this is where i found the explanation to do this.

Now the only thing left to do is make sure we have ASA labs here at GNS3Vault. I'm more of a routing & switching guy so if you have anything to share...please do!