GNS3 is a graphical network simulator that allows simulation of complex networks.
To allow complete simulations, GNS3 is strongly linked with :
* Dynamips, the core program that allows Cisco IOS emulation.
* Dynagen, a text-based front-end for Dynamips.
* Pemu, a Cisco PIX firewall emulator based on Qemu.
GNS3 is an excellent complementary tool to real labs for Cisco network engineers, administrators and people wanting to pass certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIP or CCIE.
It can also be used to experiment features of Cisco IOS or to check configurations that need to be deployed later on real routers.
This project is an open source, free program that may be used on multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and MacOS X.
Features overview
* Design of high quality and complex network topologies.
* Emulation of many Cisco router platforms and PIX firewalls.
* Simulation of simple Ethernet, ATM and Frame Relay switches.
* Connection of the simulated network to the real world!
* Packet capture using Wireshark.
Important notice: users have to provide their own Cisco IOS to use with GNS3.
This is the configuration of the CDMA USB modem provided by citycell with their zoom connection to use in my linux distro (Centos 4.4) - Heres how to-
Attach the modem with your pc/laptop, Restart your computer
1. Now check with dmesg if it has been successfully probed
dmesg | grep tty
You will get some output like this
[ 2315.412106] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 2315.412508] drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 2315.461938] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 2315.461945] drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
[ 2315.480382] drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[ 2315.480414] pl2303 2-6:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
[ 2315.480608] usb 2-6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (You may get it as ttyACM0, if you get it as a /dev/usb/ttyACM0)
if you didn’t get the message follow the steps 3 and 4 and back to step 1
2. Now configure your wvdial.conf as shown here.
vi /etc/wvdial.conf
6) Disable any active pop-up blockers in the web browser that you will use to run SDM.
7) When SDM is installed on a PC , Internet Explorer may display HTML source code when you attempt to launch SDM. To fix this problem, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Then scroll to the Security section, check Allow active content to run in files on my computer, and click Apply. Then relaunch SDM.
8) Click on the Cisco SDM icon on your desktop to launch the SDM demo version.Enter the loopback address 127.0.0.1 and click on the launch button to start the SDM demo application. Accept any security certificate notification messages that pop up.
9) Use the ca.cer and router.cer certificates to demonstrate importing Certificate Authority (CA) and Router certificates. You could get these certificates from SDM_demo_tool.zip.
The Boson NetSim simulates both switching bridge tables and routing protocol tables to allow you to go OUTSIDE the labs. The Boson NetSim makes it possible to design and configure a network with 40 different router models and three different Catalyst switch models to choose from. BSCI, ISCW, BCMSN and ONT labs are available in the current version, for a list of supported technologies
This Product Covers:
Certification
640-802 :: CCNA
CCNA
640-816 :: ICND2 (Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2)
CCNA
640-822 :: ICND1 (Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1)
CCENT
640-863 :: DESGN (Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions)
1) faster switching then IP as IP Forwarding is based on IP routing table search each address is 4 octets length and can cause some time to calculate
2) Core free from BGP as the MPLS is based on label switching there is no need any more for core routers to participate in the BGP network and only Edge routers need to be BGP aware. this is a huge memory and utilization saving.
3) MPLS TE Traffic Engineering is one of the major benefits as it is allowing you to have better path selections and it have a very good mechanism called FRR Fast ReRouting and this is allowing to re-route traffic from and unavailable router in a really fast speed of less then 50ms, and this is allowing us to build a stable and reliable Data and VoIP Network as you know less then 50ms loss will still keep the Voice Call Up, if it is more then that the call will be dropped. so this feature allows us in a good planed network to give us near PSTN solution.
4) MPLS VPN is another major benefit as it is reducing manageability and introducing simplicity to the client. before if the client wanted to create a VPN for his offices network he needed to either create tunnels between all his offices creating a lot of configuration and complex design when there are more then 4 branches or he needed to ask the provider to create all this VPN's and relay on his network design. but with MPLS VPN he simply need to make a Connection between his Customer Edge Router and Provider Edge Router.