problem with gns3

[palaiologosbyz]

Hi guys,

I am writing because I have a big problem with gns3.

1)    I downloaded and decompressed the ios image file named “c1700-advipservicesk9-mz.124-15.T11” with winrar. I did not use cisco image upacker ( is this wrong?)

2)    I chose the project directory and the image directory for gns3. To make it more simple I used the same folder for gns3 projects and images.

3)    I configured dynamips. I Enabled the options “ghost ios feature’’,  ’’mmap support’’ and I checked that dynamips was working perfectly.

4)    Then from gns3 I chose the decompressed image named “C1700-AD ‘’

FIRST TROUBLE

I saw a message stating that  “The path you have selected should contain only ascii (English) characters.

Dynamips does not support Unicode on Windows”

In spite of this message the image ios was loaded.

5)    I left the base config option as “baseconfig.txt” (should I change it?)

6)    I chose the platform and the model (I am sure about the platform but I am not sure about the exact model…On step 7 I checked all the models but no one was working. Of course the image file is not false I have checked it)

7)    I saved the image  and then dragged the router image of the platform in order to design my network.Everything worked perfect till then.

SECOND TROUBLE

I saw a message stating “209-UNABLE TO START VM INSTANCE-R1’’

Of course my router cannot boot up and I don’t know what I do wrong.Of course I tried it many times with lots of images but every time happened the same thing.

I would appreciate if someone of you helped guys! Thank you in advance! I am waiting for suggestions because I need gns3 in order to practice for ccnp routing!

[cadet alain]

Hi,

Wether you leave IOS as is(.bin) or you can decompress with winrar but you must give it the extension .image and rename it with the name of the original .bin file.

That's why your router won't start as he finds no valid IOS.

Regards.

Alain.

[palaiologosbyz]

very intersting Alain! Could you tell me how i change the bin file to image?the unpacked file is for example C1700-AD. it does not have an extension on its name....how can i transform it to an image file? sorry but i am not an expert on these things my friend....i would appreciate if you could give me an wxample......anyway thank you very much!!!!!!!!!

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[cadet alain]

when decompressed with winrar then you rename to  c1700-advipservicesk9-mz.124-15.T11.image

and you use this as the IOS image.

Regards.

Alain.

[palaiologosbyz]

dear Alain i did it but i still have the same problem?any other suggestions my friend?

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:41:56 -0700

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[cadet alain]

Can you post baseconfig.txt

Regards.

[palaiologosbyz]

this is it.hope it helps

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[cadet alain]

Ok,

It was no help indeed.

On which OS are you?

Is Dynamips process started? it should listen on  TCP 7200 on localhost.

Is the path to IOS image ok?

Can you find the .net file made by GNS3?

Regards.

[palaiologosbyz]

windows 7

dynamips working fine as i tested gns3

base port 7200.... ( is it ok?)

where can i find it?

thank you again.......i don t know what to do!

i want to state something......previously you told me how to convert a bin file to image.....although i changed it as you told me #######.image the file was recognized aome s a bin file.....is this of any importance?

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[cadet alain]

The only difference is that the .image file is already uncompressed so you gain time when loading IOS in ram.

On windows 7 you must start dynamips as administrator did you do it?

For the .net file just do a search for this file because I don't know where it resides.

Regards.

Alain.

[palaiologosbyz]

no what should i do in order to start dynamips as administrator?

thank you one more time!

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:15:55 -0700

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[cadet alain]

To start a program as administrator you right click and then run as administrator.

You must do this for GNS3 which is using Dynamips.

Regards.

Alain.