

Traditionally GNS3 supported only following routers' images (IOS): 1700, 2600s, 2690, 3600, 3745, 7200 (only one that has IOS 15). I also show you how to add Docker containers to your network.

The following are recommended models of Cisco routers that are easy to use with GNS3. In this video I show you how to download Cisco IOS images (Cisco VIRL images) to run IOSv and IOSvL2 in your GNS3 topologies. Please download the IOS image file of the actual device to the PC that will use GNS3 in advance. In the new GNS3 1.4, there is a way to run a second category of switches and routers. 4 Replies Martin L VIP Advisor Options 01-07-2021 12:00 PM - edited 01-07-2021 12:04 PM you should contact GNS people on GNS forum. Advance preparations How to download IOS of the real router to your PC GNS3 requires IOS The IOS of a real device is necessary to emulate the Cisco router with GNS3. For older images, we use and maintain Dynamips an emulator dedicated to emulate some Cisco hardware. So without talking much here are the link where you can free download Cisco ios image and you can upload or use this ios to the router and as well as in GNS3. Note Some vendors make their software images freely available, but unfortunately this is not true for Cisco images. You will need to provide your own images to use them with GNS3. I also show you how to add Docker containers to your network. GNS3 offers multiple ways to emulate IOS. Important Unfortunately due to legal requirements, GNS3 is unable to provide IOS images or any other Cisco images. How do you build Cisco networks in GNS3? In this video I show you how to download Cisco IOS images (Cisco VIRL images) to run IOSv and IOSvL2 in your GNS3 topologies.
