You also have EVE-NG (which is not Cisco) and I personally have not used it but it’s looks much nicer than GNS3. What I (and most of the people) recommend is Ciscos own virtual lab, CML (Cisco Modeling Lab) that is equivalent to GNS3 but a little bit better. To download vIOS-L2, visit the relevant post by clicking the link below. There are free IOS images but would not recommend you to download those. Published OctoCategorized as Cisco, GNS3 Tagged ASA Firewall, Cisco IOS images, Cisco VIRL, Eveng, GNS3, Packet Tracer, Virtual Cisco GNS3 2. 4- Click the New button to add a Cisco Layer 3 Switch in the IOS Router Templates window.
In the window that opens, click on Dynamips / IOS Routers. The GNS3 program asks if you want to copy the IOS to the default image folder, click Yes. Select the IOS you downloaded from the above button and click the Open button. 3- Click Edit / Preferences to add a Layer 3 Switch on GNS3. In the IOS Image window, select New Image, then click Browse. I also show you how to add Docker containers to your network. Using the GNS3 program, you can use the vIOS-L2 IOS image for Cisco CCNA and Cisco CCNP exams. 2- Run the GNS3 program after downloading the 元 Switch IOS image file to your computer. 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. In this video I show you how to download Cisco IOS images (Cisco VIRL images) to run IOSv and IOSvL2 in your GNS3 topologies.