Connect GNS3 router to internet

How to Connect your GNS3 router to internet:


Hi today I shall show you that how to connect a GNS3 router to internet, this lab is handy for practicing NAT, PAT and default gateway on GNS3. With this you can create a live environment on GNS3. So please follow the steps to accomplish this   

  • First you need to configure your gns3 cloud, insert a cloud from left menu “GNS3 devices” panel and then right click on cloud/configure and add your physical NIC.
  

 



  • Now insert a router which you want to connect to internet, connect this router to cloud via Ethernet/FE according to your NIC and start all devices.
 

  •   Now you need to assign an IP address to your router interface that is connected to cloud (e1/0 in my case). IP of interface should be of the same subnet as of your NIC, in my case my NIC subnet is 192.168.1.0/24 therefore I assign 192.168.1.100/24 to e1/0.
  •  Now you need to create a default route for internet. Default gateway in my case is 192.168.1.1 you can check yours by clicking NIC status/Details. 
 


  • Now ping any Public IP e.g. 4.2.2.2 to verify this.



24 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 5, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Hi,

    i only can ping my workstation to which i am connected but not to the Default-GW .

    Do you maybe have an idea?

    Thx in advance,

    Note

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  2. Waqas AzamJune 5, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    make sure you have assign the correct IPs to router interface, this is the only possible problem in my view....
    are u using the same topology that i have use?????

    also make sour that you have choose your correct NIC in cloud configuration...

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  3. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Thanks alot brother ... Man ! at first I was trying to it but i added the wireless card to the cloud ! it never worked but when i read this i tried it with the regular nic which is wire and it worked good .. hehhehehhe man no one laugh at me coz I'm still trying to learn ..
    again thanks thanks thanks brother

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  4. Waqas AzamJune 27, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    you are welcome..:-)
    thanks..

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  5. AnonymousOctober 9, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    that's a really good tutorial, i've tried and it worked 100% without any problem. I just want to know if I already have my own topology in gns3, say we have 6 routers configured with 172.16.16.0/30. Also, at each of those router there is a host connected through loopback interfaces " i created more than one in windows". Now I want to add a new router, in which i applied your tutorial, to this topology. on the other hand, i want the other routers , which are in the 172.16.16.0 in topology to connect to the internet..what should i do? Thanks

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  6. Waqas AzamOctober 9, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    advertise default route for internet on other routers(172.16.16.0)..
    u can use a static default route or u can advertise this through some routing protocol.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 12:18 AM

    @viki: i've tried that but it didn't work. The only thing that worked that I can ping from the teh last router, in my original topology, to the interface, which is connected to my nic, at the new router i added. I

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  8. NawazishNovember 25, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    hi dear i need your help i am trying to connect the cloud to the gns router but when i drag cloud and right click to configure they are not showing me my nic to add
    plz help me in this regard
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    thanks

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  9. Waqas AzamNovember 26, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    @Nawazish plz make sure that your NIC is up when u wana use that in gns3..
    or reinstall gns3 and try again..

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    1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2012 at 10:44 AM

      Bro, If you are still following this thread. I need a little help. The lab I am trying to make work might not be possible but I need a second opinion. I will try to explain the topology here. Your input would be highly appreciated.

      Details:
      GNS3: Latest
      VBox: WinXp
      Router: 2600
      Cloud: Configured

      IP Settings:
      Router: Fa0/0: 192.168.1.100
      Default Route: 192.168.1.254
      Fa0/1: 192.168.2.100
      VBox: 192.168.2.101
      VBox Default Gateway: 192.168.2.100

      VBox --------- Fa0/1:Router:Fa0/0 ----------- Cloud


      The goal I am trying to achieve is to have internet on the VBox.
      As per your blog Internet pings and DNS lookup is fine on the Router, no issues there. I can ping the VBox from the router. The VBox can reach [Fa0/0: 192.168.1.100] but not the cloud [192.168.1.254]. I dont know whether I am right or wrong but my assumption if somehow the VBox is able to reach [192.168.1.254] it will get internet.

      I apologize for the long text. I would really appreciate your help.

      Regards

      Adil

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  10. sevenJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:28 PM

    Seven
    For ANONYMOUS,>>> In routers you use a routing protocols too..so you have to advertise your default route to them..
    if you used EIGRP or RIP V2, in routing process include, DEFAULT-INFO Originate, it will set your last gateway of resort,.
    Also include 0.0.0.0 in Network statement of your edge router.


    NAWAZISH, Run your GNS as ADMINISTRATOR,it will work then.

    Hope this help.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    It doesn't work for me. I have a public IP assigned to my NIC, I found out from my ISP what other IP is free on my IP subnet so I can use that for my GNS3 router. I did, I set up a default route to my actual NIC gateway and... nothing.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    Waqas Bro, Thanks man, much appreciated, you have solved my problem.

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  13. HasanSeptember 5, 2012 at 12:53 AM

    hi.i would like to know how to connect two or more routers to that cloud? or i have to create new cloud for every router?

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    1. Waqas AzamSeptember 8, 2012 at 10:22 PM

      for more connection with cloud you should have more than one NIC in your PC, you can also use the VM-NIC for these connections.

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  14. UnknownDecember 25, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    Hey viki,

    thank you so much. how do you configure the internet cloud to connect the two routers? i can only connect one device to a Microsoft loopback interface i created for the internet connection. I cannot connect the other router to the same microsoft loopback interface on the internet could. do i have to create another loopback for the cloud?

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  15. UnknownDecember 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    Hey viki,

    thank you so much. how do you configure the internet cloud to connect the two routers? i can only connect one device to a Microsoft loopback interface i created for the internet connection. I cannot connect the other router to the same microsoft loopback interface on the internet could. do i have to create another loopback for the cloud?

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  16. smartguy4uJanuary 5, 2013 at 10:04 PM

    thanx bro!!!help appreciated...

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  17. smartguy4uJanuary 7, 2013 at 8:56 PM

    well d prob which i m facing is dat i hav only one static ip assigned to my pc from my ISP, so wen i try to connect den d connection's done.i can ping my default gateway as well but i'm unable to get out to d internet.In fact wen i tried to ping www.google.com den it was even able to resolve its ip address but it cudn't ping it. D solution provided here works for if i have more dan 1 ip address only.i read abt loopback adapters as well but cudnt quite make it to connect to d internet!!!pls help me man, i'm in a big prob n i cant proceed wid my studies until i have resolved dis prob

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  18. Thuan LeJuly 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM

    thanks, dude!

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  19. UnknownJanuary 10, 2014 at 9:38 PM

    hi man i tried this topology and it worked fine but only with the ethernet card of my real pc but when i used the wireless card it doesn't work
    and i must connect the virtual router of gns3 using wirless card not ethernet card because i must preserve it for an other using (connect it to an other physical equipment such as pc or switch or any thing else ) so can you help to resolve this problem ?? :/

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  20. ppsilvaJanuary 16, 2014 at 5:54 PM

    Well, I'm facing the same problem. I'm using XP SP3. It works fine when I connect to a wired network, but if I connect it the wireless adapter I can only ping the PC's adapter.
    Does someone has any idea ?
    Thanks a lot

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  21. AnonymousJune 21, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    Tnx :)

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  22. AnonymousDecember 22, 2015 at 5:07 PM

    Hi,

    my workstation ip is 10.21.30.106/24 & my default gateway is 10.21.30.1. According to the aforementioned solution i have configured the router interface ip 10.21.30.100/24 & create a default route for internet as ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.21.30.1. now i can ping only default gateway but cannot ping any public ip, my workstation ip(10.21.30.106) or any ip within my lan. please advice....

    Thanks :)

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