Exploring GNS3

GNS3 is freakin amazing! I was just reading some stuff on the website (gns3.net) and I am really curious about how to connect hosts in my topology. First I learned about using the Microsoft loopback adapter which is really a complicated task. Then I read that there's a simpler way if you are just gonna use the host for Ping and traceroute. It is through vpcs (Virtual PC Simulator). I connected 2 hosts and I configured the ip address of each host using vpcs. Then I configured the ip address of interface of the router in GNS3. Finally I tried pinging the remote host from the other host, the pings were successful (as seen from the image below). It was amazing! And vpcs can even save the configuration, which is really handy.

Thanks to this tutorial. I am going to try more complicated topology now that I know how to use hosts in my network.