

The above step of defining multiple network adapters in VirtualBox might not be necessary? You can change this later if desired.Ĭlick the "Adapter 2" tab and click "Enable Network Adapter" as "Not attached" and click "OK". Go into the "Network" settings for the VM and set "Adapter 1" to "Not attached" if you don't want Internet access. This will be the router's WAN interface if you want Internet access. VirtualBox will create a new folder as the name of the VM (e.g., C:\Homelab\MikroTikv731).Īccept the default 512 MB memory and click "Next".Ĭopy the MikroTik CHR VDI image into the VM folder (e.g., C:\Homelab\MikroTikv731).Ĭhoose the existing virtual hard disk file as the MikroTik CHR VDI file from the VM folder (e.g., C:\Homelab\MikroTikv731) and click "Create".īy default, there will only be a single Network Adapter attached in NAT mode. Set the name (e.g., MikroTikv731) and folder for the VM (e.g., C:\Homelab), as Type "Linux" and Version "Other Linux 64-bit" and click "Next". For VirtualBox, I downloaded the VDI image for 7.3.1 stable. Deploying the MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router in VirtualBoxįind the Cloud Hosted Router section. Wait until "GNS3 VM" shows green status in GNS3's "Servers Summary" window. The GNS3 VM will be started in VirtualBox. GNS3 should find the "GNS3 VM" VirtualBox image and populate the "VM name" field with "GNS3 VM". On the "GNS3 VM" screen, click "VirtualBox". GNS3 will complain again that it can't find VMware. "Local server status" screen should show successful connection to the local GNS3 server. Click "Next".Īccept default values in the "Local server configuration" screen and click "Next". In GNS3 > Help > Setup Wizard, "Run appliances in a virtual machine" is selected by default. Start VirtualBox and Import the GNS3 VM image (GNS3 VM.ova) with the default appliance settings, but choose the desired location for the VM files (e.g., C:\Homelab) if you don't like the default.


#VIRTUALBOX GNS3 ZIP#
I don't have VMware so I downloaded the VirtualBox image from:Įxtract the GNS3 VM ova image from the zip archive. This has a dependency on VMware and will warn you if VMware is not installed. On first run, GNS3 suggests downloading and installing the GNS3 VM. I noticed the GNS3 AIO installer installs an older version of Wireshark (3.4.8) and Npcap (0.9990), so I downloaded and installed the latest versions of Wireshark (3.6.6) and Npcap (1.60) Installation of pre-requisitesĭownload GNS3 All-in-one installer from GitHub because I didn't want to create an account on
#VIRTUALBOX GNS3 WINDOWS 10#
Deploying the MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router image in GNS3 on Windows 10 with VirtualBox.
