In this article I will setup a basic switching environment in GNS3 to verify that GNS3 works correctly with WireShark and virtualBox. This is a follow-up article to the “Installing and Configuring GNS3 article” that I wrote. I have two VMs that are running windows XP that will be used to test connectivity from end to end and R1 will serve as a DHCP server to distribute IP addresses. The diagram below details my current setup:...

This is my first article that will start off the networking section. I have not posted things in a while as I have been busy finishing my CCNA which I have already completed and I am currently working towards my CCNP.  I will go through the entire configuration to get Wireshark, Putty, GNS3, and VirtualBox configured for your virtual home lab on your windows computer(I might do a future article on getting this to work on Ubuntu which...