Re: CCIE Lab Preparation using GNS3 - QUAD Card Issue

Does it matter whether we use GUI or work with plain dynamips?

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Jack Router <pan.router_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I can not help with drivers but did you consider adding 5th switch as
> breakout switch? 3550 will do.
> I am not sure if you can use breakout switch on Windows 7 but on Ubuntu it
> works OK. I use plain dynamips/dynagen, no GUI.
>
>
> On 14 December 2010 15:52, Charlie <magiccharlie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wish I could help, but I will say that you will also see some great
>> improvements overall with GNS3 on Linux.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I guess there is no way to use my QUAD cards on Windows 7 (64 bit)
>> edition
>> > due to the drivers !!!
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I don't know if I should be asking this question on this forum but I
>> really
>> >> need some help. In the process of preparing for the lab, I am setting
>> up one
>> >> at my home. I read many forums and decided to go with 4 real switches
>> while
>> >> routers will be emulated on the GNS3 mainly due to cost. To do that I
>> bought
>> >> 3 D-Link DFE-580TX Quad NICs to have a total of 12 ethernet ports on
>> the PC
>> >> which can be used to connect the emulated router ports to the 4
>> switches.
>> >>
>> >> Now the issue is that I have set up a PC with 8 GB RAM which means that
>> I
>> >> have to use 64bit OS. I installed Windows 7 64 bit edition but the card
>> is
>> >> not supported on it, however it works on Ubuntu but I am not
>> comfortable
>> >> with that OS.
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering if anybody could help me in getting the 64bit drivers
>> for
>> >> the mentioned card. I have tried a lot but couldn't find it on
>> internet.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Malik
>> >
>> >
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