Assigning an IP Address for GNS3 appliance (Linux MicroCore)

sudo su

ifconfig eth1 172.16.1.250 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

route add ip default gw 172.16.1.1

GNS3 IOU VM virtual machine image update

After downloading the gns3-all-in-one package, and skip downloading a new image of the latest gns3 iou vm and update it instead.
Procedures:
Change the  appliance network settings to Attached to: NAT




power on, login and run the following command:
 pip3 install gns3-server==1.3.2

as of 1st of May 2015 the latest version of gns3 is 1.3.2

You have to re configure your GNS3 preferences after uninstalling the old version.

Installing a TFTP server in Ubuntu 14.10

1. Download the tar  and extract to preferred folder.

https://code.google.com/p/tftpgui/downloads/detail?name=tftpgui_3_1.tar

2. Download and install the python3-tk module.
 sudo apt-get install python3-tk

3. Launch the tftpgui application
 sudo python3 tftpgui.py

4. Start or modify the parameters:


 

Copy and Paste Putty (window contents) Ubuntu Linux

To copy:
Click and hold the mouse right button and select (highlight) contents or text you want to copy.

To paste:
In Libre Office Writer, tap the scroll wheel down to paste selected text in putty window.