Steven's Technical Blog

GNS3 0.7 has been released today. Some Improvement & Features:

• Support & debugging on Windows 7.
• Qemuwrapper improvements & Windows compatibility.
• Integration of Cisco IDS/IPS, including a new symbol.
• Qemu 0.11.0 patched and Putty have been added in the Windows all-in-one package.
• An option to show the z coordinate of any object on the scene (View -> Show layers).
• Interface labels follow their moving parent nodes.
• Modified interface labels are saved in .net files.
• Option to slow start nodes (wait x seconds between each start).
• Links connected to Qemu based nodes are now removable (nodes have to be shutdown to do so).
• Possibility to set an hypervisor for Ethernet switches, ATM switches, ATM bridges and Frame Relay switches.
• New symbols for voice labs (Call manager, SIP server, IP phone, voice router, voice access server and PBX).
• New dialog window to browse and change a router startup-config.
• Undo/redo of actions is now supported.
• Qemu & qemu-img paths are saved in .net files if needed.
• Slight improvements for the snapshot system, including a new dialog window to manage it.
• Wics description in tooptips.
• Wics restoration from .net files.
• Support of relative paths in .net files (if the base path is the same as the .net file).
• Test button to validate you can launch Qemuwrapper, Qemu and qemu-img.
• New translation in Czech (thanks to Ondrej Filip).
• Lot of various small bug fixes and improvements.
• “versions” command to display Qt, PyQt and SIP versions

This version has been tested on the following OS:

• Windows 7 Professional x86 (Qt 4.5.3, PyQt 4.6.2, SIP 4.9.3)
• Windows XP SP3 x86 (Qt 4.5.3, PyQt 4.6.2, SIP 4.9.3)
• Ubuntu 9.10 (Qt 4.5.2, PyQt 4.6.1, SIP 4.9.1)
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Qt 4.5.3, PyQt 4.6.2, SIP 4.9.3)

So, now I have to test it – I somehow miss the Mac OS X version to download…

It looks like there’s now a 64bit version of the cisco VPN client:

vpnclient-winx64-msi-5.0.07.0240-k9.exe - Vista, Windows 7 - 64bit only.

I think important to know:

The new client beta requires a kernel patch, KB952876, from Microsoft before
installing first installing the actual client.  It is also suggested that 
Service Pack 2 for Vista be installed.

REF: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952876/en-us

VPN Client takes longer to connect on Vista compared to XP. This is due to
new features in Vista.

The Cisco VPN Client for Windows Vista and Windows 7 does NOT support 
the following:
* System upgraded from Windows XP to Vista or Windows 7 
  (clean OS installation required).
* Start Before Logon
* Integrated Firewall - See workaround below.
* InstallShield
* 64bit support
* AutoUpdate
* Translated Online Help - Provided only in English

If you are experiencing a BlueScreen on XP related to the VPN client built-in
Firewall client, please follow the workaround below.(check out release notes).

Check out the release notes for any details.