GNS3 Portable

GNS3 Portable is a software application which can help individuals passionate about IT, to configure all kinds of router, firewall and hosts topologies, and experiment with them.

This is the portable counterpart of GNS3 and therefore, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen will not suffer any changes.

Another important aspect you need to take into consideration, is that you can use GNS3 Portable on any computer you can connect to, by simply dropping the program files to a removable storage device, such as a USB drive, and clicking the EXE.

The interface encompasses a simple design, with a menu bar, several shortcut buttons and panels, so that you can easily access all the available options. It can be used by power and novice users alike, as long as they have some knowledge of router and switches connections.

This software tool supports many different types of routers, switches, and security or end devices. It is possible to also take snapshots of your project and save them to the hard drive, in formats such as PNG, JPG, BMP, XPM and PDF.

Aside from that, you can view a topology summary, insert notes, pictures and geometrical shapes, as well as start, suspend, stop or reload all devices, and console connect via AUX to all items.

The CPU and memory usage is moderate to low, which means you can use this app alongside others without it affecting the way your computer runs.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say GNS3 Portable is an efficient piece of software with enough configurable options, a good response time and a simple-to-use environment. It can be used to help you learn for certification exams such as Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, CCSP, CCVP and CCIE, Juniper JNCIA, JNCIS or JNCIE.