Can’t Start Dynamips port 7200????? Answer
Hey you dynamips users out there. I have been scratching my heading trying to get my GNS3 to work on my laptop with Ultimate Vista loaded on it. I discovered that my path was wrong in the default configuration of my Dynamips preferences in the preferences drop down menu option in my GNS3 gui. This is what it should be:
C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3\Dynamips\dynamips-wxp.exe
Read yours carefully and browse to find the dynamips-wxp.exe program don’t just look at the path and say “it looks good” browse for it; it will show to be not there. You need to browse to find the actual program and then click on TEST and it will work.
Phewww!!!
March 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hi
This massage was great…
thx a lot…
tc
March 17, 2009 at 9:08 pm
you are welcome. yeah, I try to post thing so others can benifit….sucks when you dont have the knowledge.but I am glad it help someone. this issue just wraked my brain….;)
March 22, 2009 at 11:28 am
Thank you Mr. Daddy, after all the posts I’ve seen on this particular issue, it’s nice to see and be reminded to always check preferences. Nice work!
March 22, 2009 at 6:07 pm
hope it helped..I know after finding why this happens I wanted to tell someone…man was I getting mad not finding the solution. But I just thought I would check all settings one by one…good job. And the sharing of knowledge is so crucial. I have to ask others myself since there is so much information out the noone can do it alone, even hackers work in groups cause they do not know it all, it is just the nature of this information beast we have to stick together to succeed. Dude rock on man! thanks for posting your comments; its says a lot about you. Most people don’t post and just take and read. But I really appreciate your appreciation. makes my posting more enjoyable!
Thank you
itdaddy (robert)
April 10, 2009 at 11:08 am
THANKS A LOT BUDDY………..
April 11, 2009 at 5:26 am
Hey bud any time. Infact google is my tech buddy. There is no way we can figure out all this It stuff by ourselves….no way…without google..I could not solve many problems or get as much training. I use google to find Microsoft stuff since Microsoft search engine sucks!
Hey you live in Australia cool man! that is way cool!
May 27, 2009 at 6:36 am
Thanks very much… I solved this trouble in 2 minutes, great!
Andrea.
June 14, 2009 at 4:02 am
yeah this one stumped me for sure until i finally figured it out. great glad it helped..
June 15, 2009 at 4:42 am
thks a lot !!!! wow . . . lose a lot of time on it . . . ^^
June 16, 2009 at 12:02 am
yeah don’t I know it…I couldnt find crap on this out there. glad it helped. I too wasted along of time on this.
Think GNS3 is good but if you have a super powerful computer. Yeah I have ran 4 router or 5 while adjusting the IDLE PC value but still nothing beats the real thing.On ebay you can get 1760 for 40 bucks..if you can buy 4 or 5 and you will be set.. good luck man
June 29, 2009 at 6:07 pm
thanks for your help
July 13, 2009 at 4:49 am
Thanks a lot man! This really helped out! Google brought up your page and it was fixed in no time at all.
Also let me to your site, which is a bonus!
July 16, 2009 at 5:30 pm
yeah it stumped me tooo. glad it has helped you out…
September 23, 2009 at 1:37 am
any time yeah it was a pain in my ass; I looked every where but could find nothing so I posted it. I try to post sheet that I just cant find
I spend hours trying to figure out what happend and i didnt want anyone esle to waste so much preciosu time 
cheer dude
robert
July 17, 2009 at 1:11 am
thanks alot
September 23, 2009 at 1:34 am
anytime dude;) i think? hahahaha
July 21, 2009 at 11:14 am
Hey you guys,
Even I started with these problems. But as Big Daddy said right, two friends – Share and Google, and you solve almost anything. Did the following on XP Professional to get it to work like a charm.
>Added the GNS3 and Dynampis Executables to Windows Firewalls exceptions. Added port UDP 7200 to Firewall Exception. Restarted the Firewall/ICS service from Services.msc.
>Change the preferences path under Dynamips from default to something like “C:\DynampsTemp” (Make sure you create the folder yourself. I think it doesn’t like the Space in this path)
>Then, click the Test Button under Edit > Preferences > Dynamips and see “Dynamips sucessfully started”
Wasted a lot of time fixing this, hope someone sees this later by arriving here through Google and also realise the value of sharing and learning.
God bless.
Take Care,
Zoom
September 23, 2009 at 1:34 am
hey zoom great tip thanks for sharing ; yep we need to share..;) except our women unless yours is hotter? ahhahaha
ahahahaha
thanks
robert