Today we release a first BETA of the upcoming GNS3 0.8.2. You can download it here.
It brings the official support of the new features introduced in GNS3 0.8.1 VBE (VirtualBox Edition) and also a significant change from both 0.8.1 VBE and 0.7.4, as big chunks of the code was re-structured as well as many small issues have been addressed.
It is not backwards compatible with unofficial 0.8.1 VBE regarding VirtualBox emulation (backward compatibility with official 0.7.4 is ok), so if you use this engine, you may need to edit your GNS3 project files by hand. We also recommend to uninstall your previous GNS3 before installing this new release if you are on Windows (warning: you will lose all your GNS3 settings).
We have re-added only one big feature since 0.8.1 VBE: Mac OS X support.
Other features and changes:
- Auto-update checker / notifier (by default disabled on Linux, BSD, enabled on Mac and Windows).
- Qemu got a predictable MAC address pseudo-random number generator (brezular’s case).
- VirtualBox interface numbering match VBox VM vNics numbering – VBox ethernet adapter now starts counting with “e2″, instead of “e0″ to remove confusion with VBox GUI. (this change may break existing topologies, so people will need to manually edit them. Making automatic converter is too problematic.)
- Windows version is now pre-compiled. (like in v0.7.x), 64-bit version is introduced.
- Windows all-in-one package includes Wireshark.
- Windows all-in-one package allows you to choose between 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
- Live Capture is now enabled by default on all platforms.
- Fixed screenshots (enabled Qt 4.7.x library in GNS3 + shipped Qt 4.7.4 on Windows)
- Dynagen: Fixed standalone text-mode / CLI operation.
- Fixed QemuManager, which failed to start qemuwrapper.py (Windows XP hosts only).
- Main: should start from relative paths now.
- GUI: Hide display window errors fixed.
- GUI: got new ‘Device’ menu mirroring contextual menu (right-click on a device).
- GNS3 version is saved in topology files.
- Many small GUI improvements all over the place. (RedNectar’s wishes).
- Improvements for setup Wizard and first time users.
- Reverted GUI limit to hide Linux options (VDE, NIO_Linux, KVM) due to use case: Windows GUI + Linux server.
- Experimental: layers < 0 are now considered background layers. Only annotations, pictures and shaped items can be on a background layer. Once on a background layer, an item cannot be selected and moved anymore. However they still can be individually selected why right-click.
Known issues:
- Mac OS X: VirtualBox VMs cannot communicate with IOS VMs.
- Win XP 64-bit: one Dynamips process stays alive after closing GNS3.
Notes for Mac OS X:
- OSX 10.7 Lion: to use GNS3 with VirtualBox, you must copy a library included in our GNS3 Application to VirtualBox Application. (i.e. /Applications/GNS3.app/Contents/Resources/VBoxPython2.7.so to /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxPython2.7.so)
- Qemu is not included in our DMG. You will have to patch and compile it yourself (sorry!).
We hope you will enjoy this new release and please keep in mind this is BETA. Therefore, if you find any issue, leave a message on our forum. Thank you!
