Hello,

I just reinstalled GNS3 and I'm unable to test Dynamips (one of the first steps you do to setup GNS3). It tells me that a console port is already in use. How do I check what could possibly be using this console port?

http://i.imgur.com/VtTsL.png

From a command prompt try running

You should get a rather long list of ports that are in use, and if possible the program with which they are associated

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Daniel
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Thanks for the helpful command, however, this command is only showing me tcp/udp ports. Any idea for console?

Thanks

The way Dynamips/GNS3 works is by directing the console to a TCP Port. This is a snippet from my machine with one router in GNS3, which shows the Dynamips Process has created the console port using port 2001.

If when you run the netstat command you see a program other than Dynamips listed under your base console port, then that is what is stopping Dynamips from working correctly. You could then change the console base port to another value in GNS3 preferences.

If the process is shown as Dynamips it is possible that another instance of Dynamips hasn't shut down correctly. So try closing GNS3 and making sure that no Dynamips processes are shown in Task Manager.

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Daniel
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Brilliant!

So the guilty party here was LogMeIn which uses TCP port 2002 to listen on. This actually explains alot because I remember a few months ago I could never console into the 2nd router I made. It probably broke once I installed LogMeIn. Now I just need to figure out how to change that port for LogMeIn, but thats an adventure of its own.

Thanks for your help!

That's rather interesting that this hadn't cropped up more often, given the widespread use of LogMeIn. I think it's probably going to be easier to change the base console port in GNS3, e.g. set it to 2005 for example.

Edit: Just found some info here: http://jpan613.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/gns3-and-logmein-are-fighting-for-port-2002/

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Daniel
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Hi,

I think I will choose 2101 as the default base console port in the next release.

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Jeremy, GNS3 Programmer & Benevolent Dictator for Life.