- This is one of multiple videos
discussing new features available in GNS3 2.2.
Now a feature I get asked about all the time
are these new symbols available in GNS3.
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In a lot of my quiz questions,
and a lot of my videos I'm using these symbols,
and a lot of people wanna know how to change their symbols
in GNS3 topologies to look like this.
Now, use the link below this video
if you're using an older version of GNS3,
in other words, GNS3 2.1.
In the video below I show you how to change
your GNS3 topology to use these symbols.
But the great thing is GNS3 version 2.2
now has these symbols built in.
As an example, if I drag a VPCS device
to the GNS3 workspace, at the moment,
it's using one of the old traditional symbols.
But I can right-click on that, and click Change Symbol,
and now I can use built-in symbols
such as the Affinity Symbols.
So I could go for Affinity circle blue.
Or gray, or red, or square.
With different colors.
Or I could use custom symbols.
So as an example, let's go for circle blue.
And then I could specify a client, and click OK.
So now I've changed that symbol in GNS3.
Now you can do that on an individual basis.
You can also do that on templates.
So right-click on a template, and click Configure Template.
And notice here I can see the symbol that's currently used.
But I could change that once again to something else.
So let's say I'd rather use red for my routers.
And I can actually just search here for router.
So router like that, click OK, click OK.
Now this router's using a red square symbol.
So that's the second way to change it.
But you can actually go to Edit, Preferences,
and change this globally in GNS3.
So symbol theme for new templates.
So let's choose square blue.
So Affinity square blue, and click OK.
Notice now, when I add a new template.
For instance for routers, notice the symbols have changed.
So now if I add this to my GNS3 topology,
it's gonna be using the new symbol.
I'm gonna install this on my remote server in this example,
and click Next, click Next, click Next.
Click Yes to install, and click Finish.
I need to give it a different name,
so let's say Blue, click OK.
And notice there it is.
So when I drag it in, notice the new symbol is used.
So these symbols are now part of GNS3 version 2.2.
The old method of changing the symbols
was a lot more convoluted,
there was a lot of steps that you had to do.
You had to download the templates,
you had to change them into the right format.
It was a lot harder.
Now these are built directly in to GNS3 2.2.
So fantastic new feature.
Hope you enjoyed this video, if you have, please like it.
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that really does help me.
Again, I'm David Bomball, wanna wish you all the very best.
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