UNetLab and Wireshark for OSX - update

Hi all,

Quick post.

I have been meaning to get around to this for some time, and finally had some free minutes.

I originally posted about this back in September, and this is an updated version. The first version ran fine, unless you wanted to run the same capture again. Because there was no form of capture numbering, the capture would fail as the original file could not be overwritten.

I have now implemented some versioning (basically appending the date and time to the capture).

Now it *should* be a bit smoother!

Please test it out and let me know if there are any issues.

The link is below, it should be a simple extract, replace job:

Download link

https://sites.google.com/site/802101files/books/UNL_WiresharkV2.zip

Enjoy!

UNetLab 0.9.0-68 is out, with cool new stuff!

I feel like a kind of voyeur watching the UNL guys at work. I am kind of at the periphery of the group, I pitch in when I can, and I know what I bring/will bring to the table, and that will be in paperback format, it just takes time. But it's kinda fun watching them work. I am still very much in awe of the stuff they are pulling off, and all still while maintaining their regular jobs.

And boy, do they work hard. What is really cool is that all that fun stuff that you guys request does get considered, and if suitable, implemented.

Version 0.9.0-68 has just been released, with some big changes, more fixes, more features and more support!

Let's have a look at the fixes first.

In this release there are fixes to:

• Issues with Dynamips nodes not exporting the startup-config
• IGMP/Multicast issues using bridges
• Performance related fixes (including Alcatel, Juniper and Windows)

Already UNL is making some noise in it's handling of resources (memory/CPU). UNetLab  completely spanked VIRL when running the same number of XRv routers, and did really well running 6 instances of the 7750SR routers.
So, new features, well, there are some really cool additions with this release:

You can import and export labs! Now you can create your own and post them on a website, share them with you friends, or send them to your grandmother!

You can now move, clone and rename labs. Nice little feature, and here's a video about it:

Saving the best for last.. we now have Wireshark integration! How awesome is that? Here's another video on that very subject:

You can watch more videos on the UNetLab YouTube channel.

Lastly we get to new supported images, and entering the UNL family this time we have:

• Cisco ACS
• Cisco Context Directory Agent
• Cisco ISE
• Cisco vNAM
• Cumulus VX
• Linux (generic)
• MikroTik RouterOS
• Ostinato Traffic Generator

I am very pleased to see Linux on the list!

As you can see from the videos, the interface is also going through some tweaks. It's clean and makes navigation much easier. 

How do you get this wicked shiny new release? Just follow the steps here to update UNetLab.

Wireshark integration with UNetLab on OSX

Why should those Windows users have all the fun? Wouldn't you like to be able to capture traffic in Wireshark on your Mac? Well, you have come to the right place!

So, the idea is that when you select Capture from the right-click pop-up menu, and select the interface in UNL, then Wireshark should launch.

The problem is that there is no handler for the "capture://" part of the URL. We can edit handlers if they already exist, but it's not easy to create them as and when we want them.

So, we need to create one, and the program to actually run Wireshark.

This can be done through AppleScript, and actually can perform both actions - launching Wireshark, and associating "capture://" with the program.

After a couple of hours digging around I came across a workable solution.

I created a script, and after a bit of testing, it's now turned into a workable solution.
To install it, you can download the app from the link below, just unzip it, and copy the app to your Applications directory.

Here is a video of it in action:

Download link:
https://sites.google.com/site/802101files/books/UNL_Wireshark.app.zip
Check this link for the updated file!