How to add a router image in GNS3

If you want to add a router to a network in gns3 you should have a router image added to it.
By default gns3 wouldnt have any router images in it. One should manually download and add the images to gns3.

In this tutorial I will show you how to add router image to GNS3

Click on the  button for browsing routers (highlighted in the screenshot)-->Then click on New appliance template

Then select "Add an ios router using the real ios Image option as shown below

Then select new image button 

Use browse option to select the path where ios image exists

Once the ios image is selected you will get a popup asking whether to decompress it or not .Select 'Yes'

Then click on next it will ask you for the name and platform  for this ios image

Then you can click on next until it is finished. There will be so many options for which you can configure it, but it is much better to keep them as like it

Once it is configured you will get a screen the new ios image is shown along with other installed router templates as shown below.

Then you can use the configured router from the  router option