Using WANem Virtual Appliance in VMWare Player
  1. Download VMWare player from the link & install it. Follow the default option by clicking 'Next'.
  2. Down load 'WANemv2.1.zip' from the link given here and extract it. In case of Winzip, use 'extract to folder' option and choose 'c:\'. In case of Unix, unzip using command 'unzip WANemv2.1.zip'.
  3. Start VMWare player.
  4. Click on 'OPEN' inside VMWare player and browse to 'WANem v2.1' folder.
  5. Select WANem (.vmx) and click 'Open'. VMWare player now boots up WANem.(Pls Note - The folder shown in the image below belongs to a previous version of WANem)

  6. To the VMware player window you get a Knoppix screen with a prompt in the bottom left called “boot:” Just press “Enter”. (Pls Note - The screenshot shown in the image below belongs to a previous version of WANem)
  7. For further information on WANem installation, download WANem document and read section 3.1 'How to start WANem' in page 11.