Since newer versions of Ubuntu like 20, you will find there is no longer dynagen and that the dynamips provided is faulty and will segfault each time:
Cisco Router Simulation Platform (version 0.2.14-amd64/Linux stable)
Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Christophe Fillot.
Build date: Apr 3 2018 12:20:29
Local UUID: 3c1c0b7f-2fab-4fda-b40b-74841d1bcfe0
Instance ID set to 1.
netio_tap_create: unable to open TAP device tap1 (No such fi........
The idlepc value is very important to dynamips and it is both image and often CPU dependent. There is no "magic"value that will work for all images and all CPUs so this is why I'll show you a quick and handy way.
Also don't be disappointed, some values do not work well but idlepc gives you several. For example in my example below #6 didn't help at all but #7 got me down to about 6% CPU from 99-100%.
*Befo........
This tutorial will get your router up and running using emulation tools. In this case we'll be getting a Cisco C7206 (C7200 series) VXR router going which also supports SCCP VOIP services.
dynamips is the emulator itself and dynagen is the front-end tool that helps us control everything. It is used by tools such as gns3 and eve-ng.
Together the two tools (dynamips and dynagen) allow us to create and emulate REAL router........