http://www.gns3.net All you need beyond that is a Cisco 7200 image file and you're good to go :)
Note: Works best w/ lots of RAM and a multi-core processor. ----- Original message ----- > Hi, > > below question is currently running on /. Perhaps someone here can help > our neighbours: > > > "I am a US Peace Corps volunteer currently teaching a computer > technician course at a technical college in Kenya. My students have all > completed the Kenyan equivalent of high school and have been accepted > into a program where they give a year of nation-building non-military > service in return for a technical education. My students' course load > includes an introduction to computer networking, and this is where my > problem lies. Do any of you know of a visual network simulator that can > create an interactive network map that allows me, the instructor, to > manipulate various components of a network, including the physical > media, routing configuration, and which applications are being used to > submit data? An example would be to have a visual of the differences > between mail traffic and web traffic, and be able to show how the > configuration of a wireless network might be different from a wired > network. I know this may seem silly, but visuals of all this are > critical to getting ideas across. It doesn't even have to be > technically accurate, but rather just pictorially accurate, possibly > just labeling the various components correctly. Also, it would be > highly preferable if it ran on Linux, as I teach using FOSS only." > > http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/06/05/0046201/Visual-Network-Simulator-To- > Teach-Basic-Networking?from=rss > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
