Dynamips http://dynagen.org/tutorial.htm
or The Network Simulator - ns-2 http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 10:38:23AM +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > 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. > --------------------------------------- > -- Simon Sekidde gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
