The Netkit open-source network simulator was created by a group of university professors who use it as a tool in their teaching. They created a large number of pre-configured lab scenarios, each with lecture slides that describe the scenario and the technology used in the scenario, and make these assets available on the Netkit web […]
We will install the Netkit open-source network simulator on an Ubuntu Linux 12.04 system that is installed on a virtual machine on my iMac. As I’ve mentioned before, running Linux in a virtual machine on a Windows or a Mac is a convenient way to experiment with different Linux systems and software. Netkit, because it
Let’s look at the NetKit network simulator first. NetKit offers some useful prepared labs and provides the NetKit files already installed on a Knoppix LiveDVD. These assets make it easy to try out Netkit. To take a first look at NetKit, we will load the LiveDVD into a VirtualBox virtual machine running on our computer