Teaching computer networking using open source software

Authors:
Daniel Nelson;Yau Man Ng
Affiliations:
School of Communications and Informatics, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia;School of Communications and Informatics, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSEconference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2000

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Abstract

For the past seven years we have taught a subject entitled Network Software and Management (NSM) for both computer science and electrical engineering students. We discuss the evolution of this subject syllabus in response to the changing requirements of the workplace environment, ever improving technology and the need to combine theory and practice in teaching subjects such as this. We used open source software exclusively in our laboratory exercises and we provide the rationale behind our choice of specific software packages.