Networking
Fundamentals
Wireshark
Wireshark is a fantastic or “fantastic” network protocol analyzer and
its absolutely FREE. My favorite price!
Wireshark was originally known as Ethereal and was renamed in May or
2006. Wireshark is available for download and is free to use. They also
have a large collection of frame catures available that you can use to
study protocol construction. Wireshark is open source so you can
actually look at and modify the software program.
Just click on the link below and you will be directed to the Wireshark
home page. Download a copy of Wireshark and be sure to download a copy
of the extensive documentation. Look for lab activities from us designed
for Wireshark in the near future.
Free Server Operating Systems
Need some free server software, check out the Linux organization open
source download page.
http://www.linux.org/dist/download_info.html
They have links to many different varieties of server operating systems
such as Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake and more.
There is also extensive documentation and even a free Linux online
course
http://www.linux.org/lessons/
Hot Potatoes
Want to make online tests available for your students? Then
you need to download Hot Potatoes.
"Hot Potatoes" is a Java tool that can be used to make a wide
variety of test, multiple choice matching, completion, even
crossword puzzle. The software program is very easy to use. You can
download it for FREE, my favorite price as long as you are a teacher
using it for educational purposes (non profit). Check it out at
You can upload your test to a web server and then have the test
available to your students online. The students can take the test
online and it will be scored automatically. Try it and you’ll like
it.
