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VNT: A User-Extensible Virtual Network Toolkit
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, , University of Toronto, Canada

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-880094-65-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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Abstract

The Virtual Network Toolkit (VNT) provides a feature-rich multi-layer simulated network environment that supports interactive exploration of networking protocols and paradigms, giving students a firmer grasp of course concepts.. Socket-based applications written to run with a TCP/IP protocol stack can be transparently moved to a VNT virtual network environment. The VNT environment serves as (i) an out-of-class self-study tool for students, allowing them to experiment with an operational model of concepts studied in lectures, thus re-enforcing their learning of protocol concepts, (ii) a base for experimental activities incorporated into term assignments, and (iii) a teaching device to illustrate abstract and operationally-detailed concepts in tutorials and lectures.

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Rogers, P. & Rosselet, A. (2008). VNT: A User-Extensible Virtual Network Toolkit. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 5367-5378). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 21, 2023 from .

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