Comparison between physical devices and simulator software for Cisco network technology teaching

Author

Liangxu Sun ; liansheng Wu ; Yujun Zhang ; Hang Yin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Software, Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Anshan, China

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 April 2013

Firstpage

1357

Lastpage

1360

Abstract

The concepts of Cisco network technology mainly including routing and switching in teaching are difficult to be assimilated because of more abstract and no visualization. The research proposed simulator software solution to the above problem, and made comparison between physical lab with virtual lab, and analyzed the features available in some kinds of simulator software for selection, finally for students in different period who use three different lab ways, summarized the effect of simulator software in Routing & Switching Technology course through the comparison and analysis about typical dynamic routing protocol lab in course.

Keywords

computer science education; courseware; educational courses; teaching; Cisco network technology teaching; dynamic routing protocol lab; physical device; physical lab; routing & switching technology course; simulator software solution; virtual lab; Computers; Network topology; Routing protocols; Servers; Software; Topology; Cisco; device; network; simulator; teaching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4464-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6554134

Filename

6554134