Tools

 

Cisco Packet Tracer

Cisco Packet Tracer. This virtual lab is an interactive way to practice networking, IoT, and cybersecurity – no hardware required! This course introduces you to the Cisco Packet Tracer simulation environment. Learn how to use Cisco Packet Tracer to visualize and simulate a network using everyday examples. Practice your skills with interactive virtual lab activities, and hone your problem-solving skills, too. Get valuable tips and best practices and gain confidence to use this powerful tool in later courses or for your own practice . More details...

SolarWinds VoIP and Network Quality Manager

Orion IP SLA Manager delivers a powerful network monitoring and management solution for identifying site-specific or WAN-related network performance issues from the perspective of each of your remote sites. With this Orion module, you can quickly discover which devices on your network support Cisco IP SLA and automatically set up IP SLA configurations. Then it's time to fire up the IP SLA monitor and keep a close eye on your key WAN applications, including Cisco VoIP. As the next generation of Orion VoIP Monitor, Orion IP SLA Manager monitors the performance of a wide range of underlying network protocols, including DNS lookups, FTP, HTTP, TCP connect and UDP/ VoIP jitter, while continuing to monitor VoIP call paths.

Wireshark

Wireshark is an open-source network protocol analysis software program, widely considered the industry standard. A global organization of network specialists and software developers supports Wireshark and continues to make updates for new network technologies and encryption methods.

ECE Network Lab uses Wireshark for troubleshooting and teaching purposes. There truly isn’t a better way to learn low-level networking than to look at traffic under the Wireshark microscope.

 

Others

  • FTP Server
  • TFTP Serevr
  • Secure SSH
  • WinSCP
  • Tiger – vulnerability scanner
  • Tripwire – Integrity checker
  • TCPWrapper – network protocol tool