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diff --git a/network/netkit/README b/network/netkit/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e7b7ea1b3d --- /dev/null +++ b/network/netkit/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Netkit is a self-contained environment that makes it easy and costless to +emulate complex network configurations on a single host machine. The idea +underlying Netkit is that each network device is implemented by a virtual +machine running the appropriate software. Virtual machines can then be +interconnected as desired by configuring virtual collision domains. + +Interconnected machines may be organized to form a laboratory (lab), +which can be used to emulate the behavior of a particular service or +protocol (e.g., DNS). The configuration of the lab can be saved to ease +its distribution and replication. + +The project was born (and is still carried on) with the main purpose of +supporting teaching of networking subjects with realistic experiences. + +Requires netkit-kernel and netkit-filesystem available at SlackBuilds.org + +After installing add environment variable to ~/.bashrc (~/bash_profile) +or system global: + +export NETKIT_HOME=/opt/netkit export MANPATH=:$NETKIT_HOME/man export +PATH=$NETKIT_HOME/bin:$PATH + +You may check your configuration: + +# cd /opt/netkit # ./check_configuration.sh + +For quick start: +http://www.netkit.org/netkit-labs/netkit_introduction/netkit-introduction.pdf +http://www.netkit.org/faq.html |