TinkerNet: A Low-Cost Networking Laboratory System

TinkerNet：低成本网络实验室系统

• 批准号: 0443012
• 负责人: Michael Erlinger
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Harvey Mudd College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0443012&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TinkerNet; Low; Cost; Networking; Laboratory

Computer Science (31)This project is providing the community with an inexpensive and easy-to-use laboratory environment for teaching computer networking. The TinkerNet environment consists of an array of nodes and a controller. Using a modified OSKit, students implement OS kernels containing pieces of the network protocol stack. Students boot their kernel on an available node and then execute and test their network implementations. TinkerNet differs from other projects because it uses inexpensive commodity hardware (200MHz PCs suffice) and readily-available software (OSKit, Linux, and GNU). Its intellectual merit lies in filling a need that was articulated in the SIGCOMM Workshop on Teaching Computer Networking for an inexpensive, easy-to-use, and easy-to-maintain laboratory environment for teaching computer networking.The broader impact of this project lies in the effectiveness of this project in the classroom, as demonstrated by the experience of the University of California Riverside (UCR), a MSI. Student course evaluations at UCR were very positive about the additional understanding obtained through the TinkerNet laboratory experiments. There is considerable interest from other institutions in using this environment. In addition, this project includes a more detailed assessment of student learning.

计算机科学（31）这个项目为社区提供了一个廉价和易于使用的实验室环境，用于教学计算机网络。TinkerNet环境由一组节点和一个控制器组成。使用修改过的OSKit，学生实现包含网络协议栈的操作系统内核。学生们在一个可用的节点上靴子他们的内核，然后执行和测试他们的网络实现。TinkerNet与其他项目不同，因为它使用廉价的商品硬件（200 MHz PC就足够了）和现成的软件（OSKit，Linux和GNU）。它的智力价值在于满足了SIGCOMM计算机网络教学研讨会上提出的一种需要，即为计算机网络教学提供一个廉价、易于使用和易于维护的实验室环境。该项目的更广泛影响在于该项目在课堂上的有效性，正如加州大学滨江分校（UCR）的经验所证明的那样。在UCR的学生课程评价是非常积极的额外的理解通过TinkerNet实验室实验获得。其他机构对利用这一环境也很感兴趣。此外，该项目还包括对学生学习的更详细评估。