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91 lines
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EduNetworkBuilder is a simple program for teaching network principles. It was inspired by watching
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a number of people struggling with PacketTracer in an attempt to undestand IP addresses, subnets, and
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gateways. Most of their struggles were with understanding how to configure an IP on each device; they
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never got around to learning about how the subnets worked.
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EduNetworkBuilder is geared to take all the complexity away, and let you visualize the network and
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packet flow in a very simple way. It has proven itself already, as a great tool for teaching in
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lab-settings in Africa.
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It is also set up to be a tool for self-teaching; If you can solve all the built-in puzzles, you
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should be well on your way to mastering networking.
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EduNetworkBuilder is a Visual Studio program. You should be able to download the current free
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edition of Visual Studio, open the project file, and make the project. You should also be able to
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download pre-compiled versions from: http://tyounglightsys.com/EduNetworkBuilder
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*** Building on Linux with Mono and XBuild ***
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This should be the simplest way to install EduNetworkBuilder on Linux. You will need to install git, Mono and XBuild.
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On Mint or ubuntu, you can do this by running:
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$ sudo apt-get install mono-complete mono-xbuild git
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For Ubuntu 18.04 also install libmono-microsoft-visualbasic10.0-cil
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On Centos, you need the epel repository
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# yum install epel-release
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# yum install mono-complete mono-devel
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# yum install git
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After this, you should be ready to download and compile. Determine where you want to build your source,
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cd to that directory, and run:
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$ git clone https://git.solidcharity.com/timy/EduNetworkBuilder
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$ cd EduNetworkBuilder
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$ xbuild
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After this, you should see a lot of build messages. In the end, you should be able to find the executable
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at: EduNetworkBuilder/bin/Debug/EduNetworkBuilder.exe Copy this file wherever you want. For example:
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$ sudo cp EduNetworkBuilder/bin/Debug/EduNetworkBuilder.exe /usr/local/bin/
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And then you can run it by simply typing:
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$ EduNetworkBuilder.exe
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*** Building on Linux With MonoDevelop ***
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EduNetworkBuilder should compile on Linux using MonoDevelop with one small change to the code.
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EduNetworkBuilder on Windows uses the Microsoft deployment mechanism, which cannot build on Linux.
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To make it work, we need to change a configuration option. So, here are the instructions for
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building on Linux.
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1) Install MonoDevelop for your version of Linux
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2) Install git for your version of Linux
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3) Download the EduNetworkBuilder source code.
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$ git clone https://git.solidcharity.com/timy/EduNetworkBuilder
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4) Choose which git branch you want to use (optional)
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$ cd EduNetworkBuilder
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$ git checkout Development
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5) Change the EduNetworkBuilder.csproj file
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Find the line that says:
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<GenerateManifests>true</GenerateManifests>
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Change it to read:
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<GenerateManifests>false</GenerateManifests>
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6) Run MonoDevelop (use the instructions for your specific operating system)
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7) Find and open the EduNetworkBuilder.sln file
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8) Tell EduNetworkBuilder to build using the MonoDevelop interface
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9) Find the exe in the build directory. Chmod that to make it executable, and put it wherever you want it to go:
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$ find . | grep EduNetworkBuilder.exe
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$ chmod 755 [EduNetworkBuilder.exe path]
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$ mv [EduNetworkBuilder.exe path] /usr/local/bin |