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Students Performance Assessment and Learning Skilltowards

Wireless Network Simulation Tool - Packet TracerCase Study: Diloma Comuter Wireless Network Course!

Community College! "ing "#alid $ni%ersity! "SA

&'rs( )asant#i 'uniasamy Lecturer! Deartment of Comuter Science!

"ing "#alid $ni%ersity! "SA wmsami*kku(edu(sa

+Dr( '( Anand#a%alli! Asst( Professor! Deartment of ,nformation Systems!

"ing "#alid $ni%ersity! "SA anand#igaut#am*gmail(com

Dr(.ntissar 'ag/oul .l0ailani! Asst( Professor! Deartment of 'anagement!

"ing "#alid $ni%ersity! "SAeal0elani*kku(edu(sa

Abstract:

Practical Learningis a great way of learning as it aids to increase a learners

interest in a certain su/0ect( ,t entails t#e use of %isual aids to con%ey ideas e%en

more e1ecti%ely( Students can more easily understand and adat t#e information

from t#e su/0ect! w#en t#ey can %isually see #ow it really works(( 2at#er t#an 0ust

e3laining t#e t#eory concets! using animating slides! simulation software t#at

e3lain t#e t#eory concets easily can /e used /y t#e instructor to de%elo t#e

students skill in t#e articular su/0ect( Simulation tools ro%ide signi4cant cost

sa%ings in .ducation( T#is is /ecause a toic can /e taug#t e1ecti%ely to large

num/ers of eole wit#out t#e need of /uying e3ensi%e e5uiment( Like wireless

networking la/s! if we want to construct t#e la/ wit# t#e e5uiments like wireless

router! access oints! di1erent ca/ling it is more cost e1ecti%e( Now in net! we

can 4nd out more simulation software for networking( 6ne of t#e /est simulation

tools for Networking is Packet Tracer w#ic# can /e freely downloada/le from Cisco

Networking Academy Students( ,t includes assessment task wit# automatic

scoring and reorting( T#is aer resents t#e features of t#e simulation tool and

analy7es t#e students erformance o%er t#is simulation software wit# t#e gi%en

5uestionnaires( T#is study ro%ides e%idence in suort of t#e instructional

e1ecti%eness of t#e use of Simulation software tool for t#e teac#ers and t#e

learners w#o are interested in networking concets(
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Keywords:Packet Tracer! Wireless Access Points! DNS! 8TTP! 9asic Ser%ice Set!

.3tended Ser%ice Set! ,ndeendent 9asic Ser%ice Set

I. Introduction

)isual learning engages t#e use of %isual aids like %ideo to deli%er educational

content e%en more e1ecti%ely( ,t greatly /ene4ts and en#ances t#e learning

rocess as interacti%e e1ects are used to reinforce t#e material /eing studied(

)isual learning is a great way of learning as it aids to increase a learners interest

in a certain su/0ect! makes t#e learning rocess more en0oya/le! and retains t#e

students interest for longer eriods( 9y using %isual learning! an audience is

/etter ser%ed w#en t#ey are ro%ided certain elements t#at classroom notes or

te3t cannot fully con%ey( ,t is a ro%en met#od in w#ic# ideas! concets !data and

ot#er information are associated wit# images and animation! resulting is an easier

and more e1ecti%e met#od of transmitting skills( Students can understand

t#eoretical concets of wireless networks muc# easier if t#ey can see t#em! or

interact wit# t#em in %irtual en%ironment( Learning networking course wit# acket

tracer simulation tool #els students to oen t#eir minds! understand t#e

concets easily and t#ink /roadly a/out networking( Packet tracer is a $,

en%ironment and user friendly tool( ,t is %ery toug# to teac# wireless networking

course to t#e diloma community college students( ,n t#is aer! we discuss t#e

teac#ing learning e3erience of wireless network course wit# t#e acket tracer as

a ractical tool(

T#e rest of t#e aer is organi7ed as follows( ,n section ,, we gi%e /rief

introduction a/out t#e a%aila/le wireless de%ices in t#e acket tracer simulation

software( Section ,,, deals wit# 2esearc# 'et#odology and 2esults! 4nal Section

discuss t#e Conclusion and future work(

II. Available Wireless Devices in Packet Tracer Simulation Tool

Wireless networks are growing e%eryw#ere( We can 4nd Wi-;i #otsots at most

u/lic laces( Packet Tracer #as a limited num/er of wireless de%ices /ut ro%ides

an unlimited num/er of ossi/ilities(

A( Wireless Access Point


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standards( T#e AP usually connects to a router T#ey scan for

t#e wireless de%ices in its range and all t#e neig#/oring Wi-;i systems

connect to t#e Access Point to communicate wit# t#e network(

Access oints o1er a standard for connecti%ity > a! /?g! /?g?n w#ic# are all

rati4ed /y ,... so t#at t#e Wi-;i systems from %arious %endors can connect

to t#e network(

Access oints connect to PCs! latos! PDAs! mo/iles! Wi-;i #ones! Wi-;i

Cameras! Wi-;i dislay management systems and a #ost of ot#er de%ices

t#at work on t#e Wi-;i standard(

Access oints can also scan t#e network for wireless t#reats and attacks

Packet Tracer #as wireless end de%ices as well as access oints(

@ Access Point-PT ? Access Point-PT-A ? Access Point-PT-N: T#ese are generic

wireless access oints wit# minimal con4guration otions( All of t#em #a%e an

antenna and a ort to connect to a de%ice! suc# as a router or D8CP ser%er(

@ Ta/let PC-PT ? PDA-PT ? Wireless .nd De%ice-PT: T#ese t#ree de%ices ro%ide t#e

same functionality! t#ey only reresent di1erent t#ings( T#ese de%ices come wit#

a /uilt-in wireless interface(

@ Linksys-W2TN: T#is wireless de%ice ro%ides a we/ interface similar to t#eone ro%ided /y a real Linksys model for con4 guring a SS,D


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;ig &: Wireless Access oint in acket tracer(

T#e function of a wireless access oint is to allow wireless de%ices suc# as

ro0ectors! latos and PDAs to access a local area network( Wireless access

oints mainly act as switc#es to sread connections wirelessly( T#e di1erence

/etween an access oint and a router is t#at access oints do not assign ,P

addresses nor do t#ey #a%e 4rewalls t#ey only lock out trac t#at does not #a%e

t#e wireless key(

;ig +: wireless Access Point settings in acket tracer(

,n a/o%e ;ig(+ gi%en con4guration of AP in t#at ort status is on( SS,D w#ic# in our

case it is default E,t can /e c#anged /y ot#er namesF also we can set any

numerical %alue for simle security urose and also gi%en di1erent security

rotocols like W.P and WPA( According to t#e c#annel aut#entication! we can

c#oose t#e .ncrytion tyes(


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;ig : Wireless PDA > PT in acket tracer(

;ig:! ;ig B and ;ig( G s#ows t#e t#ree de%ices namely PDA-PT ? Ta/let PC-PT ?Wireless .nd De%ice-PT( T#ese all de%ices ro%ide t#e same functionality! t#ey

only reresent di1erent t#ings( T#ese de%ices come wit# a /uilt-in wireless

interface( No need of recon4guration(

;ig B: Wireless Ta/let PC> PT in acket tracer(


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;ig G: Wireless .nd De%ice-PT in acket tracer(

;ig H: Linksys Wireless 2outer in acket tracer

As gi%en in ;ig H and ;ig I wireless router con4guration is gi%en in acket

tracer so /y ractical! students will easily know #ow to con4gure original

#ysical router(


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;ig I: Wireless 2outer wit# $, /ased con4guration

9( Wireless Network ,nterface Card


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;ig K: Wireless N,C is attac#ed witc# PC in acket tracer

C( Students Assessment in Packet tracer:

Acti%ity Wi7ard facility is ro%ided in acket tracer as gi%en ;ig &( T#e acti%ity

wi7ard is an assessment tool t#at allows you to create detailed networking

scenarios for students or ot#er users( rouing of networks users and

resources connected to administrati%e de4ned orts on a switc#( W#en you

create )LANs! youre gi%en t#e a/ility to create ,n our session we #a%e gi%enstudents to comlete scenario gi%en as(

;ig &: Acti%ity Wi7ard in Packet Tracer


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As S#own in ;ig &: Acti%ity Wi7ard! Teac#er can create t#eir acti%ity gi%en as

/elow if acti%ity is comleted or not message will /e dislay on t#e screen after

clicking on c#eck acti%ity /utton( 8ow many acti%ities comleted out of total

acti%ities( 8ere , #a%e gi%en one e3amle of suc# acti%ity( T#at we #a%e gi%en

during out session(

Acti%ity &: Adding and con4guring network de%ices 6en t#e Wireless(kaM

4le and follow t#e ,nstructions! w#ic# are reeated #ere:

Ste &: Add a ser%er! a rinter! a wireless access oint! and two generic PCs(

Ste +: 2emo%e t#e .t#ernet modules and add wireless modules for t#e + PCs

and t#e rinter( 'ake sure to ower o1 t#e de%ices /efore remo%ing t#e

modules and ower on t#e de%ices once t#e wireless modules #a%e /een

added(

Ste : Connect t#e ser%er to t#e wireless access oint using a cross-o%erca/le(

Ste B: C#ange t#e name of PC to Workstation! PC& to Lato! Ser%er to

Ser%er! and Printer to Printer(

Ste G: Con4gure t#e de%ices wit# t#e following addresses: Workstation > ,P

Address &K+(&HJ(&(&?+B Lato > ,P Address &K+(&HJ(&(+?+B Ser%er > ,P Address

&K+(&HJ(&(?+B Printer > ,P Address &K+(&HJ(&(B?+B

Ste H: )erify connecti%ity( ;rom Workstation use t#e P,N command to test

connecti%ity to Lato(


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;ig &+: Acti%ity Wi7ard in acket tracer

;ig &(Acti%ity 2esult in acket tracer

Acti%ity 2esults gi%en in a/o%e ;ig &(in our session se%eral suc# acti%ity #a%e

/een gi%en to t#e students and after comletion! assessment result will /e

generated w#ic# include time .lased! comleted items! re5uired items etc(

III. Research ethodolo!y and Results

A. Pur"ose o# the Study

T#e urose of t#is study was to e3amine t#e students e3erience and learning

skills and assessments towards t#e simulation software acket tracer for

constructing t#e Wireless networking en%ironment %irtually(

$. Partici"ants

T#e samle included B& students of le%el G Diloma Community College under

"ing "#alid $ni%ersity enrolled in a course entitled MComuter WirelessNetworkingM in t#e ;all Semester +&G( T#is course is a traditional lecture-style

course for one semester( T#e class met + days a week for one #our t#eory session

for + day and two #ours ractical session for & day( ;irst two weeks we e3lained

t#e concets of Packet tracer! %arious wireless de%ices and #ow to con4gure t#e

de%ices /ased on our c#oice to construct wireless networking( T#e t#ird week we

reare and gi%e one acti%ity wi7ard to t#e students to construct t#e wireless


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networking to send and recei%e t#e acket in /etween two latos /y using two

access oints and one 2outer( After comletion of Acti%ity Wi7ard! ;eed/ack was

collected from eac# student in t#e form of simle 5uestions to e%aluate students

understand towards t#e concets! %iewoint of t#eir e3erience in t#e sessions as

well as articiating in t#e acti%ities( uestions are s#owed in Ta/le&( T#ere are G

5uestions in t#e feed/ack form( T#e students samle is less t#an 4fty and t#e

5uestionnaires are simle to understand! we recei%ed full resonse from t#e

students(

%. &o %uestion 'es &o

& 8a%e you e%er /efore used Packet Tracer for

constructing Wireless NetworkOE?BF

+ Do you understand t#e Concet of Access oint

and 2outer in Wireless Networking t#roug#

Packet Tracer easilyOE?BF

W#et#er you feel Packet tracer is a user-friendly

ToolOEG?BF

B Do you understand #ow to con4gure t#e ,P

address! Su/net 'ask and Port Status in 2outer!

SS,D Setu in Access PointO EB?BF

G Do you understand #ow to make a #ysical

con4guration in Lato wit# Linksys -

WPCNO EB?BF

Ta/le &: Students ;eed/ack ;orm


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;ig &B(Students ;eed/ack 2esult

III. (onclusion

Wireless network is comle3 concets t#at are not easy to understand at 4rst

glance( To facilitate t#e teac#ing and learning rocess of Wireless networks! %isual

tools can /e used( ( Cisco Packet Tracer is a network simulator t#at can /e used

not 0ust /y students /ut also /y instructors and network administrators( T#is

software ro%ides a wide range of Cisco switc#es and routers running on ,6S &+

and ,6S &G! wireless de%ices from Linksys! and se%eral end de%ices suc# as PCs

and ser%ers wit# a command line( ,t is more t#an 0ust a simulator and ro%ides

#ysical simulation as well as an assessment tool( T#e assessment tool can /e

used to create ractical networking 5uestions wit# a comle3 scoring model( T#e

#ysical worksace ro%ided can /e used to determine t#e range of wireless

de%ices(

,n t#is aer! we resented a well-known tool


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rofessional to use t#is acket tracer as a ractical tool for imro%ing t#eir

knowledge in networking /ot# wired and wireless networking areas t#roug#

%irtual learning(

A(K&)W*+D,+&T

T#e aut#ors would like to t#ank C,SC6 for acket tracer tool designer team and

t#e Students from Le%el G! Deartment of Comuter Science! Diloma Community

College! "ing "#alid $ni%ersity! "ingdom of Saudi Ara/ia for t#eir cooeration for

t#is researc# study(

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