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Computer programs to "practice" networking on

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:37 pm
by Kunoichi
I'm going for a MTA certification for networking. I want to be able to practice what they diagnostically, troubleshooting etc but I don't want to practice on my computer. Are there any programs out there that provide a practice computer so to speak? Sounds odd and I"m not sure if I'm making myself clear.

Thanks!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:49 pm
by Mithrandir
You may want to consider something like a virtual computer. Something like virtual box ( http://www.virtualbox.org/ ) could be useful to you.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:49 am
by Warrior4Christ
Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org/) is a good packet sniffing program for troubleshooting and analysing protocol layers.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:35 am
by Kunoichi
Thank you so much Mith and Warrior :)

I'm so nervous about this exam. I want to make sure I have the practical applications so I believe both of those resources will work nicely. :)