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2006

Kennesaw State University

Network Architecture and Design

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The Future Leading Mobility Protocol: Mobile Ipv4 Or Mobile Ipv6?, Victor A. Clincy, Mudiraj Padmaja Oct 2006

The Future Leading Mobility Protocol: Mobile Ipv4 Or Mobile Ipv6?, Victor A. Clincy, Mudiraj Padmaja

Faculty and Research Publications

Mobile computing has become an important area of computer networking and is expected to play a fundamental role in the ubiquitous access of Internet resources in the future. In recent years, we have seen increasing demand from end-users to access network resources from anywhere and at anytime from all kinds of devices. A greater degree of connectivity is almost becoming mandatory in todays business world. In addition, mobility of end-users is placing further requirements on network systems and protocols to provide uninterrupted services. Mobile network protocol such as Mobile IPv4 has emerged as one of the promising solutions capable of …


Free Tools For Teaching & Researching Wireless Networking Concepts, Victor A. Clincy, Krithi Sitaram Ajay Feb 2006

Free Tools For Teaching & Researching Wireless Networking Concepts, Victor A. Clincy, Krithi Sitaram Ajay

Faculty and Research Publications

As wireless networking and security become more prevalent in the market, more and more computer science programs are incorporating courses in wireless networks or at the least, devoting a significant percentage of the advanced networking courses to wireless topics. As a result, in addition to industry practitioners, there is a growing interest among university researchers and faculty regarding tools used for teaching and researching in wireless networking concepts.This tutorial will demonstrate two free tools, Network Stumbler and ITGuru's wireless module (academic version is free).


Evaluation And Illustration Of A Free Software (Fs) Tool For Wireless Network Monitoring And Security, Victor A. Clincy, Krithi Sitaram Ajay Feb 2006

Evaluation And Illustration Of A Free Software (Fs) Tool For Wireless Network Monitoring And Security, Victor A. Clincy, Krithi Sitaram Ajay

Faculty and Research Publications

Wireless communication provides users many benefits such as portability, flexibility, reduced hardware need and lower installation costs. Wireless local area networks (WLANs) for example allow users the ability to carry their laptops from place to place without any physical wires and without losing network connectivity.However, some amount of security risk is always associated with wireless networks. The most significant security risk for wireless technology is the potential outsiders have in gaining access to the communications medium, the communications medium being the air waves. Though WLANs provide the users with the option of roaming, this convenience is facilitated by broadcasting packets …