Practical Educational Uses of the Open Distributed Network Monitor (ODNM)
Pedrum Minaie, Jacob W. Kallman, Jason Truppi, Sergiu M. Dascalu, J. S. Harris · 2004
As educational institutions grow in size, network administrators for both K – 12 and higher education are finding their resources tapped for other purposes, and their staff sizes inadequate to meet the demands of evergrowing networks. The ODNM tool is presented which will allow system administrators to monitor wide area networks with both speed and convenience. In addition to this use of ODNM, teachers can also use the tool to teach their students about computer networks and network administration. Because of the basic design goals for ODNM, the tool is scalable enough to fit a wide range of higher education and school district-sized needs, as well as individual or small-scale networks. Presented in this paper are the use cases, user interface examples, and other system design elements as well as a basic introduction into the use of ODNM and future work plans.