A multi-part lab exercise for analyzing the effect of peer-to-peer software on a university network
Brandon M. Wagner, Stephen Renshaw, Kent Broadbent · 2007
Over the past few years, university campuses have dealt with peer-to-peer software and its usage on their network. While it is easy to see the bandwidth consumption this software uses, other affects on hardware and software have not been adequately studied or taught. Many networking-based classes do not include specific instructional labs that adequately explain what peer-to-peer traffic looks like, what affects it has on a network, and in what ways networks can be designed to handle it better.