TCP/IP is the protocol responsible for routing messages around the Internet. This package generates everything you need to run a fun and informative simulation of TCP/IP in your classroom, for any number of students. We once ran this simulation with 200 students in a gymnasium!
This package is installed on PyPI, so you can install it with pip. The simplest way to install and use this package is with pipx:
% pipx install tcp-ip-simulation
You will need a csv file containing a name column, listing the names of all
the participants in the simulation. Then run:
% generate-tcp-ip-simulation names.csv
This will generate materials for your simulation. Here's an example.
The generate-tcp-ip-simulation command has a number of options you can use to
tweak your simulation:
% generate-tcp-ip-simulation --help
usage: generate [-h] [-l IP_ADDRESS_LENGTH] [-m MAX_NODES]
[-n NODES_PER_NAMESERVER] [-o OUTFILE] [-r] [-s FIGSIZE]
participants
Generate materials for a classroom simulation of TCP/IP
positional arguments:
participants
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --ip-address-length IP_ADDRESS_LENGTH
Number of components in IP addresses
-m, --max-nodes MAX_NODES
Maximum nodes per network
-n, --nodes-per-nameserver NODES_PER_NAMESERVER
Maximum nodes per network
-o, --outfile OUTFILE
Path to save result HTML file
-r, --random Randomize order of participants
-s, --figsize FIGSIZE
Size of simulation graph