Evaluating the Effect of using IP version and Physical Media on the ICMP Throughput of a LAN

Abstract

Nowadays the world is witnessing a steady transition from IPv4 to IPv6 at the same time wireless has greatly emerged as the preferred technologies than wired for LANs because they provide cost effective way for connecting hosts into the network. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the effect of using IPv4 and IPv6 over wired and wireless local area network (LAN) setups on the internet control message protocol (ICMP) based throughput of a LAN. Results are obtained by simulating wired and wireless LANs on Packet Tracer and a 22 experimental design technique has been employed for analysing results and drawing conclusions.