More than 6 different universities have successfully used Clack with undergraduate networking courses. For details on currently available assignments, see the Clack Introduction and Instructor Resources pages.

Please contact us (info (at) clackrouter.net) if you are interested in using Clack. We are still open to working on new features to support new assignments.

Using Clack as a student is usually quite simple, and the demos below can help you grasp the basic uses easily.

Please read our quick and graphical Introduction to Clack . Feel free to play with some of the demos below too.

You can try out Clack right now without installing anything! Here are a few demos, more coming soon!

• Basic Clack: Route live Internet traffic in your browser!
• Simple RIP Routing
• Simple OSPF Routing
• Overview Video of Clack Features

Comments? Suggestions? Please email us at feedback (at) clackrouter.net !

Clack is open source and fun to hack on. The Clack Development page tells you more about potential projects.

If you are planning on adding new network functionality to Clack, check out:

1. Our Developer Guide

2. The most recent Javadoc

For networking course instructors or developers looking for in-depth information about the Clack Graphical Router, try:

Clack is built on top of the JGraph Java library and is available under the GNU Public License.

Note: No download is needed to run Clack unmodified. You can simply try the demo now. Downloading the binary file is only needed if you plan on adding functionality to Clack as described in the developer documentation. The source code is provided for those interested in learning the API or making significant modifications, as well as to comply with the GPL.

Clack Releases:

• Clack 1.7.1: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc
• Clack 1.5: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc
• Clack 1.4: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc
• Clack 1.0: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc
• Clack 0.98: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc
• Clack 0.90: Binary || Source Code || Javadoc