This document summarizes research on mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). It discusses how MANETs have dynamic, unpredictable topologies due to nodes' mobility. It also describes common security attacks on MANETs like black hole and gray hole attacks where nodes falsely claim to have the shortest path to drop packets. The document proposes a method to detect and isolate such attacks by having the sender switch routes after detecting an attack. It evaluates the method's performance using the same simulation scenarios and parameters used to simulate the attacks.