Comp 343-001/443-001, Computer Networks, Fall 2016

Peter Dordal, Loyola University Chicago Dept of Computer Science.

The class meets Tuesdays, 4:15-6:45, in Corboy 711.

The text will be An Introduction to Computer Networks, written by myself and available for free online. The book is updated at regular intervals; if you download for offline reading, you may want to re-download as necessary.

My general course groundrules are here. Exams will count for between 70% to 80% of your grade, with homework and programs making up the rest.

The midterm will be October 25 and the final will be December 13. The final will be at our usual time, and in our usual room.



Study guides and materials



Course calendar
Week 1: Aug 30 (hwk 1, due 9/14) Week 2: Sep 6
Week 3: Sep 13
Week 4: Sep 20
Week 5: Sep 27 (hwk 2, due 10/12)
Week 6: Oct 4
Oct 11: Fall break              
Week 7: Oct 18
Week 8: Oct 25 (midterm)           
Week 9: Nov 1
Week 10: Nov 8
Week 11: Nov 15
Week 12: Nov 22
Week 13 Nov 29
Week 14: Dec 6


java simpletalk examples

TCP: server, clientthreaded server
UDP: server, client


Notes on using ssh at Loyola

Much has changed.



Programming Projects

The WUMP client (like TFTP), due Wednesday Dec 7


Demos

A viewer for the Internet: http://as2914.net. A galaxy-visualization tool is used to display all ISPs (as stars) and links between them.

Summary of coverage, from An Introduction to Computer Networks

An Overview of Networks
Ethernet
Other LANs: Wi-Fi in particular
Links: briefly
Packets: briefly
Abstract Sliding Windows
IP version 4
IP version 6 (selections)
Routing Update Algorithms
Large-scale IP Routing
UDP
TCP
TCP Reno and Congestion Management
TCP Dynamics
Miscellaneous topics