Peter Dordal, Loyola University Chicago Dept of Computer Science.
This class is online, and meets via Zoom on Tuesdays
from 6:00 to around 8:40.
The text will be An Introduction to Computer Networks, second edition, written by myself and available for free online. Note that the book is updated regularly.
My general course groundrules are here. Exams will count for between 60% to 70% of your grade, with homework and programs making up the rest.
The midterm will be the week of October 13, and will be on Sakai (probably Wednesday to Thursday). The final will be during the normal finals week.Most of the course materials and assignments will be on Sakai.
Normal office hours:
Course calendar
| Week 1: Aug 26 (hwk 1 assignment) | Week 2: Sep 2 |
Week 3: Sep 9 |
| Week 4: Sep 16 (hwk 2 assignment) | Week 5: Sep 23 |
Week 6: Sep 30 |
| Oct 7: Fall break |
Week 7: Oct 14 (midterm week) | Week 8: Oct 21
|
| Week 9: Oct 28 |
Week 10: Nov 4 |
Week 11: Nov 11 |
| Week 12: Nov 18 |
Week 13 Nov 25 |
Week 14: Dec 2 |
TCP: server,
client,
threaded
server
UDP: server,
client
Learning outcomes
Students will understand how the Internet is constructed, how LANs are built and managed, how data is routed to its destination, how connections are managed and implemented, how congestion is handled, and how security can be addressed.