General and Historic Course Information
Course Information and Procedures
: last modified 12 Jan 12
Academic Honesty Policies |
Student Disabilities
: last modified 12 Dec 11
Required Text:
Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
Recommended Text:
TCP/IP Sockets in C, Practical Guide for Programmers,
Second Edition Donahoo and Calvert
Networks Reference Textbooks
: last modified 23 Jan 12
Other Networks Programming Textbooks
: last modified 12 Jan 12
Lecture Organization
Course Syllabus (pdf)
: last modified 26 Mar 12
Useful Information
Class List (pdf)
: last modified 6 Feb 12
Programming Teams (pdf)
: last modified 9 Apr 12
Pointers to basic program development techniques (e.g., make,gdb,tar) can be found on CS2303 web page:
web.cs.wpi.edu/~rek/Systems/A08/A08.html
This course includes socket programming assignments, OPNET simulation assignments and a wireless measurement experience.
Programming Assignments
Program 0 (Prog0): TCP Echo Server (pdf)
:last modified 5 Jan 12
Program 1 (Prog1): Location Server (pdf)
:last modified 6 Jan 12
Course Programming Project (pdf)
:last modified 12 Feb 12
WLAN Performance Evaluation Assignment
:last modified 31 March 12
OPNET Simulation Assignments
Lab 1:CSMA Simulation (Sim1): (pdf)
:last modified 12 Jan 12
Lab 2:WLAN Simulation (Sim2): (pdf)
:last modified 12 Jan 12
Lab 6:RIP Simulation (Sim3): (pdf)
:last modified 5 Apr 12
Lab 7:OSPF Simulation (Sim4): (pdf)
:last modified 24 Mar 12
Papers
DDoS Tutorial (pdf)
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| Thomas Lextrait (grader) | FL A22 | 10-11 a.m. |
| Mid Term Exams | Mid Term Review (pdf) | Spring06 (pdf) | D11 (pdf) | B10 (pdf) | Answer Q17 MidTerm (pdf) |
| Final Exams | Final Review (pdf) | Spring06 (pdf) | C10 (pdf) | B08 (pdf) | Answer Q18 MidTerm (pdf) |
| Help Session 1 [B10] | pptx | Updated: Oct 10 | |
| Help Session 2 [B05] | ppt | Updated: 9 Nov 05 | Help Session 2 [B04] | ppt | Updated: 9 Nov 04 | Help Session 3 [B05] | ppt | Updated: 5 Dec 05 | Help Session 3 [C04] | ppt | Updated: 1 Dec 04 |
| Course Objectives | pptx | Updated: 29 Dec 11 | Introduction: Network Definitions and Classification | pptx | Updated: 12 Jan 12 | TCP Sockets | pptx | Updated: 29 Dec 11 |
| Hobb's Internet History and Nerd's Internet History | Updated: 29 Jun 20 | ||
| Top 10 Internet Milestones | pptx | Updated: 23 Jan 12 | Network Architecture and OSI Reference Model | pptx | Updated: 23 Jan 12 | Network Switching | pptx | Updated: 22 Jan 12 | Network Performance Measures | pptx | Updated: 23 Jan 12 | Sample Network Delay Problems | pptx | Updated: 4 Jan 12 | Introduction to Application Layer | pptx | Updated: 29 Jan 12 | HTTP | pptx | Updated: 30 Jan 12 | DNS | pptx | Updated: 29 Jan 12 | Physical Layer | pptx | Updated: 6 Feb 12 | Data Encoding | pptx | Updated: 6 Feb 12 | Transmission Media | pptx | Updated: 6 Feb 12 | Transmission Errors | pptx | Updated: 13 Feb 12 | Framing and Stuffing | pptx | Updated: 13 Feb 12 | Data Link Layer | pptx | Updated: 13 Feb 12 | Local Area Networks | pptx | Updated: 22 Feb 12 | Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 22 Feb 12 | Bridges | pptx | Updated: 22 Feb 12 | FDDI | pptx | Updated: 27 Feb 12 | Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 27 Feb 12 |
| Wireless LANs | pptx | Updated: 18 Mar 12 | |
| Cellular and Mobile Wireless Networks | pptx | Updated: 26 Mar 12 | |
| Wireless Sensor Networks | pptx | Updated: 24 Mar 12 | SONET | pptx | Updated: 18 Mar 12 | ATM | pptx | Updated: 24 Mar 12 | Computer Performance Evaluation | Performance Video | Updated 16 Nov 06 | Network Layer | pptx | Updated: 9 Apr 12 | TCP Sliding Windows | pptx | Updated: 5 Apr 12 | Congestion Control | pptx | Updated: 5 Apr 12 | TCP Congestion Control | pptx | Updated: 23 Apr 12 | High-Speed TCP Variants | pptx | Updated: 22 Apr 12 | Firewalls | pptx | Updated: 6 Apr 12 | Distributed Denial of Service | pptx | Updated: 18 Apr 12 |
Last modified: 29 June 2020
Bob Kinicki