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The syllabus for the Computer Networks course covers the fundamentals of networking, including layered architecture, host-to-host communication, and various protocols like TCP and UDP. It also addresses advanced topics such as wireless networks, security threats, and multimedia applications. Assignments include practical tasks like Linux network configuration, socket programming, and performance measurement of servers.

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The syllabus for the Computer Networks course covers the fundamentals of networking, including layered architecture, host-to-host communication, and various protocols like TCP and UDP. It also addresses advanced topics such as wireless networks, security threats, and multimedia applications. Assignments include practical tasks like Linux network configuration, socket programming, and performance measurement of servers.

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mputer Networks Prof.

Hema A Murthy

Overview of the Syllabus for


Computer Networks
• Motivation: goals of networking, well-known applications
such as web,
e-mail and ftp => need for a layered architecture, OSI and
Internet.

• Host-to-host communication: RS-232 over serial line;


handshaking and
error handling; packet switching; reliable transmission -
stop-and-wait, sliding window; logical connections.

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Overview of the Syllabus for


Computer Networks
• Multiple co-located hosts: addressing, LAN access
methods; CSMA/CD, Ethernet, Token passing,
Token Ring, FDDI, wireless LANs; Simple
performance models; WAN
access methods - PPP.

• Remotely located hosts: addressing,


interconnection of LANs; repeaters, bridges,
routers; ATM cell-switching

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Overview of the Syllabus for


Computer Networks
• IP: routing protocols (distance vector, link state
packet routing); congestion control concepts and
mechanisms (choke packets, leaky bucket, token
bucket); IPv4, CIDR (Classless Interdomain
routing)

• End-to-end reliability: the end-to-end argument;


protocols - TCP, UDP,
RPC; connection establishment, flow control.

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Overview of the Syllabus for


Computer Networks
• Application protocols for email, ftp, web, DNS.

Advanced topics (any 2 of the following):


Wireless networks and mobile computing;
network management systems; security threats and
solutions; IPv6; ATM; Multimedia applications
and its impact on networking.

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

References
• 1. Peterson & Davie, "Computer Networks, A
Systems Approach", 3rd ed, Harcourt, 2005
• 2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks",
4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.
3. Bertsekas and Gallagher “Data Networks, PHI,
2000
4.William Stallings, “Data and Computer
Communcations,” 5th edition, PHI, 2005

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Assignments
• Configuration of networking in Linux using ifconfig,
route, bind, etc; configuration of firewall and
masquerading in Linux;
network trouble-shooting and performance monitoring
using netstat, ping, tcpdump, etc.

Configuration and performance measurement of


commonly-used Linux
servers such as E-Mail (sendmail, pop3/imap) and Web
(Apache).

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Assignments
• Socket programming - TCP and UDP, peer-to-peer applications;
reliable communications using unreliable datagrams; client-server
using RPC;
concurrent servers using threads or processes.
References:
1. "Linux Network Administrators Guide",
http://tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
2. W.R. Stevens, "Unix Network Programming, Vol 1", 2nd ed.,
Prentice-Hall Inc., 1998

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Course Schedule
• Week 1: Goals of Networking, physical media, RS232 based
communication
Week 2-3: host-to-host communication, packet switching, framing,
CRC, stop and wait protocol, sliding window protocol
Week 4-6: Multiple colocated hosts: addressing, ethernet (CSMA/CD),
Token Ring (FDDI), MACAW (wireless LANs), bridges
Week 7-8: Internetworking, addressing, ATM cell switching, LANE
Week 9: IP routing algorithms, RIP, OSPF, BGP
Week 10: end-to-end communication: UDP, TCP, RPC
Week 11: Congestion control (Router based, process based)
Week 12: Applications: DNS, HTTP
Week 13: Advanced Topics: Network Intrusion Detection, SNMP
Week 14: Sign Off

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mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Computer Networks
• Heterogeneous systems need to talk to each
other:
– Media to connect
• wired – twisted pair, coaxial cable, fibre
• wireless – radio
– Topology of the Network
– Protocols and software.

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Computer Networks and Distributed


Systems
• Distributed systems and Computer
Networks:
– Closely related
– Distributed system – transparent
– Computer Network - not transparent

dian Institute of Technology Madras


mputer Networks Prof. Hema A Murthy

Purpose of a Computer Network


• Primary objective of Computer Networks:
– Transfer data from machine A to machine B
– Facilitate access to remote information
– Facilitate sharing of data
– Facilitates person to person communication
– Facilitate Interactive Entertainment
– Not every machine is connected to every other machine
• Establish connection between a pair of machines
– Transfer data
• Enable machines of different speeds to communicate with each
other

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