| Date | Reading | Topic | Notes | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August | Sections 1.1 to 1.3 | Introduction | Course homepage | |
| 25 August | Notes: PDF | |||
| 27 August | Section 1.4 | Socket programming interface -- clients | Notes: PDF | |
| 3 September | Socket programming interface -- servers | Notes: PDF | ||
| 8 September | ||||
| 10 September | Section 1.5 and 2.1 | Performance, Nodes, and Links | Notes: PDF | |
| 15 September | Section 2.2 to 2.4 | Encoding, Framing, and Error Detection | Notes: PDF | |
| 17 September | Sections 2.5 & 2.6 | CRC, Reliability, and Ethernet | Notes: PDF | |
| 22 September | Section 2.7 | Token Ring | Notes: PDF | Quiz 1 |
| 24 September | Sections 2.8 & 2.9 | Wireless and interfaces | Notes: PDF and PMAD | |
| 29 September | Sections 3.1 & 3.2 | Switches and VLAN's | Notes: PDF | |
| 1 October | Sections 3.3 & 3.4 | ATM and routing | Notes: PDF | |
| 6 October | Sections 4.1 to 4.3.3 | IPv4 -- Internet Protocol | Notes: PDF | Quiz 2 |
| 13 October | ||||
| 15 October | ||||
| 20 October | Practice homework 3 Solution for Problem X | |||
| 22 October | Sections 4.3.5 & 4.4 | IPv6 and Multicasting | Notes: PDF | |
| 27 October | Sections 5.1 & 5.2 | TCP | Notes: PDF | |
| 29 October | Section 5.3 | RPC | Notes: PDF | Quiz 3 |
| 3 November | ONC RPC | ONC RPC source | ||
| 5 November | Section 7.1 | Java RMI and presentation | Java RMI source and PDF | |
| 10 November | Sections 6.3 | Congestion control | Notes: PDF | Quiz 4 |
| 12 November | Section 6.4 | Congestion avoidance | Notes: PDF | |
| 17 November | Chapter 8 | Encryption | Notes: PDF | |
| 19 November | Authentication | Notes: PDF | Quiz 5 | |
| 24 November | Examples | Notes: PDF | ||
| 1 December | Section 9.1 & 9.2 | DNS | Notes: PDF | Quiz 6 |
| 3 December | Sections 9.2.1 & 9.2.2 | DNS | Notes: PDF | |
| 10 December | Final exam, 3:20 pm | |||