Tangible Computer Networking Readings

There is no required printed textbook, but there is a several on-line required readings for the course.

Ethernet

• How Ethernet Works
• Fujitsu's Ethernet tutorial (ignore SONET)
• Section 2.1 of TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview

TCP/IP

• RFC 1180: A TCP/IP Tutorial
• RFC 791: INTERNET PROTOCOL
• RFC 793: TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL
• Sections 1.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.3, 12.1, 17.2, & 22.3 of TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview

Client/server programming with Python

• Norm Matloff's Quick Python Tutorials
• Dive Into Python

Sensor based applications with Arduino and Xbee

• Arduino reference
• Arduino Ethernet Library reference
• Arduino Xbee Shield reference
• Digi's XBee documentation
• Arduion Ethernet2 library

Dollars and sense at home and work

• How WiFi Works
• Home Network Security
• Sections 10.3, 22.6, & 22.7 of TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview
• How Home Networking Works
• How Firewalls Work
• How NAT Works
• Wikipedia article on Network address translation
• NAT vs. Xbox
• How Encryption Works
• Public Key Infrastructure

Another possibility

Another possibility would be to use Building Wireless Sensor Networks. A PDF version of this can be purchased for $28.