Computer Networks Principles

Slides

• intro (updated for 2023)
• ARP (updated for 2023)
• Physical and link layers (updated for 2024)
• IP (updated for 2022)
• Routing (updated for 2024)
• VLAN (updated for 2024)
• Performance (updated for 2022)
• DNS (see also section 4 of Andrzej's site)
• TCP (see also section 3.2 of this site)

Labs

• Lab 1
• Lab 2
• Lab 3 (Routing)
• Lab 4 (Sockets)

Exercises

• ARP VLAN Performance evaluation

Archives:

• ARP example; CSMA/CD Ethernet capture page1 page2 page3
• TFTP with notes (with correct value for throughput!)
• Distance Vector Routing
• Application / DNS (all annotated, including DNS part)
• TCP cwnd evolutions (cwnd)
• TCP seq and WIN

References

• James Kurose, Keith Ross, "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach" Featuring the Internet, 4/e, Addison-Wesley, 2007
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall, "Computer Networks", 5th edition, 2011

Online resources:

• "Computer Networks: A Systems Approach" (under creative commons licence) ;
• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (Jim Kurose, Keith Ross)
• IPv6 Book (in french)
• Interactive material by A. Duda. This is a synthesis of the main concepts with useful examples.

Exam 2020

Click here! Partial solution