UNP – Introduction to Networking

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Theory courses on networking would have covered the important concepts of networking, OSI model and TCP/IP protocol. However, if that has not been done so far or your knowledge of them is fuzzy then here are some references to slides from US universities (links obtained via Google search and so presumed to be freely accessible to anybody on the net) with suggestions on how to study them as well as the particular topics to be studied (within those slides).

1) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15441-f01/www/lectures/lecture01.ppt
Suggested speed: Quick run through

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Internet, Protocol, Network Edge, Network Core, Circuit Switching, Packet Switching

2) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15441-f01/www/lectures/lecture02.ppt
Suggested speed: Quick run through;

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Layering

3) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15441-f01/www/lectures/lecture03.ppt
Suggested speed: Medium

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Applications and Application Layer Protocols, Client-Server Paradigm, UDP, TCP, Port Numbers, Names and Addresses. You may exclude the Socket API detailed slides as that is covered later on in this course.

4) https://cs.nmt.edu/~liu/CSE389/Lect_01.ppt

Suggested speed: Quick run through

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Headers, Router, Byte Ordering, Network Byte Order, MultiPlexing, Modes of Service, Error Control, Flow Control, End-to-End v/s Hop-to-Hop, Buffering, Addresses, Broadcasts

5) https://cs.nmt.edu/~liu/CSE389/Lect_02.ppt

Suggested speed: Quick run through

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Ethernet, CSMA/CD, IP datagrams, IP Addresses, Class A, B.., IP Services, UDP, TCP, Modes of Service, Connection Oriented, TCP vs. UDP. You may exclude the TCP segment detailed slides, the three-way handshake slides, the IP datagram example detailed slides and the HTTP slides.

6) http://www.cs.utep.edu/cheon/cs3331/notes/network.ppt

Suggested speed: Quick run through

Suggested (slide) topics to study/read/refresh: Socket Programming, Server vs. Client Sockets, Server Sockets, Client Sockets, Echo Server, Echo Client. You may exclude Multi Echo Server and the whole set of RMI slides (last part of the slides).

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