A338/A538
Meeting Schedule for
Fall Semester 2024.

This is version 1.0 of the schedule for Fall Semester, UP TO FALL BREAK. Things could change depending on how we progress. If we move more slowly or more quickly than I plan, adjustments will be made. There is certainly more than enough material to cover.

Week of August 26:

• Meeting 1: Introduction.
• Meeting 2: What is a Model?, The OSI Model, and The Physical Layer.

Week of September 2:

• MONDAY, September 2: LABOR DAY: Classes do not meet.
• Meeting 3: The Physical Layer: Cabling.

Week of September 9:

• Meeting 4: The Physical Layer: Signalling.
• Meeting 5:The Physical and Data-Link Layers: Ethernet, Frames and Physical Topologies.

Week of September 16:

• Meeting 6: The Physical and Data-Link Layers: Ethernet Frames, Processing Frames, and Network Topologies.
• Meeting 7: The Data-Link Layer: Repeaters, Concentrators, and Switches.

Week of September 23:

• Meeting 8: The Data-link Layer: Switches and Ethernet Review, Introduction to 802.11 Wireless
• Meeting 9:The Physical and Data-Link Layers: 802.11 Wireless Methods and Security.

Week of September 30:

• Meeting 10:The Physical and Data-Link Layers: 802.11 Wireless Methods and Security.
• Meeting 11.The Physical and Data-Link Layers: 802.11 Wireless Wrap-up and the Future.

Week of October 7:

• Meeting 12: The Network Layer: Routers and the Routing Problem
• Meeting 13: The Network Layer: Fundamentals of Routing.