| Day/Date | Topics Covered | Required Readings |
| Mon, 8/20/12 |
What is the Internet? |
1.1 |
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| Wed, 8/22/12 |
The network edge, layered architecture |
1.2, 1.5 |
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| Mon, 8/27/12 |
Circuit Switching vs Packet Switching, bandwidth, delay, throughput |
1.3, 1.4 |
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| Wed, 8/29/12 |
Shannon's theorem, security considerations, history |
1.6, 1.7 |
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| Mon, 9/3/12 |
Holiday: Labor Day |
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| Wed, 9/5/12 |
TCP, Denial of Service Attacks, Counter Measures |
1.6 |
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| Mon, 9/10/12 |
IP Spoofing and Counter Measures |
1.6 |
Ethernet Tapping |
| Wed, 9/12/12 |
HTTP and Web |
Chapter 2.1, 2.2 |
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| Mon, 9/17/12 |
Web Caching and FTP |
2.1, 2.2 |
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| Wed, 9/19/12 |
SMTP |
2.4 |
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| Mon, 9/24/12 |
DNS |
2.5 |
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| Wed, 9/26/12 |
Socket Programming, Transport Layer Protocols: UDP |
2.7, 3.1-3.3 |
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| Mon, 10/1/12 |
Tranport Layer Protocols: Reliable Transfer |
3.4 |
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| Wed, 10/3/12 |
TCP: Reliability, flow control, timeout estimation |
3.5.3-3.5.5 |
Nagel |
| Mon, 10/8/12 |
Reliable Data Transfer Continued |
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| Wed, 10/10/12 |
Midterm |
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Drop Day: 10/15/12 |
| Mon, 10/15/12 |
Midterm Returned, TCP Congestion Control 3.6-3.8 |
3.6-3.8 |
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| Wed, 10/17/12 |
Slow Start, Fast Recovery, Congestion Avoidance |
3.6-3.8 |
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| Mon, 10/22/12 |
Router Assisted Congestion Control |
Random Early Detection |
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| Wed, 10/24/12 |
IP V4 Header |
4.4.1 |
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| Mon, 10/29/12 |
IP Addressing, Subnetting |
4.4.2 |
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| Wed, 10/31/12 |
Subnetting, CIDR |
4.4.2 |
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| Wed, 11/05/12 |
DHCP, NAT |
4.4.2 |
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| Mon, 11/07/12 |
Intra-Domain Routing: Distance Vector |
4.5.1-4.5.2, 4.6.1-4.6.2 |
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| Mon, 11/12/12 |
Intra-Domain Routing: Link State |
4.5.1-4.5.2, 4.6.1-4.6.2 |
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| Wed, 11/14/12 |
Inter-Domain Routing, ICMP |
4.6.3 |
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| Tue, 11/19/12 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Thu, 11/21/12 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| Tue, 11/26/12 |
Link Layer Error Detection and Correction |
5.1-5.2 |
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| Thu, 11/28/12 |
Multiple Access Protocols |
5.3 |
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