Week 1
9/5-9/9

Introduction;
Internet Applications

Chapters 1-3

Purchase textbook; inventory networking equipment.

Serial port code examples

Week 2
9/12-9/16

Signals and media, RS-232, long distance communication

Chapters 4-6

Install OS on computers.

API and example code
DNS1500 manual

Week 3
9/19-9/23

Packets and frames, LAN technologies, network topologies, and hardware

Chapters 7-10

Research networking equipment

VI tutorial and vi quick reference.

Week 4
9/26-9/30

Extending networks: WAN technologies and routing

Chapters 11-13

Plan lab network

Debugger example

Week 5
10/3-10/7

Connection-oriented networking, network characteristics, and protocols

Chapters 14-16

Catalyst 1900 Firmware v5.37

Network Administrator's Guide

Week 6
10/12-10/14

Connecting networks, IP, ARP
netmasks, subnets

Chapters 17-19

ATM Technology FAQ

Week 7
10/17-10/21

IP datagrams, fragmentation, IPV6

Chapters 20-22

Linux socket programming tutorial part 1 and part 2, and pitfalls of Linux socket programming.

Week 8
10/24-10/28

ICMP, UDP, TCP

Chapters 23-25

Fill out ECE mid-semester course evaluations.

Week 9
10/31-11/4

NAT, Internet routing

Chapters 26-27

RFC1122 TCP Congestion

Week 10
11/7-11/11

Client/Server and sockets

Chapters 28-30

Network analysis and planning

Week 11
11/14-11/18

DNS, sendmail, VoIP, FTP, NFS

Chapters 31-34

Week 12
11/21-11/23

HTML, CGI, Java

Chapters 35-37

Week 13
11/28-12/2

RPC, SNMP, Security

Chapters 38-40

DNS

Week 14
12/5-12/9

Bootstrap Configuration

Chapter 41

Week 15
12/12-12/16

Review