(Latest revision 01/11/2000)
01/11/2000: Fixed minor error. Reading assignment for day #6 is "back."
01/10/2000: Added details on turning in homework and taking quiz.
01/10/2000: Specified what will be done in the third class hour
during the second week.
WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 3000 -- Winter 2000
I will make additions and changes to this schedule as the term
progresses. Keep checking the class web space to see the
latest version of this schedule
DAY #1: Tuesday, January 4, 2000 (Happy Y2K)
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READING IN COMER: The preface and chapters 1-5:
Introduction; Motivation And Tools;
Transmission Media; Local Asynchronous Communication
(RS-232); and Long-Distance Communication (Carriers,
Modulation, And Modems)
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READING IN SOBELL: In the next week or two, finish chapters 3
(An Introduction to the Utilities) and 7
(Networking.) This material is basic Unix background you
will be needing.
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READING CLASS INFORMATION: This week, read the information in
the class web space about the article reviews and course
project you are required to do. We will discuss these topics
in more detail soon.
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LAB IDEAS: See the class gopher space --
Labs/lab-01-Unix-Basics and Labs/lab-02-Mail-and-Net
DAY #2: Wednesday, January 5
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 6-7: Packets, Frames, And Error
Detection; and LAN Technologies And Network Topology
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LAB IDEAS: See the class gopher space -- Labs/lab-03-Mail-Xmit
and Labs/lab-04-Snoop
DAY #3: Thursday, January 6
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 8-9: Hardware Addressing And Frame
Type Identification; and LAN Wiring, Physical Topology, And
Interface Hardware
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LAB IDEAS: See the class gopher space -- Labs/lab-05-Whois and
Labs/lab-06-Nslookup
DAY #4: Tuesday, January 11
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 10-12: Extending LANs: Fiber Modems,
Repeaters, Bridges, And Switches; Long-Distance Digital
Connection Technologies; and WAN Technologies And Routing
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READING IN SOBELL: If you have not done so already, finish
chapters 3 and 7.
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LAB IDEAS: Those who have not finished labs 1-6 should "catch
up." Others may work on labs 7-8.
DAY #5: Wednesday, January 12
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 13-14: Network Ownership, Service
Paradigm, And Performance; and Protocols And Layering
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LAB IDEAS: If there is interest, I can remain and discuss
solutions to homework problems. Those who wish may go and
"catch up" or work on labs 7-8.
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DUE: Homework #1 -- Turn in a paper copy of your homework at
the start of class. Keep another copy of your homework
solutions. Let's discuss the homework to help get ready for
the quiz tomorrow. You can write corrections and notes on your
copy. (Note: late homework cannot be accepted.)
DAY #6: Thursday, January 13
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 15-17: Internetworking: Concepts,
Architecture, and Protocols; IP: Internet Protocol
Addresses; and Binding Protocol Addresses (ARP)
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LAB IDEAS: Let's do the quiz in the third hour of the class.
Bring a blue book.
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DUE: Finalized Project Idea
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DUE: Article Review #1
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Quiz #1 -- covers chapters 1-10
DAY #7: Tuesday, January 18
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 18-21: IP Datagrams And Datagram
Forwarding; IP Encapsulation, Fragmentation, And Reassembly;
The Future (IPv6); and An Error Reporting Mechanism (ICMP)
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LAB IDEAS:
DAY #8: Wednesday, January 19
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 22-24: TCP: Reliable Transport
Service; Client-Server Interaction; and The
Socket Interface
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LAB IDEAS:
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DUE: Homework #2 -- Let's discuss this to get ready for the
test tomorrow.
DAY #9: Thursday, January 20
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 25-27: Examples Of A Client And A
Server; Naming With The Domain Name System; and
Electronic Mail Representation And Transfer
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LAB IDEAS:
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DUE: Article Review #2
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Quiz #2 -- covers chapters 11-20
DAY #10: Tuesday, January 25
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 28-29: File Transfer And Remote
File Access; and World Wide Web Pages And Browsing
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LAB IDEAS:
DAY #11: Wednesday, January 26
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 30-32: CGI Technology For Dynamic
Web Documents; Java Technology For Active Web Documents; and
RPC and Middleware
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LAB IDEAS: work with the client/server code
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DUE: Homework #3 -- Let's discuss this to get ready for the
test tomorrow
DAY #12: Thursday, January 27
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READING IN COMER: Chapters 33-35: Network Management
(SNMP); and Network Security; Initialization
(Configuration)
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LAB IDEAS:
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DUE: Article Review #3
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Quiz #3 -- covers chapters 21-30
FINAL EXAM:
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Wednesday, February 2, in P-101, 9:00 to 12:00.
Deliver project oral presentations and turn in final
written reports. Article Review #4 is due.