Computer Networks
ICS 651
The course meets MWF 8:30-9:20 in Keller 301. The textbook is
Peterson and Davie's "Computer Networks".
Organization
This course has homeworks, projects, 2 exams, and a final. The
homeworks do not directly contribute to the final grade, and need only
be turned in if feedback is desired. However, doing the homeworks is
NOT optional: the homeworks and the projects are required in
order to do well on the exams and the final. The formula for grading
is given here.
Office hours are M 9:30-11 and W 9:30-10:30 in POST 303B.
Tentative Schedule
- Project 1 was given out on September
8th, was due on October 3rd.
- The first exam was on October 6th.
- Project 2 was given out on October
8th, was due on October 29th.
- The second exam will be on November 5th.
- Project 3 was given out on
November 10th, is due by December 5th.
- The third exam will be on November 26th.
- Brian Chee is tentatively going to be the guest speaker on
Wednesday, Dec 3rd. Ned Weldon will speak on Monday, Dec 8th.
- The final exam will be 7:30-9:30 on Monday, Dec 15th.
Projects and Homeworks
The following projects and homeworks have been assigned:
- By Dec 5th: Project 3.
- By Nov 21st: Read chapter 8 of the book.
- By Nov 3rd: DNS.
- By Oct 29th: Read chapter 7 of the book.
- By Oct 29th: Project 2.
- By Oct 22nd: Read chapter 6 of the book.
- By Oct 3rd: Project 1.
- By Oct 1st: Read chapter 5 of the book.
- By Sept 19th: Read section 3.5 and chapter 4 of the book.
- By Sept 10th: Read the handout on CRC and section 3.4 of the book.
- By Sept 5th: Read Chapter 3 (except sections 3.4 and 3.5) of the book.
- By Sept 3rd: Unix Client-Server.
Reading assignment: By Wednesday October 29th you should have read
all of Chapters 1-7 of the book.
Projects must be turned in by the due date, homeworks need not be
turned in.
Lecture Notes
Overhead slides generally appear here at least 24 hours before the
class they are used in. The overheads are in the frames; any unframed
text is notes for the speaker. (These slides are in DVI format: if
you need help reading these, look here).
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