Week 1

• Administrivia
• Overview of Networking, Protocol Stacks, Reference Model
• Recitation: None this week

Week 2

• Network programming, sockets; Project #1 (Application Programming) Assigned
• Theoretical Foundations, Physical layer
• Recitation: Project #1 Hints, Version control and collaboration

Week 3

• Link Layer,
• Link Layer, MAC; Homework #1 Assigned
• Recitation: Makefiles, testing strategies

Week 4

• Switching and Flow Control;
• The Network Layer, IP Project #1 due
• Recitation: Scripting, Project handin procedures

Week 5

• IP, cont; Forwarding tables Project #2 (Forwarding and Routing) assigned
• Routing Tables, RIP, OSPF
• Recitation: The simulator, Project #1 Post-Mortem

Week 6

• Multicast, IGMP, BGP
• NAT, Tunnelling, VPNs, &c; Homework #2 Assigned
• Recitation: Project #2 Checkpoint

Week 7

• Review/Slack
• Midterm Exam
• Recitation: Configuring an system

Week 8

• DNS;
• Virtual circuits; Project #2 Due
• Recitation: Go over exam

Week 9

• No class -- Spring Break

Week 10

• Transport Layer, UDP, TCP; Project #3 out
• TCP, cont.
• Recitation: Project #3, Project #2 Post-Mortem

Week 11

• Congestion and congestion control
• TCP and congestion control
• Recitation: Network tools for sysadmins; Homework #3 Assigned

Week 12

• QoS, Multimedia
• Mobile
• Recitation: More network-related tools

Week 13

• Peer-to-Peer
• No class -- Carnival
• Recitation: Project #3 Help

Week 14

• Peer-to-Peer and performance
• Security; Project #3 due
• Recitation: Application layer and HTTP; Homework #4 Assigned

Week 15

• Security, cont.
• Looking Around
• Recitation: Wrap-up administrivia