COMP3310/COMP6331/ENGN4535/ENGN6535 - Overview (2008)

Core topics:

• Network layers
• The Internet
• Application Layer
• Transport Layer
• Network Layer
• Data Link Layer
• LANs
• Security
• Management

Some sub-topics

• Network topologies
• Ethernet
• TCP/IP/UDP
• Point-to-point links
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Domain Name Service
• Multicasting
• Security
• Wireless networking
• IEEE802.11
• Bluetooth
• Wireless networking security
• Port-filtering, protocol filtering, fire-walling
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Transparent Proxying
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and network booting
• Network File System (NFS)

Case Studies:

• Networking in a cluster computer - Bunyip
• Local Area Networking - the DCS Undergraduate network
• Campus-wide Networking - the ANU Campus network
• Metropolitan Area Networking - TransACT
• Campus-wide wireless networking
• Proprietry protocols - Server Message Blocks (SMB & Samba)

Fun Stuff

• Adding Ethernet to the Tivo
• BlueTooth
• Making a low-cost WebTV appliance boot from the network