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Assignment 1
Assignment 2 | | COMP3310/COMP6331 - Computer Networks (2010)Core topics:
- Network layers
- The Internet
- Application Layer
- Transport Layer
- Network Layer
- Data Link Layer
- LANs
- Security
- Management
Some sub-topics
- Network topologies
- Ethernet
- IPv4 and IPv6
- 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)
Possible 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)
Some Fun Stuff
- Adding Ethernet to the Tivo
- Networking with embedded devices
- IEEE802.15.4 ZigBee and home-automation wireless networks
- Making a low-cost WebTV appliance boot from the network
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