Weekly Note 1 - Week 36

27 July 2019

Lecture - Tuesday, September 3rd.

16-19 in U23

We will start with an introduction to the course, and Jacob will give a short whoami intro, and present why this course is highly relevant in the IT landscape. Then we will discus the format of the lectures and tutorials, and expectations.

We will briefly study the history of computer networks, before we try to get an overview of the basic (and brief) structure of the internet, and consider some of the services that the internet provides to us, and setting up the first basic terminology for networks.

Tutorial session

September 5th. 8-10-12 in U154 OR 10-12-10 in U154

Preparation:

Try to answer these exercises from chapter 1 of the book:

  • P2

  • P4

  • P6

  • P13

  • P25

  • P29

  • P31

In Class

You will spend half the session discussing the exercises prepared at home, and then try to solve this problem:

Suppose you would like to urgently deliver 300 terabytes of data from Boston to Los Angeles. You have available a 1 Gbps dedicated link for data transfer. Would you prefer to transmit the data via this link or instead use FedEx overnight delivery? Explain your answer.

The second half, you will install Wireshark, used for packet sniffing, and take a sneak peak. Instructions can be found in the Instructions menu → Wireshark Intro

Material (Slides, etc.)