Weekly Note 5 - Week 40

16-19 in U45

We will start our treatment of the network layer.

We will cover the data plane part of it. This includes an introduction to the network layer, studying whats inside a router, how it does the internal switching of datagrams, the IP protocol (IPv4 and IPv6), DHCP, addressing and Network Address Translation.

The goal is to cover the entire chapter 4 (it is half of the network layer, chapter 5 is also on the network layer)

I will also share and discus items from the mid-term evaluation.

October 3rd. 14-16 in U24 or October 4th. 12-14 in U24

Preparation:

Try to answer these exercises from chapter 4 of the book:

Try also to make a list of 10-15 keywords for a 10 minute presentation with the topic: "Functionality and interfaces for the network layer of the TCP/IP model with focus on the data plane.".

In class:

Spend the first half discussing the exercises prepared at home.

The second part of the session, start by discussing the keyword list, then you will examine Network Address Translation (NAT) using Wireshark, Instructions can be found in the Instructions menu → Wireshark NAT.