Weekly Note 6 - Week 41

16-19 in U45

We will continue and conclude our treatment of the network layer. This week focusing on the control plane.

The primary focus will be types of routing algorithms, and routing in the internet: OSPF and BGP, but we will also cover ICMP, and look a bit on SDN.

The goal is to cover the entire chapter 5.

October 10th. 10-12 in U32 or October 11th. 12-14 in U24

Preparation:

You should prepare these exercises for discussion from chapter 5 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 control 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 DHCP using Wireshark, Instructions can be found in the Instructions menu → Wireshark DHCP.