Instructor: Angelos Stavrou
Credits: 3 units
Lecture*: Wednesdays 11:00am-2:00pm, Room: CLIC Lab (CS486)
Laboratory: Lab times will be determined at the first meeting for each group.
Laboratory Location: Interest Lab
PRE/CO-REQUISITES: COMS4119, ELEN4710, ELEN6761 or equivalent coursework.
(A view of the proposed lab equiment, INTEREST Lab contains 3 fully equipped racks)

*The first class meeting will be on Wednesday September 7, 11:00am
at the CLIC LAB where we will determine the lab groups and the lab times.

Course Description:

In this course, students will learn how to put "principles into
practice," in a hands-on-networking lab course. This course will
cover the technologies and protocols of the Internet using equipment
currently availabe to large Internet service providers such as cisco
routers and end-systems. A set of laboratory experiments will provide
hands-on experience with engineering wide-area networks and will
familiarize students with the Internet Protocol (IP), Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP),
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP),
the Domain Name System (DNS), routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP),
network management protocols (SNMP), and application-level protocols
(FTP, TELNET, SMTP).

The labs are due at a rate of roughly one lab per week. The Prelabs
are to be completed as individual work, though discussion of issues,
principles and background material for the assignment will be
discussed. A short pre-lab Q&A, as well as lab write-ups, are required
for each lab.

Class Objectives:

1. Comprehend fundamental design principles of Internet Protocols, IP
addresses, and IP networks, including routing and forwarding.

2. Comprehend advanced Internet protocol technologies including network
management, domain name system, network address translation, network
management, and multicast.

3. Apply understanding of Internet protocols by analyzing, evaluating, and
improving actual network configurations of IP routers and Internet enables
hosts.

Bibliography:

TextBook: Mastering Networks: An Internet Lab Manual by Jorg
Lieberherr, University of Virginia; Magda El Zarki, University of California, Irvine.
ISBN: 0-201-78134-4. Publisher: Addison-Wesley. Copyright: 2004.
Sample Chapters and more info at the authors' Web Site

The book is available at Columbia University Bookstore, Amazon, Bookpool
Student Resources from Addison Wesley and book errata.


Sample Book Chapters from the authors' Web Site:

• Chapter 0 (Version 4, August 27, 2002)
• Chapter 1 (Version 4c, 8-29-02)
• Chapter 2 (Version 7, 8-29-02)
• Chapter 3 ( Version 3, 10-20-02)
• Chapter 10 ( Version 1, 1-17-03)