Course
Outline
This
course is a
lab. The goal of the course is to reinforce some of the networking
concepts that
were taught in any introductory networking course. The lab is
structured around exercises that highlight
topics such as addressing, subnetting, bridging, ARP, routing (RIP,
OSPF), TCP,
ICMP, etc. The course consists of 8 weeks of labs. Every week a series
of
exercises are required to be completed. Lab reports are used to
evaluate the
students’ understanding of the material and document the exercises.
Students are required to review introductory networking material for
each lab. An accompanying
text will used and for each exercise the relevant chapters will be
given.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Networking
Course (a strict requirement!)
Text: Mastering
Networks: An Internet Lab Manual, Jorg Liebeherr and Magda El Zarki,
Publ. Addison Wesley
Class Notes:
Available on the web (see below)
Class
Time:
Tuesday: 10:00am – 12:50am
Class
Room:
CS 243
Lab
Room: CS
364
TA Email: pand@uci.edu
TA Lab Hours:
My
coordinates:
DB 3216,
elzarki@uci.edu
My
office
hours:
Monday
1pm - 2pm
Course Requirements: Weekly lab reports (includes pre-lab questionnaire) to be handed in by 3pm on designated date (50% of grade). Midterm and Final Quizzes (20% and 30% respectively of grade).
Course Schedule