Difference: DonaldsTopicLevelLearningGoals (2 vs. 3)

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-- DonaldActon - 23 Mar 2011
  1. The two parts of networking
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  1. Congestion in a circuit switched scenario
  2. Role of network layer
  3. information in IP header used to perform network layer functions
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  1. routes and forwarding in routers
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    • protocol type
    • length
  1. ICMP - what is is used for (especially in traceroute)
  2. IPv6 and how it differs from IPv4
  3. Strategy to transition from IPv4 to 6
 
  1. how packets are routed in a virtual circuit switched network
    • role of virtual circuit ID
  2. longest prefix matching and forwarding tables
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  1. router architectures compare and contrast
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  1. router architectures, compare and contrast
  2. IP addresses, subnetting, and CIDR
  3. DHCP - what it does, why it is useful
  4. IP address assignment from ICANN
  5. How NAT works - issues and problems
  6. Why NAT is used
  7. Routing and mapping to graphs
  8. Dijkstra's routing algorithm and how it is implemented
  9. Dijkstra's algorithm and oscillations
  10. Bellman-Ford distance vector and how it is implemented
  11. Bellman-Ford - count to infinity issue
  12. Hierarchical routing
  13. Autonomous systems
  14. Intra AS routing and protocols
  15. Inter AS routing and protocols
  16. RIP and OSPF
  17. BGP
  18. BGP route selection and how policies are achieved
  19. link layer - Ethernet frame and
  20. possible link layer services (flow, error detection/correction half/full duplex)
  21. role of parity, checksums CRC
  22. Channel access protocols * TDMA * FDMA * random access protocols * ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA/CD * taking turns (token passing, polling
  23. Ethernet header
  24. ARP's role and functioning
  25. All the steps, protocols used etc when a packet is sent/routed from one node to another
  26. Hardware * hubs * switches * routers * how they all fit together * time to live * fragmentation
  27. routes and forwarding in routers

 

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