This pages lists ideas about the various course topics that an introductory networking course might cover. Note that the order is not meant to imply any order with respect to teaching. In addition, the number and type topics is not meant to be any sort of final list.

• The Networking API
  • zeromq
• Making something reliable
  • timeouts
  • recovery mechanisms
  • protocol levels where this could be done
    • TCP/IP
    • Application level
• Ordering
  • Bare wire
  • Reordering
  • Role/use of UDP
  • How is ordering achieved,
• Internet Structure
  • IPv6
  • network of networks
  • DNS
  • ping
  • traceroute
  • wireshark
  • ARP/MAC addresses
• Naming/Discovery
• Stream vs Messages
• P2P