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Here are the comprehensive notes and audio lectures for an excellent computer networking course from the University of Hawaii.

By studying the notes and listening to the audio lectures of this networking course you will:
* improve your understanding about computer networking, focusing on the fundamental design principles of computer networks and protocols.
* study networks of practical importance, including the Internet, TCP/IP, ATM, Ethernet and wireless.
* learn to understand and design network protocols.
* write significant network programs.

Computer Networking Course Notes and Audio Lectures:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/index.html


1: Overall Networking Concepts and Programming:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/notes1.html

SLIP, Internet naming and addressing. DNS and requirements
for a DNS implementation.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050119.mp3


2: Internet Protocol. Routing. Protocol Implementation:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2003spring.ics651/notes2.html

The IP header. Packet forwarding, routing, and local configuration.
IP address structure, CIDR.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050124.mp3

Routing: Distance-Vector, Link-State. ICMP.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050131.mp3

Routing: Link-state, RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS. ICMP.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050202.mp3

Routing implementation: specific protocols, layering,
upcalls, device drivers. Network Adapters.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050207.mp3

IP version 6, Path MTU discovery, Internet checksum.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050209.mp3

Layering, architecture, network devices and drivers.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050214.mp3


3: Transport layer, Transmission Control Protocol, Error
Detection and Retransmission, Flow and Congestion Control:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/notes3.html

Path MTU discovery, Internet checksum. TCP connection management:
establishment, close, reset. ATM connection setup.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050216.mp3

Reliable Transmission. Sliding windows for Flow Control.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050223.mp3

Nagle algorightm, Bandwidth-Delay product, TCP streams and push,
TCP header, tcpdump.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050228.mp3

Error detection, Checksum, CRC, UDP, Demultiplexing, Protocol
implementation.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050302.mp3

Congestion control: TCP Reno, TCP Vegas, other ways (including
router intervention) of detecting and addressing congestion.
Queueing disciplines and fairness.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050307.mp3

Packet scheduling, FIFO queueing, Fair queueing, TCP Review.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050309.mp3


4: Broadcast Networks in the Data-Link Layer: Lower layer,
Wireless, Ethernet, Learning Bridges, Switches:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/notes4.html

Wireless Communications, Aloha, 802.11, wireless ad-hoc
networks, wireless sensor networks.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050316.mp3

Wireless sensor networks, Carrier Sense Multiple Access,
Frame Format, Ethernet address, Address Resolution Protocol,
Collision Detection and Random Binary Backoff.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050328.mp3

Ethernet, ARP, Ethernet NICs, hubs, switches, learning bridges.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050330.mp3

Learning Bridge, Frame Switching, Ethernet Network Design
Criteria, IP and Ethernet network management.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050404.mp3


5. Public Networks, ATM, Connection-Oriented Networking, Frame Relay:
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/notes5.html

IP and Ethernet network management (continued), Circuit switched
voice service, Historical Background, Digital Voice Signal,
Voice over IP, Hierarchical Routing, Error Handling.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050406.mp3

Regulatory Environment, ISDN, (A)DSL, ATM design principles,
Virtual circuits, Comparison to POTS, Comparison to IP, Virtual
LANs (VLANs), ATMARP, ATM signaling protocol.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050411.mp3

ATM multicast, Virtual LANs (VLANs), ATMARP, ATM signaling
protocol, ATM QoS, ATM AAL-5.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050413.mp3

ATM QoS, ATM AAL-5, SONET, Frame Relay and HDLC:
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050418.mp3


6: Summary of Protocol Design: Basic Issues, Performance,
Network Architecture, Security, Encoding, Compression.
www2.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/2005spring.ics651/notes6.html

Basic issues: SONET, price/performance, reliability, uptime,
portability, real-time, reachability.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050420.mp3

Portability, Interoperability, Reachability, Real-time operation,
Latency, Throughput, Internet performance, High speed networks.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050425.mp3

Network Architectures. OSI, TCP/IP, ATM. Encoding, compression.
Multimedia. Security: encryption, authentication.
Secret and public key encryption and key management.
itchy.ics.hawaii.edu/~esb/20050427.mp3

Review of the entire course.
* transport layer, TCP, reliable transmission, flow and congestion control
* lower layers, including wireless and Aloha, Ethernet, learning bridges, switches
* ATM and public networks
* basic issues

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