News
11/9/2006: No class today. Check for PA 3 on the "work" link.
11/7/2006: HW 3 due in class.
10/31/2006: PA 2 due by midnight tonight.
Overview
In this course, we will discuss the principles and practice of
networking. The focus will be on protocols, implementations, and
issues specific to the Internet. Coursework would involved problem
sets, experiments, programming assignments and optional readings. The
goal is for students to learn how to write network applications and
also gain a thorough understanding of network internals.
Here are some useful bits of information about the class:
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Location & times:
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1325 Computer Science and Statistics
T/R 11:00am
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Personnel & Office Hours:
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Class Mailing List:
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The class mailing list is
compsci640-1-f06@lists.wisc.edu.
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Required textbook:
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Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie,
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach. 3rd Edition,
Morgan-Kaufmann, ISBN: 1-55860-832-X.
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Recommended textbooks:
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1. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross,
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet (3/e)
, Addison Wesley, 2007, ISBN: 0321227352.
2. W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network
Programming, Volume 1: Networking APIs - Sockets and XTI, Prentice
Hall, 1998, ISBN: 0-13-490012-X.
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Grading Split:
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Programming assignments -- 40%, Homeworks -- 15%, Midterm-I -- 20%, Midterm-II -- 25%
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