Fall 2008 NAD710 Weekly Schedule

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The tentative weekly schedule shown here is subject to change.

Week 1 (Sept 1) - Intro to Networking / IP Network Basics

Lecture

  • Program Introduction - by Prof. John Selmys
  • Course Introduction - by Prof. Raymond Chan
    • Lectures and Labs
  • Introduction to Networking
    • Network Types
    • Network Models
      • OSI Reference Model
      • TCP/IP Network Model
  • IP Networking Basics
    • The Client-Server Model
    • Request for Comment
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • The Internet, TCP/IP, and other protocol stacks

Lab 1

Discover Linux system information and network settings

Week 2 (Sept 8) - Manual network configuration

Lecture

  • Network drivers and loadable kernel modules
  • Identify the network device name - ifconfig/ip
  • IP Address, Broadcast Address and Network Mask
  • IP Address Class
  • Private IP address space
  • Network Communication by Name - /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf
  • Configure Network Name services - nsswitch.conf (Name Service Switch configuration)
  • Connect to hosts on a network other than your own
  • Connect to hosts on different networks with specific routes/gateways
  • Connect to the Internet - Default Gateway
  • Using DNS servers: how and why
  • Display the kernel's address resolution table
  • Check the network connectivity to other machines
  • Show active sockets, interfaces, and routing information
  • Display kernel routing table

Lab 2

Lab 2107 Settings

Manual Network configuration and Network Traffic Monitoring

Week 3 (Sept 15) - Sysconfig network configuration

Week 4 (Sept 22) - NetworkManager

Week 5 (Sept 29) - Nameserver configuration

Week 6 (Oct 6) - NFS I

Week 7 (Oct 13) - NFS II

FSOSS and Break Week (Oct 20)

Week 8 (Oct 27) - Samba I

Week 9 (Nov 3) - Samba II

Week 10 (Nov 10) - Routing Protocols

Week 11 (Nov 17) - IPv6 and the Future of Networking

Week 12 (Nov 24) - Project presentations

Week 13 (Dec 1) - Exam review

Exam Week (Dec 8)