Marlboro College Graduate Center. MSIE Program. Fall Trimester 2001.
Instructor: Mark Francillon
Required text: Douglas Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP. Volume I. 4th edition. Prentice-Hall. 2000. 0-13-018380-6. [There's a short list of errata at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/tcpip1.errata.html that you might want to print out]
Course description: This course, the first of a two-trimester sequence, provides an overview of the operation of TCP/IP-based internetworking technologies in the current Internet. It is designed as a vehicle for developing a solid understanding of the whole TCP/IP protocol stack. We'll begin by looking at the general connectivity services provided by the IP, TCP, and UDP protocols; consider some recent developments and proposals that aim at strengthening the TCP/IP infrastructure; and then examine various applications built on that infrastructure, concentrating on web- and multimedia-related issues. Course work will consist of written exercises and machine configuration.