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23 January 2020

preps | networks | internetworks



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Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-03
  1. 09 Jan intro and clients | lecture | labs
  2. 16 Jan servers and command line | lecture | labs
  3. 23 Jan networks and protocols | lecture | labs
Web Development | sessions 04-07

  1. 30 Jan structural layer | lecture | labs
  2. 06 Feb presentational layer | lecture | labs
  3. 13 Feb using a structure | lecture | labs
  4. 20 Feb behavioral layer | lecture | labs
Document Markup | sessions 08-09
  1. 27 Feb control objects and display | lecture | labs
  2. 05 Mar tools that read markup | lecture | labs
Working with Data | sessions 10-13
  1.  26 Mar  formulas, functions, vectors | lecture | labs
  2.  02 Apr  data display | lecture | labs
  3.  09 Apr  manipulate data sets | lecture | labs
  4.  16 Apr  relational data bases | lecture | labs
Presentation | session 14
  1. 16 Apr designing a presentation | lecture | labs
  2.  23 Apr  designing and delivering a presentation | lecture | labs


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Preparations for Networks and Protocols session

on Local Area Networks

read these sections of How Ethernet Works by Nick Pidgeon in How Stuff Works (they are short, so you can read more if you wish)

  1. Introduction to How Ethernet Works
  2. Why Network?
  3. Local Area vs. Wide Area
  4. The Ethernet
  5. Ethernet Basics
  6. Ethernet Terminology
  7. Ethernet Medium

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on The Internet, a network of networks

First watch this TED talk about the physical part of the Internet

Then read these sections of How Internet Infrastructure Works by Jeff Tyson in How Stuff Works [they are short]

  1. Introduction to How Internet Infrastructure Works
  2. A Hierarchy of Networks
  3. A Network Example
  4. Bridging The Divide
  5. Backbones
  6. Internet Protocol: IP Addresses
  7. Internet Protocol: Domain Name System
  8. Uniform Resource Locators
  9. A DNS Example
  10. Clients and Servers
  11. Ports

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23 January Lecture | preps | networks | internetworks