Computer Networking

What you’ll study

Network architectures — layered architectures; the ISO reference model — data-link protocols, error control, HDLC, X.25, flow and congestion control, the virtual terminal protocol, data security and MAC addressing; local area networks, satellite networks and packet-radio networks; introduction to ARPANET, SNA and DECNET; networking devices — hub, switch, bridge and router; LAN, wireless LAN, WAN and MAN; the IEEE 802 standards; FDDI; routing algorithms; congestion control; internetworking; firewalls; IPv4, IPv6, ARP, RARP and mobile IP; IP addressing; the network layer of ATM; transport protocols — the transmission control protocol, connection management, transmission policy, congestion control, timer management, TCP and UDP; cellular networks; network security — cryptography, DES, IDEA, public-key algorithms, authentication and digital signatures; gigabit Ethernet; the domain name system and name servers; email and its privacy; SNMP; HTTP; the World Wide Web; FTP; proxy servers.