Class 14-Delay HW Review, Transport Layer

Delay HW Review, UDP, Reliable delivery principles.

Class 13-Transport Layer Overview

Multiplexing, port numbers, available transport-layer services.

Class 12-DNS Lab

Using nslookup, DNS record types and queries.

Class 11-DNS Overview

Domain Name System concepts

Class 10-Email Protocols

E-mail systems and protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP. HTTP front-ends to e-mail systems. Message formats and base64 encoding.

Class 9-HTTP Wrap Up, E-Mail Intro

HTTP cookies, caching, proxy servers. E-Mail system components and processing overview.

Class 8-HTTP Lab Part 2

HTTP Conditional GET, retrieving large objects, embedded objects, authentication.

Class 7-HTTP Lab Part 1

Introduction to WireShark, packet captures, filters. Simple HTTP request/response analysis.

Class 6-HTTP

Overview of HTTP request and response messages.

Class 5-Application Layer Concepts

Introduction to the Application Layer. Client-server and peer-to-peer architectures. Transport layer services.

Class 4-Circuit Switching, Packet Switching, Delay

Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching. Frequency Division Multiplexing and Time Division Multiplexing. Delay components and calculations.

Class 3-Transport, Physical Media

Transport layer protocols (TCP & UDP), Guided/Unguided Media, Digression on electromagnetic interference, Circuit switching.