Prerequisite: CSE 131 (Computer Science I) or permission of the instructor (Note: CSE 241 as indicated in the course catalog is not required.)
Textbook: J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, "Computer Networks: A Top-Down Approach," 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009, ISBN: 0136079679.
Instructor: Prof. Raj Jain, jain@cse.wustl.edu, Office: Bryan 523, Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 11:00AM-12:00noon (By appointment)
| Teaching Assistants: | Name | Room | Office Hours | |
| Minjie Zheng | Bryan 516 | mzheng22@wustl.edu | Thursday/Saturday 1-2:30PM (by appointment) | |
| Bangxi (Brandon) Yu | Bryan 516 | bangxiyu@wustl.edu | Friday/Sunday 1:30-2:30PM (by appointment) | |
| Daniel McCown | Bryan 516 | dpm3@cec.wustl.edu | By Appointment |
Location: The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays at 2:30PM to 4:00PM in Lopata Room 101.
All questions about ONL Labs shoule be directred to Daniel McCown.
All question about the homeworks and mid-term exams 1 and 2 grading should be directed to Bangxi Yu and Minjie Zheng.
Audio/Video recordings of lectures from the last offering of this course are available on-line.
| Class | Day | Date | Topic | Chapter |
| 1 | Wednesday | 8/31/2011 | Course Overview | |
| Internet: Core and Edge, History (Part 1) | 1 | |||
| Monday | 9/5/2011 | Labor Day Holiday | ||
| 2 | Wednesday | 9/7/2011 | Internet: Core and Edge, History (Part 2) | 1 |
| 3 | Monday | 9/12/2011 | Internet: Core and Edge, History (Part 3) | 1 |
| 4 | Wednesday | 9/14/2011 | Application Layer (Part 1): HTTP, FTP | 2 |
| 5 | Monday | 9/19/2011 | Application Layer (Part 2): SMTP, DNS | 2 |
| 6 | Wednesday | 9/21/2011 | Application Layer (Part 3): P2P | 2 |
| Transport Layer (Part 1): Design Issues | 3 | |||
| 7 | Monday | 9/26/2011 | Transport Layer (Part 2): TCP | 3 |
| 8 | Wednesday | 9/28/2011 | Transport Layer (Part 3): UDP | 3 |
| 9 | Monday | 10/3/2011 | Mid-Term Exam 1 | |
| 10 | Wednesday | 10/5/2011 | Exam 1 Review | 3 |
| 11 | Monday | 10/10/2011 | Transport Layer (Part 4): TCP Congestion Control | 3 |
| 12 | Wednesday | 10/12/2011 | Network Layer (Part 1):IP4 | 4 |
| 13 | Monday | 10/17/2011 | Network Layer (Part 2): ICMP, IPv6 | 4 |
| 14 | Wednesday | 10/19/2011 | Network Layer (Part 3): Routing Algorithms | 4 |
| 15 | Monday | 10/24/2011 | Intro to Open Networking Lab | Lab 1 Description | lab1.exp (right click and save target/link as) | - |
| 16 | Wednesday | 10/26/2011 | Network Layer (Part 4): Routing Algorithms (Cont) | 4 |
| 17 | Monday | 10/31/2011 | Network Layer (Part 5): Internet Routing Protocols: OSPF, RIP, BGP | 4 |
| The Link Layer and LANs (Part 1): Link Layer Functions | 5 | |||
| 18 | Wednesday | 11/2/2011 | The Link Layer and LANs (Part 2): CSMA/CD | 5 |
| 19 | Monday | 11/7/2011 | Mid-Term Exam 2 | |
| 20 | Wednesday | 11/9/2011 | Exam 2 Review | |
| The Link Layer and LANs (Part 3): Ethernet | 5 | |||
| Lab 2 Description, lab2.exp (right click and save target/link as) | ||||
| 21 | Monday | 11/14/2011 | The Link Layer and LANs (Part 4): VLANs | 5 |
| Lab 3 Description | lab3udp.exp | lab3tcp.exp (right click and save link/target as) | ||||
| 22 | Wednesday | 11/16/2011 | The Link Layer and LANs (Part 5): PPP and MPLS | 5 |
| Wireless and Mobile Networks (Part 1): CDMA | 6 | |||
| 23 | Monday | 11/21/2011 | Wireless and Mobile Networks (Part 2): WiFi | 6 |
| Multimedia Networking | 7 | |||
| Wednesday | 11/23/2011 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| 24 | Monday | 11/28/2011 | Security in Computer Networks:Cryptography | 8 |
| 25 | Wednesday | 11/30/2011 | Network Management | 9 |
| 26 | Monday | 12/5/2011 | No Class | |
| 27 | Wednesday | 12/7/2011 | Final Exam |
| Mid-Term Exams (Best of 2) | 30% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
| Class participation | 5% |
| Homeworks | 20% |
| Labs | 15% |