The Reading List makes references to draft chapters by the authors (click here) and to a freely available book on TCP/IP protocols ("IBM Redbook" (PDF)).
| Topic | Reading |
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| Overview of Labs | PPT | -- |
| TCP/IP Networking: An Example | PPT | Chapter 0:Liebeherr: Chapter 0 |
| Review of Important Networking Concepts | PPT | Chapter 0:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| IP addresses | PPT | Chapter 0:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| Data Link Protocols | PPT | Chapter 2:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) | PPT | Chapter 2:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| IP Protocol (IP) | PPT | Chapter 2:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| ICMP | PPT | Chapter 2:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| IP Forwarding | PPT | Chapter 3:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| The Internet | PPT | Chapter 0:Liebeherr/El Zarki |
| Router Architecture | PPT | Chapter 3:Liebeherr/El Zarki: Chapter 3 |
| Dynamic Routing Protocols: RIP | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 4.3, 4.4 |
| Dynamic Routing Protocols: OSPF | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 4.6 |
| Interdomain Routing Protocols: BGP< | PPT | |
| Transport Protocols and UDP | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 5.1-5.2 |
| TCP I (Connection Management) | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 5.3 |
| TCP II (Flow, Error, and Congestion Control) | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 5 |
| LAN switching | PPT | Textbook: Page 217, Intro to Part 3 (Page 228), Intro to Part 4 (Page 230), Intro to Part 5 (Page 233), Description of spanning tree protocol in Exercise 5(c) (Pages 236-238) |
| NAT | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 21.4 |
| DHCP | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 3.5-3.7 |
| Domain Name System | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 8.1-8.2 |
| Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) | PPT | IBM Redbook, Chapter 15 |
| IP Multicasting | PPT | Chapter 10:Liebeherr/El Zarki. |