IST 220 - Data Communications

Schedule - Fall 2008

Dates Material Reading Assignment

8/25,27 Networking Standards & OSI Ch. 1, 2

8/25, 9/3 Signaling Ch. 5, 6

9/5,8 Communications Media Ch. 7

9/10,12,15 Transmission Modes and Errors Ch. 8, 9

9/17,19,22 Communications Equipment Ch. 10, 11

9/24,26,29, 10/1 LANs Ch. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

10/3,6,8,10 WANs Ch. 12, 18, 19

10/13 ** Mid-Term Exam **

10/17,20,22,24,27 IP Ch. 20,21,22

10/29,31, 11/5,7 UDP / TCP Ch. 25, 26

11/10,12,14,17,19 Sockets Programming Ch. 3

11/21,24, 12/1,3 ARP / ICMP / DHCP / NAT Ch. 23

12/5 Application Protocols Ch. 4

12/8,10 Network Security Ch. 30

** FINAL EXAM **

Textbook: Computer Networks and Internets, Fifth Edition

Douglas Comer