CIS 620 Schedule

Spring 2008, 3:00 - 3:50 pm, MWF

(subject to adjustments during semester)

Last Updated: 2008 May 5

Week

Week Starting (Mo)

Topic

Readings

Due (tentative)

1 Jan 21 Monday: NO CLASS TODAY: MLK Holiday    
    Syllabus, Intro, Basic OS Concepts Syllabus, PP, N 1-4 F: HW Background
         
2 28 Number Systems PP, Two'sComplement  
         
3 Feb 4 Network Systems, OSI & TCP/IP models PP, N 4-5 F: HW Numb
         
4 11 Internet Addressing (Examples: CoB, Routing, Address Resolution) Subnetting Made Easy (PDF), Ports and Sockets PP, N 8  
    Friday: Test 1 (through OSI)   F: Test 1
         
5 18 Internet Addressing (cont.)    
    Virtual environments (VMWare, etc.), Linux installation PP  
         
6 25 M-F: PRESENTATIONS Presenter Schedule
M slides: 1, 2, 3
W slides: 4, 5, 6
F slides: 7, 8, 9
F: HW Addr
         
7 Mar 3 M-F: PRESENTATIONS Presenter Schedule
M slides: 10, 11, 12
W slides: 13, 14, 15
F slides: 16, 17
M: HW Linux1
         
8 10 Linux - admin basics (SSH, Port Forwarding, Security, Application Installation, Samba) PP, N 18 W: HW Win1, Logbook
         
9 17 NO CLASSES THIS WEEK - Spring Break    
         
10 24 Monday: Last Day for regular Course Withdraw   F: HW Wireless
    Windows (DC/AD) PP  
    Linux - admin basics (cont)    
         
11 31 Linux - admin basics (cont)   M: HW Win2
         
12 Apr 7 Linux - admin basics (cont)   M: HW Addr (makeup)
         
13 14 Monday: Test 2 (Internet Addressing through Transmission)   M: HW Linux 2, my public key
M: Test 2
    Security - Encryption, example calculations PP, N 18, IEEE_Spectrum (Quantum Encryption article1 & article2)  
         
14 21 Trans Media & NICS (slides1, slides2), Topology, Hubs, Switches PP, N 9-10, crossover-cable, wiring-details, fiber1, fiber2  
    Transmission, Shannon's Law PP, N 15  
         
15 28 Data Comm Fundamentals (A/D, Encoding) PP, N 16 M: Paper
F: HW Encrypt
         
16 May 5 Data Link, CRC (Grid) PP, N 17 F: HW CRC
         
17 14 (We) Final Exam (9:10am - 11:10pm, Fundamentals through Efficiency)   W: Test 3
         

 Reading Codes: 

      PP = PowerPoint  Slides

      N = Chapters in Networking textbook by Stallings and corresponding PowerPoint slides

      TBA = To Be Arranged

All readings should be completed before class on the date shown