An Introduction to Computer Networks

by Peter Lars Dordal

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This text is a free and open general-purpose computer-networking textbook, complete with diagrams and exercises.It covers the LAN, internetworking and transport layers, focusing primarily on TCP/IP. Particular attention is paid to congestion; other special topics include queuing, real-time traffic, network management, security and the ns simulator.

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Publisher
Loyola University of Chicago
Subjects
Engineering, Computer Science
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Preface
  3. TitlePage
  4. InfoPage
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: An Overview of Networks
  8. Front Matter
  9. TitlePage
  10. InfoPage
  11. 1.1: Layers
  12. 1.2: Data Rate, Throughput and Bandwidth
  13. 1.3: Packets
  14. 1.4: Datagram Forwarding
  15. 1.5: Topology
  16. 1.6: Routing Loops
  17. 1.7: Congestion
  18. 1.8: Packets Again
  19. 1.9: LANs and Ethernet
  20. 1.10: IP - Internet Protocol
  21. 1.11: DNS
  22. 1.12: Transport
  23. 1.13: Firewalls
  24. 1.14: Some Useful Utilities
  25. 1.15: IETF and OSI
  26. 1.16: Berkeley Unix
  27. 1.E: An Overview of Networks (Exercises)
  28. Back Matter
  29. Index
  30. 2: Ethernet
  31. Front Matter
  32. TitlePage
  33. InfoPage
  34. 2.1: Prelude to Ethernet
  35. 2.2: 10-Mbps Classic Ethernet
  36. 2.3: 100 Mbps (Fast) Ethernet
  37. 2.4: Gigabit Ethernet
  38. 2.5: Ethernet Switches
  39. 2.6: Spanning Tree Algorithm and Redundancy
  40. 2.7: Virtual LAN (VLAN)
  41. 2.8: TRILL and SPB
  42. 2.9: Software-Defined Networking
  43. 2.E: Ethernet (Exercises)
  44. Back Matter
  45. Index
  46. 3: Other LANs
  47. Front Matter
  48. TitlePage
  49. InfoPage
  50. 3.1: Virtual Private Networks
  51. 3.2: Carrier Ethernet
  52. 3.3: Token Ring
  53. 3.4: Virtual Circuits
  54. 3.5: Asynchronous Transfer Mode - ATM
  55. 3.6: Adventures in Radioland
  56. 3.7: Wi-Fi
  57. 3.8: WiMAX and LTE
  58. 3.9: Fixed Wireless
  59. 3.10: Epilog and Exercises
  60. Back Matter
  61. Index
  62. 4: Links
  63. Front Matter
  64. TitlePage
  65. InfoPage
  66. 4.1: Encoding and Framing
  67. 4.2: Time-Division Multiplexing
  68. 4.E: Links (Exercises)
  69. Back Matter
  70. Index
  71. 5: Packets
  72. 6: Abstract Sliding Windows
  73. Front Matter
  74. TitlePage
  75. InfoPage
  76. 6.1: Building Reliable Transport - Stop-and-Wait
  77. 6.2: Sliding Windows
  78. 6.3: Linear Bottlenecks
  79. 6.4: Epilog and Exercises
  80. Back Matter
  81. Index
  82. 7: IP version 4
  83. Front Matter
  84. TitlePage
  85. InfoPage
  86. 7.1: Prelude to IP version 4
  87. 7.2: The IPv4 Header
  88. 7.3: Interfaces
  89. 7.4: Special Addresses
  90. 7.5: Fragmentation
  91. 7.6: The Classless IP Delivery Algorithm
  92. 7.7: IPv4 Subnets
  93. 7.8: Network Address Translation
  94. 7.9: DNS
  95. 7.10: Address Resolution Protocol - ARP
  96. 7.11: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
  97. 7.12: Internet Control Message Protocol
  98. 7.13: Unnumbered Interfaces
  99. 7.14: Mobile IP
  100. 7.15: Epilog and Exercises
  101. Back Matter
  102. Index
  103. 8: IP version 6
  104. Front Matter
  105. TitlePage
  106. InfoPage
  107. 8.1: Prelude to IP version 6
  108. 8.2: The IPv6 Header
  109. 8.3: IPv6 Addresses
  110. 8.4: Network Prefixes
  111. 8.5: IPv6 Multicast
  112. 8.6: IPv6 Extension Headers
  113. 8.7: Neighbor Discovery
  114. 8.8: IPv6 Host Address Assignment
  115. 8.9: Globally Exposed Addresses
  116. 8.10: ICMPv6
  117. 8.11: IPv6 Subnets
  118. 8.12: Using IPv6 and IPv4 Together
  119. 8.13: IPv6 Examples Without a Router
  120. 8.14: IPv6 Connectivity via Tunneling
  121. 8.15: IPv6-to-IPv4 Connectivity
  122. 8.16: Epilog and Exercises
  123. Back Matter
  124. Index
  125. 9: Routing-Update Algorithms
  126. Front Matter
  127. TitlePage
  128. InfoPage
  129. 9.1: Prelude to Routing-Update Algorithms
  130. 9.2: Distance-Vector Routing-Update Algorithm
  131. 9.3: Distance-Vector Slow-Convergence Problem
  132. 9.4: Observations on Minimizing Route Cost
  133. 9.5: Loop-Free Distance Vector Algorithms
  134. 9.6: Link-State Routing-Update Algorithm
  135. 9.7: Routing on Other Attributes
  136. 9.8: ECMP
  137. 9.9: Epilog and Exercises
  138. Back Matter
  139. Index
  140. 10: Large-Scale IP Routing
  141. Front Matter
  142. TitlePage
  143. InfoPage
  144. 10.1: Classless Internet Domain Routing - CIDR
  145. 10.2: Hierarchical Routing
  146. 10.3: Legacy Routing
  147. 10.4: Provider-Based Routing
  148. 10.5: Geographical Routing
  149. 10.6: Border Gateway Protocol, BGP
  150. 10.7: Epilog and Exercises
  151. Back Matter
  152. Index
  153. 11: UDP Transport
  154. 12: TCP Transport
  155. 13: TCP Reno and Congestion Management
  156. 14: Dynamics of TCP
  157. 15: Newer TCP Implementations
  158. 16: Network Simulations - ns-2
  159. 17: The ns-3 Network Simulator
  160. 18: Mininet
  161. 19: Queuing and Scheduling
  162. 20: Quality of Service
  163. 21: Network Management and SNMP
  164. 22: Security
  165. 23: Selected Solutions
  166. Back Matter
  167. Bibliography
  168. Index
  169. Index
  170. Glossary
  171. Detailed Licensing