Course meets MWF 3:10-4:25pm and Tu 3:10-5:40pm in Sci III 315 A study of computer networks focusing on the TCP/IP Internet protocols and covering the four layers: physical, data link, network, and transport, in detail. The lectures will focus extensively on the theory of networking and the details of several popular protocols. This course also includes a weekly laboratory which covers network utilities and network programming. More course information can be found at the official department course description webpage: http://www.cs.csub.edu/newsite/CS/CourseDescription/376_Description_v1.htm CMPS 223 with a grade of C- or better You may use either the 4th or 5th edition of the textbook. The 5th edition has information on newer networking protocols (802.11n, 10GB Ethernet, etc)

4th edition: Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-066102-3.

5th edition: Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum and David Wetherall, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13 978-0-13-212695-3.

The direct link to the course on Moodle is http://moodle.cs.csubak.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=49 (opens a new tab/window).