CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Welcome to CIS 235 Computer Networks Fall, 2007 Prof Peterson

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Schedule Test at the end of each chapter + comprehensive final Homework due every Friday

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Text Kurose and Ross, 4 th EDITION! BUY IT!! We will start using the text on Wednesday.

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Wiki You need to have a home page for all your CIS classes from me. Link this to a page for 235 assignments – we’ll do some of our homework in the wiki. Homework will be a little of everything: Short papers done in the wiki Brief presentations Problems to solve Programs

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Preparation There will be reading assignments for many classes. If you don’t do the reading I’ll be knocking points off your homework for the week. There is a reading assignment for Wednesday. Always look in the wiki for reading / homework / slides

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Friday On Friday we’ll be getting a tour of the campus network infrastructure and hear about the “real world” networking environment at Western. Come prepared to ask questions and interact with Mike Thrift.

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Wednesday Read a “Brief History of the Internet” Spend some time looking up words you don’t know!

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Preliminaries This week we’ll cover some background that isn’t directly in the text. This will be part of the chapter 1 test. You need to know basic math: powers of 2, unit conversion, calculations involving rates, distance, and size. We’ll spend some time talking about Finite State Machines – these are what network protocols are built on.

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Getting Started What networks existed before the Internet?

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Getting Started What networks existed before the Internet? * “Social” networks * Postal service * Newspapers * Telegraph * Phone system * Broadcast / Cable TV

CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Why Are Networks Important? Would you buy a computer that couldn’t connect to the Internet? * Communication / Interaction * Collaboration * Remote presence * Business processes * Games (note that newer game machines all have networking!)