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

2. CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Reading Assignment Be sure to look in the wiki for reading assignments before each class. Note the boldface words in the text. These are important! Expect to see them again on the chapter tests.

3. CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Networking Devices What hardware do we deal with in this class? What did we see at Taylor yesterday?

4. CIS 235: Networks Fall, 2007 Western State College Networking “Gizmos” Transport: wires, wireless, fiber (these all have a range and a speed) Security: firewalls, encryption devices Message forwarding: routers / switches (these have a throughput capacity) Sharing / policy: packet shapers Protocol adapters: hardware or software that implements network protocols Monitoring / diagnostic devices