2. 1 NETS2150/2850 Fundamentals of Networking Dr Björn Landfeldt G6A, Madsen Building F09 bjornl@it.usyd.edu.au www.ug.it.usyd.edu.au/~nets2150

3. 2 Overview  The teaching team  How am I going to grade you?  When are you going to do it?  What are we going to cover?  Why you should not take this course?

4. 3 Classes  1 two-hours lectures  1 hour tutorial (starts in Week 2)  1 hour lab (starts in Week 3)

5. 4 The Teaching Team RoomEmail Dr Björn Landfeldt (coordinator) G6Abjornl@it.usyd.edu.au Dr Jahan HassanG26jahan@it.usyd.edu.au Tutors- -

6. 5 Grading  Major Assignment20%  Take-home quiz20%  Final exam60%  40% rule applies to final exam, overall 50% to pass

7. 6 Late Policy  Any late submission will be rejected and given zero mark (unless otherwise stated)  Under very special circumstances, you may be eligible for Special Consideration –Apply through faculty –Need to submit work with your application for consideration

8. 7 Textbook  Data and Computer Communications, 2003 7th edition,William Stallings, Pearson-Prentice Hall  Recommended Book:  Data Communications and Networking, 2004 3rd Edition, B. A. Forouzan, McGraw-Hill

9. 8 Prerequisites & Assumed Knowledge  Good programming and problem solving skills of SOFT1001 is required  High-school mathematics (especially algebra) necessary

10. 9 Tentative Lesson Schedule Data Communications and Networking Overview (B) 1 Protocol Architecture (B)1 Data Transmission (B)2 Guided and Wireless Transmission (B) 3 Signal Encoding (B)4 Data Link Control (B)5 Local Area Network Overview (B/J) 6-7

11. 10 Tentative Lesson Schedule (cont.) High-Speed LANs (J/B)8-9 Circuit Switching and Packet Switching (J) 10 Routing (J)11 Internetwork Protocols (J)12 Transport and Management Protocols (J) 13 Note: (K) – Bjorn (J) – Jahan

12. 11 What Is This Unit About?  This is a course on Networking Architecture  This is not a course on network building or usage  You will be able to understand protocols  You will learn about networking concepts that will help you understand networking jargon: –TCP/IP and OSI Models –Flow Control –Error Control –Baud, Hertz, and Bits/sec –Algorithms for determining packet routes  This is the first course on networking.  Sets foundation for NETS3303 (now NETS3007)

13. 12 Why You Shouldn’t take this unit?  You aren’t ready for the hard work  You don’t have the background  You are not ready to take the initiative –Only key concepts will be covered in the class. –Students are expected to read the rest from the text.  This does not cover what you want

14. 13 Summary  There will be a lot of self-reading and research  Goal: To prepare you for a career in networking  Get ready to work hard!