David J. Eck . Room Eaton 105. This Course It is hardly necessary to explain the importance of computer networking.
Computer networks are very complex systems, with many levels of organization.
It is certainly not possible to learn everything in one term. The key to dealing with this complexity is to learn the basic ideas and fundamental theory of computer networking. I hope that the course will make that possible, while at the same time covering a lot of practical material. The textbook for this course is Computer Networking and Internets, by Douglas Comer. I will ask you to read about half of the chapters in the text, not necessarily in the order in which they occur in the book.