Hands-on networking with Internet technologies
By: Douglas E. Comer ; Web site by W. David Laverell.
Contributors: Laverell, W. David.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Computer networks.; Internetworking (Telecommunication)
Description: From single-computer applications to advanced network systems engineering, a broad spectrum of hands-on experiments addresses a variety of difficulty levels and guides the user to a deeper comprehension of the functionality and subtleties of computer networks and Internet technologies.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: I: A single computer; title: Hardware and software on a single computer; title: Experiments using application programs; title: II: Network programming on a set of shared workstations; title: Hardware and software for a shared workstation lab; title: Network programming experiments using a simplified API; title: Network programming experiments using the socket API; title: Concurrent network programming experiments; title: Protocol design experiments; title: Experiments with protocols from the TCP/IP suite; title: III: Measurement and packet analysis on augmented workstations; title: Hardware and software for an augmented shared lab; title: Network measurement experiments; title: Packet capture and analysis experiments; title: Protocol observation experiments; title: IV: Configuration experiments in a dedicated intranet lab; title: Hardware and software for a dedicated Internet lab; title: Internet address configuration experiments; title: Web technology configuration experiments; title: IP routing and IP forwarding experiments; title: Virtual and protected Internet environment experiments; title: V: Protocol stack implementation in a special-purpose lab; title: Hardware and software for a special-purpose protocol development lab; title: Protocol stack development experiments; title: VI: System design in a network system engineering lab; title: Hardware and software for a network system engineering lab; title: Network systems engineering experiments.