About the Book
An Introduction to Computer Networks is a free and open general-purpose computer-networking textbook, complete with diagrams and exercises. It covers the LAN, internetworking and transport layers, focusing primarily on TCP/IP. Particular attention is paid to congestion; other special topics include queuing, real-time traffic, network management, security and the ns simulator.
The book is suitable as the primary text for an undergraduate or introductory graduate course in computer networking, as a supplemental text for a wide variety of network-related courses, and as a reference work.
About the Contributors
Author
Peter Lars Dordal is an associate professor within the Department of Computer Science at Loyola University of Chicago. His research interests are in programming languages and computer networks.
Table of Contents
- 0 Preface
- 1 An Overview of Networks
- 2 Ethernet
- 3 Other LANs
- 4 Links
- 5 Packets
- 6 Abstract Sliding Windows
- 7 IP version 4
- 8 IP version 6
- 9 Routing-Update Algorithms
- 10 Large-Scale IP Routing
- 11 UDP Transport
- 12 TCP Transport
- 13 TCP Reno and Congestion Management
- 14 Dynamics of TCP Reno
- 15 Newer TCP Implementations
- 16 Network Simulations: ns-2
- 17 The ns-3 Network Simulator
- 18 Mininet
- 19 Queuing and Scheduling
- 20 Quality of Service
- 21 Network Management and SNMP
- 22 Security
- 23 Bibliography
- 24 Selected Solutions
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