Internet Programming & Protocols
CS594            Class 2   8/30/05

Topics

• physical/link layers
• ethernet
• network addressing
• IP
• lecture slides

Required reading

• Text 2.3
• CACM '86 Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks
• play with csma/cd applet
• Comer's story of the 7 layers

Related information

• Ethernet info
• Ethernet FAQ
• Ethernet type field
• RFC 791 IP
• IP over ether RFC 895
• Fragmentation Considered Harmful
• ARP RFC 826
• addresses for private internets rfc 1918
• IP addressing and subnetting
• IP fragmentation calculator applet and illustration and fragmentation FAQ
• paper Fragmentation considered harmful
• on linux, see "man 4 ip"
• internet mapping
• ESnet traffic
• Internet2 network maps
• routing protocols