Weekly (tentative) Schedule (For a 3-Credit course)

Week Date Topics Notes Assignments
1 Aug 27, 2019 Lecture 1. Class logistics, project intro, class intro  
Aug 29, 2019 Lecture 2. Networking Review I (Up the stack)  
2 Sep 3, 2019 no class Class canceled as univerisity is still closed because of the hurricane Dorian
Sep 5, 2019 Lecture 3. Net: Link Online lecture (no physical class)
3 Sep 10, 2019 Lecture 4. Net: IPv4  
Sep 12, 2019 Lecture 5. Net: IPv6, NAT  
4 Sep 17, 2019 Lecture 6. Net: Routing Algorithms  
Sep 19, 2019 Lecture 7. Net: Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP)   Project paper topics due (Project done in groups of 2)
5 Sep 24, 2019 Lecture 8. Net: OSPF, BGP Online lecture (no physical class)
Sep 26, 2019 Lecture 9. Net: DNS Online lecture (no physical class) Project paper references due
6 Oct 1, 2019 Lecture 10. Net: CDNs + P2P Online lecture (no physical class)
Oct 3, 2019 Lecture 11. Review of OSPF, BGP, DNS, CDNs, and P2P  
7 Oct 8, 2019 Lecture 12. MicroCDN lab guide  
Oct 10, 2019 Midterm (Networking Concepts) take home midterm (no physical class)
8 Oct 15, 2019 Lecture 13. VLAN, VPN   Lab 1 (MicroCDN)
Oct 17, 2019 Lecture 14. Intro to crypto, Lab 2 guide, SMTP  
9 Oct 22, 2019 Lecture 15. Midterm review  
Oct 24, 2019 Lecture 16. MPLS, MiniNet intro  
10 Oct 29, 2019 Lecture 17. Lab 3 guide, LaTeX intro   Lab 2 (HTTPS)
Oct 31, 2019 Lecture 18. SNMP, NETCONF, YANG, RESTCONF  
11 Nov 5, 2019 Lecture 19. Future of Networking: SDN, OpenFlow   Lab 3 (OpenVPN)
Nov 7, 2019 Lecture 20. P4   Project paper presentation due (PPTx)-1.5 weeks before presentation
12 Nov 12, 2019 Online lecture (no physical class) Lab 4 (LaTeX)
Nov 14, 2019 Future of Networking: Named Data Networking   Revised paper presentation due (PPTx)-.5 week before presentation
13 Nov 19, 2019 TBD   Project paper due
Nov 21, 2019 Review for the final  
14 Nov 26, 2019 Final (Network Management) take home final (no physical class) Homework due (Project paper reviews)
Nov 28, 2019 no class Thanksgiving
15 Dec 3, 2019 Presentations  
Dec 5, 2019 Presentations