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LATEST NEWS: If you are studying this module in the Session 2000/2001. Please register here, so that you can keep up-to-date with all the required information. Here are the main documents that are required for the module:

Teachers Notes (PDF). This outlines the teaching schedule, along with the material to be covered.
Module Organiser
(PDF). 
Exam Paper 1999/2000 (PDF).
Project
(UK). This requires localization (Malaysia version - to be added). 
 On-line tests (Tut1, Tut2, Tut3). 

And a few other things:

Network test. Pub challenge. 

A bit of fun. Networking hangman! 

Determine your settings. I've written a CGI script which will determine your IP address and other network settings. 

I'm just adding the on-line tests, so please check back here in a few weeks. I intend to automatically grade the tests, and give an instant assessment of performance. For just now, I've just made them display the correct or incorrect answer. Also I get asked by a lot of people about the connections to a cross-over and straight-through network cable, thus I've included it here.

Presentation files (HTML):

Introduction (HTML) Networks (HTML)
Ethernet (HTML) [CSMA/CD] ATM (HTML)
TCP/IP (HTML) UDP/TCP (HTML)
WWW (HTML) Security (HTML)
Firewalls (HTML) Email (HTML)

Reference material:

Buchanan WJ, “Distributed Systems and Networks”, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN 0-077-09583-9.

Buchanan WJ, “Mastering Networks”, Macmillan, 1999. ISBN 0-333-748042.






















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