Introduction to Computer Networking

Introduction to Computer Networking

1. Defining a Network with User Application

   • An Informal General Definition of a Computer Network

2. Eailm

   • Sending Email: Sender's Computer Perspective
     • Sending Email: Network's Perspective

3. Voice Telephone Calls

   • Early Analog Voice Calls
     • Digital Voice Calls
       • End-to-End Digital Voice with Business and Mobile Phones

4. Recorded Video

   • Digital Video Recordings
     • Video Files
       • Video Compression

5. Refining the Definition of a Network

6. A Deeper Look at One Application:World Wide Web

   • Web Browsers (Web Clients)
     • Components on the Client Computer
       • Using Web Addresses (URLs)

7. Web Servers

   • Web Server Hardware and Software

8. Web Sites, Pages, and Objects

   • The Process to Get One Web Page
     • A Protocol Primer
       • Using HTTP to Get the First File for a Web Page
         • Getting All the Files for a Web Page
           • Refining the Definition of a Network

9. Uncovering the Network Between the Application Endpoints

   • Comparing Computer Networks to Road Systems
     • Creating a Road (Link) Between Two Places (Devices)
       • Sharing Roads (Links) Betwen Towns (Sites)
         • Networking topologies with Links and Nodes
           • Small Lab Networks
             • Home Networks
               • SMB and Enterprise Networks
                 • The Internet
                   • Refining the Definition of a Network One Moore Time