ITS 332 Networking Lab - Semester 2, 2007

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7 Mar 2008: Assignment marks

22 Feb 2008: I have received emailed attachments for Assignment 2 from all students. We are marking the assignments, and hope to have results by end of February.

Welcome to ITS 332 Information Technology Lab II. This will be known as the Networking Lab, since we will spend the semester performing tasks related to the administration of computer networks an d the development of computer network applications.

Handouts

The Lab Handouts are available in the Copy Center - you must obtain a copy before you come to the lab class. PDF copies of the handouts are also available from the table in the schedule.

Links to websites referred to in, and related to the labs are available here.

In addition to the handouts for each lab, there are several handouts and manuals and web sites that are useful during the course:

Introduction to Ubuntu Linux - explanation of why we are using Linux, and brief overview of important Ubuntu Linux commands
Definitions and Acronyms - a list of acronyms that you should be aware of for this course
Facilities - a short explanation of the facilities available in the lab
Quiz 1A: Questions | Answers; Quiz 1B: Questions | Answers; All results
Assignment - sockets programming assignment.
Mid Semester Results, including results for the Mid-Term Exam, Quiz 1, Attendance for first 5 labs. (The last sheet of the PDF contains an explanation of the results).

Files

During the lab classes you may be asked to access files for download to complete the tasks. Below is a list of files to be used in the labs:

Student Files - test files specific to each student
client.c - Example TCP sockets client C code
server.c - Example TCP sockets server C code
client_udp.c - Example UDP sockets client C code
server_udp.c - Example UDP sockets server C code

Assessment

Assessment for this course will consist of the following items:

Lab Tasks (40%): During each lab, the instructors will assess your activities during the lab. Therefore it is important each individual completes their own tasks and understand the concepts and techniques. Make sure that an instructor has recorded your mark before you leave the lab. You will get a mark out of 10 for each lab. The mark depends on your successful completion of tasks, ability to answer questions and work efficiently and independantly. Attendance at each of the 10 lab sessions is mandatory. If you do not attend you will receive zero (0) marks for that lab, unless you provide a medical certificate or other suitable evidence.

Client/Server Assignment (20%): After the mid-term, we will introduce you to programming client/server based Internet applications. As well as attending and completing lab tasks, you will be given an assignment to complete. This will be an individual assignment.
Mid Term Exam (20%): This will be a paper-based exam, testing your knowledge of the tools and techniques introduced during the lab. The mid-term will have questions on the topics: Networking Tools, Wireshark and Layer 2 Networks. The questions will mainly be of the format where you are given an example output from a command (e.g. output from ifconfig) and you are asked several questions based on the output (e.g. what is the IP address of the computer). There are 10 questions in total (but each question has a number of sub-questions). The exam is CLOSED BOOK.
Final Exam (20%): This will be a paper-based exam, testing your knowledge of the tools and techniques introduced during the lab.

Schedule

There are three sections of the Networking Lab:

Wednesday 9am to 12noon (IT)
Wednesday 1pm to 4pm (IT)
Monday 9am to 12noon (IT)

There are 10 lab classes in ITS 332. The schedule is shown in the table below.

Start	Week	Monday (Morning)	Tue	Wed (Morning, Afternoon)	Thu	Fri
5 Nov	1
12 Nov	2	No Lab		No Lab
19 Nov	3	Networking Tools		Networking Tools
26 Nov	4	Wireshark		Wireshark
3 Dec	5	Wireshark		HM King's Birthday
10 Dec	6	Constitution Day		Wireshark
17 Dec	7	Layer 2 Networks		Layer 2 Networks
24 Dec	8	Election Day		Layer 3 Networks
31 Dec	9	New Years Holiday	New Years Holiday
7 Jan	MidTerm			Mid Term Exam: Q \| A
14 Jan	10	Layer 3 Networks		Client/Server Applications
21 Jan	11	Client/Server Applications		Client/Server Programming
28 Jan	12	Client/Server Programming		Client/Server Programming
4 Feb	13	Client/Server Programming		Client/Server Programming
11 Feb	14	Client/Server Programming		Firewalls
18 Feb	15	Firewalls			Makha Bucha
25 Feb	16
3 Mar	Final
10 Mar	Final			Final Exam: Q \| A

Instructors

Lab Instructor: Steven Gordon: All three labs; contact details
Teaching Assistant: Yoichi Nakaguro: All three labs; contact in IVC Lab 4th floor
Teaching Assistant: Sarawoat Kongyoung: Monday morning lab
Teaching Assistant: Chutima Tulachard: Wednesday morning lab
Teaching Assistant: Kantinee Katchapakirin: Wednesday afternoon lab

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