Course Description

CS 505 COMPUTER NETWORKS   3.0 Credit(s)
Students in this course will study networks and data communication concentrating on the Internet model. This is a laboratory-based course that includes projects implemented on both Unix and Windows machines using Wireshark. Students will review hex and binary number systems. Topics such as network architecture, the Internet protocol stack, LANs, WANs, and MANs, hardware, software, protocols, routing, circuit-switching and packet-switching networks, wireless networks, compression, and error handling are studied.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Late Spring Sem All Years