Notes:
| Date | Topic | Reading for this class meeting | Assignment / Due | Other |
| Aug 26 | Administrivia
Whirlwind Intro to the Internet - part a | Syllabus
Kurose/Ross (KR) 1.1-1.3 | ||
| Aug 28 | Whirlwind Intro - part a Whirlwind Intro - part b (slides 1-13) | KR 1.4 | Program 1 assigned | |
| Sep 2 | Whirlwind Intro - part b | KR 1.4-1.8 | Homework 1 assigned | |
| Sep 4 | Client-Server Computing and Socket Programming | KR 2.1, 2.7-2.8 TCPClient.java TCPServer.java UDPClient.java UDPServer.java UDPMsgClient.java UDPShortServer.java | ||
| Sep 9 | The Web and HTTP | KR 2.2 | Program 1 due | |
| Sep 11 | FTP and Email (SMTP) | KR 2.3-2.4 | Homework 1 due Homework 2 assigned | |
| Sep 16 | No Class Weigle out-of-town (ACM Mobicom) | |||
| Sep 18 | DNS | KR 2.5 | ||
| Sep 23 | Discuss Homework 1 Transport Layer (slides 1-31) | KR 3.1-3.4 | Homework 2 due Program 2 assigned | |
| Sep 25 | Transport Layer (slides 32-64) | Last day to drop (Sep 29) | ||
| Sep 30 | TCP Intro and Flow Control (slides 1-7) | KR 3.5 | ||
| Oct 2 | Review for Mid-Term | Midterm Study Guide | Program 2 due | |
| Oct 7 | Mid-Term Exam | KR Chs 1-2 | ||
| Oct 9 | TCP Intro and Flow Control (slides 8-28) | |||
| Oct 14 | No Class Fall Break | |||
| Oct 16 | Discuss Mid-Term and Program 3 TCP Congestion Control (slides 1-13) | KR 3.6-3.7 | Final Paper (455, 555) assigned Program 3 assigned | |
| Oct 21 | TCP Congestion Control Network Layer Intro (slides 1-7) | KR 4.1-4.3 | Homework 3 assigned | |
| Oct 23 | Network Layer Intro IP (slides 1-9) | KR 4.4 | Final Paper topic due (Topics) | |
| Oct 28 | IP (slides 10-34) | |||
| Oct 30 | IP Routing Algorithms (slides 1-32) | KR 4.5 | ||
| Nov 4 | Routing Algorithms Routing in the Internet | KR 4.6 | Homework 3 due Homework 4 assigned | Last day to 'W' |
| Nov 6 | Link Layer | KR 5.1-5.3 | ||
| Nov 11 | Addressing and Ethernet | KR 5.4-5.6 | Program 3 due | |
| Nov 13 | CS 555 Presentations (Vinay, Talal, Sandeep) | |||
| Nov 18 | CS 555 Presentations (Bradley, Brian, Swetha) | Homework 4 due | ||
| Nov 20 | CS 555 Presentations (Aneesha, Abhishek, Rajanikanth, Krishna) | |||
| Nov 25 | CS 555 Presentations (Meenakshi, Rajat, Prafull, Souhail) | |||
| Nov 27 | No Class Thanksgiving Break | |||
| Dec 2 | CS 555 Presentations (Vijay, Louis, Nitin) | |||
| Dec 4 | Review for Final Exam | Final Exam Study Guide | Final Paper due | |
| Dec 6 | FINAL EXAM 3:45-6:45pm | Everything we've covered |