Notes:
| Date | Topic | Reading for this class meeting | Assignment / Due |
| Sep 1 | Administrivia Whirlwind Intro to the Internet - part a (slides 1-27) | Syllabus Kurose/Ross (KR) 1.1-1.3 | Program 1 |
| Sep 3 | Whirlwind - part a (slides 28-46) Whirlwind - part b (slides 1-16) | KR 1.4-1.7 | |
| Sep 8 | Whirlwind - part b (slides 17-53) | Program 1 due Homework 1 | |
| Sep 10 | 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 15 | The Web and HTTP (slides 1-40) | KR 2.2 | |
| Sep 17 | Prog 1 Outline HTTP (slides 41-69) | Homework 1 due Homework 2 Program 1b | |
| Sep 22 | FTP and Email (SMTP) DNS | KR 2.3-2.5 | |
| Sep 24 | Transport Layer (slides 1-37) | KR 3.1-3.4 | Program 1b due Program 2 (10/15) |
| Sep 29 | Transport Layer | Homework 2 due | |
| Oct 1 | Review for Mid-Term | Mid-term Study Guide | |
| Oct 6 | MID-TERM EXAM | Through DNS (KR Chs 1-2) | Final Paper (12/10) |
| Oct 8 | TCP Intro and Flow Control | KR 3.5 | |
| Oct 13 | No Class Fall Break | ||
| Oct 15 | TCP Congestion Control | KR 3.6-3.7 You Don't Know Jack About Network Performance | Program 2 due Homework 3 (10/27) |
| Oct 20 | TCP Congestion Control Examples Network Layer | KR 4.1-4.3 | |
| Oct 22 | Class Canceled | Paper Topic due (Topics) | |
| Oct 27 | Class Canceled | Homework 3 due 10/28 @ 2:30pm Program 3 (11/10) | |
| Oct 29 | IP (slides 1-27) | KR 4.4 | |
| Nov 3 | IP (slides 28-40) Routing Algorithms (slides 1-17) | KR 4.5 | |
| Nov 5 | Routing Algorithms (slides 18-33) Routing in the Internet | KR 4.6 | Homework 4 (11/17) |
| Nov 10 | Link Layer | KR 5.1-5.3 | Program 3 due Program 4 (11/24) |
| Nov 12 | Classes Canceled - Nor'easter | ||
| Nov 17 | Addressing and Ethernet Wireless | KR 5.4-5.6, 5.9 KR 6.1-6.6 | |
| Nov 19 | CS 555 Presentations (Sateesh, Priyanka, Vinay) | Advice on Giving Presentations | Homework 4 due |
| Nov 24 | CS 555 Presentations (Ahmed, Yukun, Milena) | ||
| Nov 26 | No Class Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Dec 1 | CS 555 Presentations (Dong, Andrew, Elliott) | Program 4 due | |
| Dec 3 | CS 555 Presentations (Sandeep, Tihomir, Rachana) | ||
| Dec 8 | CS 555 Presentations (Jianxiang, Widodo, Abdulla, Vikas) | ||
| Dec 10 | Review for Final Exam | Study Guide | Final paper due |
| Sat, Dec 12 | FINAL EXAM 3:45-6:45pm | Everything we've covered |