Course details
Network Applications and Network Administration
ISA Acad. year 2016/2017 Winter semester 5 credits
Network configuration. Advanced network programming using BSD sockets. DNS and Whois database. Architecture of mailing and directory services. Network security - packet filtering and classification. Multimedia communication, videconferencing. IP telephony. Quality of services. Tools for network management. Measuring network traffic. Network modeling and simulation.
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Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 10 hrs laboratories
- 16 hrs projects
Assessment points
- 60 pts final exam (written part)
- 15 pts mid-term test (10 pts written part, 5 pts test part)
- 10 pts labs
- 15 pts projects
Department
Subject specific learning outcomes and competences
Students are able to configurate network connection to internet, configure basic services, control network traffic, detect and correct network failures. They are familiar with modern network application for data, voice and video transmission. They know tools for network administration and are able to use them. They are capable to create a secure network connection over internet and secure computer against misuse from network.
Learning objectives
The goal of this course is to inform students about network services and tools for network administration and traffic control. Practical part of the course includes laboratory assignments where students can apply theoretical knowledge in configuration and analysis of real network services (DHCP, DNS, IP telephony, network monitoring and management, etc.).
Recommended prerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Basics of operating systems Unix and Windows.
- C programming.
- Reading and understanding texts written in technical English.
- Computer network architecture (ISO/OSI, TCP/IP).
- Overview of link layer protocols and network layer protocols.
- Addressing - types of addresses, classes of IP addresses, multicast, broadcast, netmask, CIDR etc.
- Knowledge of IPv6.
Fundamental literature
- P. Matoušek: Síťové služby a jejich architektura, VUTIUM, 2014.
- W.R.Stevens, B.Fenner, A.M.Rudoff: UNIX Network Programming. The Sockets Network API, Addison-Wesley, 2004.
- A.S.Tanenbaum: Computer Networks, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
- F.Halsall: Computer Networking and the Internet, 5th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2005.
- J.F.Kurose, K.W.Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Adison-Wesley, 2003.
- G. Varghese: Network Algorithmics. Elsevier. 2005.
- D. Medhi, K. Ramasamy: Network Routing. Algorithms, Protocols, and Architecture. Elsevier, 2007.
- W. Stallings: High-speed Networks and Internets. Performance and Quality of Service, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
- Standardy IETF RFC.
Syllabus of lectures
- Network Architecture, Addressing, Testing.
- Advanced TCP/IP Programming - Concurrent Servers, Non-blocking Sockets. Multicast, Broadcast. Link Layer Programming.
- Network Modeling and Simulation. OMNeT++.
- DNS - Architecture, DNS Records. Whois. Security of DNS.
- Electronical Mail, Directory Services and its Application.
- Multimedia Networking. Videconferences. RTSP, RTP, RTCP.
- IP Telephony. Architecture, Encoding. Signaling Protocol SIP.
- Peer-to-peer networks. Content distribution using CDN.
- Packet Filtering, Classification. Firewalls.
- Quality of Services. Integrated and Differenciated Services. RSVP.
- Network Management using ICMP, SNMP, Syslog. ASN.1 coding.
- Measuring Network Traffic using Netflow.
- Connecting ISP networks and their management. BGP protocol.
Syllabus of laboratory exercises
- Configuring LAN using DHCP and DNS.
- Modelling computer networks and services using OMNeT++ simulator.
- Network monitoring and management.
- IP telephony fundamentals.
- Tools for videoconferencing and streaming.
Progress assessment
Duty credit consists of getting at least 20 points of projects and seminary work.
Controlled instruction
Assignments in labs, mid-term test in labs.
To pass the semestr exam, minimum 20 points from this exam have to be reached.
Course inclusion in study plans