CS542 Computer Networking

CS 542 Computer Networking (Spring 2025)

Instructor: Dr Nik Sultana, Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
Lecture Time: MW 11:25-12:40 CT Lecture Location: IIT Tower, 1F6-1
TA: Alexander Wolosewicz (awolosewicz@hawk).
Office Hours: TBD
Course content: This page and Canvas.
Policies: See the policies page.
Books and material:

Textbook: Computer Networks, 6th edition (Tanenbaum, Feamster, Wetherall).
Check with the library to reserve copies of textbooks.
The FABRIC testbed.
Wireshark user guide and tutorial videos.
Scapy documentation.
P4 language spec.
Paper on Ethernet.
Mininet website.
Caper website. Further resources related to BPF and pcap expressions: paper on Caper, tutorial on tcpdump.

Course Calendar

The final exam takes place during Exam Week and isn't shown in the course calendar. The date of that exam will be communicated to you by the Registrar later during the semester.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Jan 13 LEC 1: Introduction and Course Outline Preparation: Read CN Chapter 1	Jan 14	Jan 15 LEC 2: Introduction (continued) Preparation: Read CN Chapter 1	Jan 16	Jan 17
Jan 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day -- No Classes Assignment 1 released	Jan 21	Jan 22 LEC 3: Introduction to FABRIC Preparation: Browse https://portal.fabric-testbed.net/.	Jan 23	Jan 24
Jan 27 LEC 4: Network Profiling Preparation: Read "Profiling internet backbone traffic: behavior models and applications". DUE: Assignment 1	Jan 28	Jan 29 LEC 5: Physical Layer Preparation: Read CN Chapter 2	Jan 30	Jan 31

More details will be added to the calendar as the semester progresses.