Computer Networks

Syllabus

• Concept of layering. LAN technologies (Ethernet).
• Flow and error control techniques, switching.
• IPv4/IPv6, routers and routing algorithms (distance vector, link state).
• TCP/UDP and sockets, congestion control.
• Application layer protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP).
• Basics of Wi-Fi.
• Network security: authentication, basics of public key and private key cryptography, digital signatures and certificates, firewalls.

Book

• Peterson, Davie

Video

• Tanenbaum Videos
• NPTEL

Web Links

Sliding Window Animation

Sliding Window MIT slides

IPv4 vs iPv6

Previous Year Questions

http://gateoverflow.in/questions/computer-networks

Important Questions

http://gateoverflow.in/blog/27/important-questions-in-computer-networks

GATE CSE Discussions

2016