Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
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Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Foreword to the First Edition
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Foundation
  • Chapter 2: Direct Links
  • Chapter 3: Internetworking
    • Problem: Not All Networks are Directly Connected
    • 3.1 Switching Basics
    • 3.2 Switched Ethernet
    • 3.3 Internet (IP)
    • 3.4 Routing
    • 3.5 Implementation
    • Perspective: Virtual Networks All the Way Down
  • Chapter 4: Advanced Internetworking
  • Chapter 5: End-to-End Protocols
  • Chapter 6: Congestion Control
  • Chapter 7: End-to-End Data
  • Chapter 8: Network Security
  • Chapter 9: Applications
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Chapter 3: Internetworking

Nature seems … to reach many of her ends by long circuitous routes.

—Rudolph Lotze

  • Problem: Not All Networks are Directly Connected
  • 3.1 Switching Basics
    • 3.1.1 Datagrams
    • 3.1.2 Virtual Circuit Switching
    • 3.1.3 Source Routing
  • 3.2 Switched Ethernet
    • 3.2.1 Learning Bridges
    • 3.2.2 Implementation
    • 3.2.3 Spanning Tree Algorithm
    • 3.2.4 Broadcast and Multicast
    • 3.2.5 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
  • 3.3 Internet (IP)
    • 3.3.1 What Is an Internetwork?
    • 3.3.2 Service Model
    • 3.3.3 Global Addresses
    • 3.3.4 Datagram Forwarding in IP
    • 3.3.5 Subnetting and Classless Addressing
    • 3.3.6 Address Translation (ARP)
    • 3.3.7 Host Configuration (DHCP)
    • 3.3.8 Error Reporting (ICMP)
    • 3.3.9 Virtual Networks and Tunnels
  • 3.4 Routing
    • 3.4.1 Network as a Graph
    • 3.4 2 Distance-Vector (RIP)
    • 3.4.3 Link State (OSPF)
    • 3.4.4 Metrics
  • 3.5 Implementation
    • 3.5.1 Software Switch
    • 3.5.2 Hardware Switch
    • 3.5.3 Software Defined Networks
  • Perspective: Virtual Networks All the Way Down
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