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CS 336/621 Computer Networks and Network Programming

A course that combines network principles with hands-on exercises and experiments using C/C++ programming language and sockets API libraries.

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CS 336/621 Computer Networks and Network Programming

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  1. CS 336/621Computer Networks and Network Programming Spring 2009 Professor Allan B. Cruse University of San Francisco

  2. Course synopsis • Combines a survey of network principles with hands-on exercises and experiments • Utilizes our classroom and CS laboratory networking hardware infrastructures • Employs C/C++ programming language and the standard ‘sockets’ API libraries

  3. Course prerequisites • Open to USF Computer Science students • Upper-division or graduate-level standing • Familiarity with Linux (or UNIX) systems • Programming experience: C/C++/Python • Prior coursework: CS 110/112 and CS 245 (or the equivalent preparation elsewhere)

  4. methodology • Lectures • Readings • Discussions • Demonstrations • Exercises • Projects • Quizzes

  5. Course website • You will find current course-information at this website: <http://cs.usfca.edu/~cruse/cs336> • Reading-assignments, exam-dates, class announcements, course-related software, links to other resources and to the ‘signup’ page for our class’s online discussion-list

  6. Textbook • James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross • Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach • 4th Edition • Pearson/Addison-Wesley (2008) This up-to-date textbook is very widely used in networking courses at colleges and universities in the United States and elsewhere. Lots of material – maybe too much for one semester – the authors recommend we cover at least the first five chapters in sequence, then maybe one of the concluding chapters if time allows for that.

  7. Reference Model The textbook authors have utilized the standard reference model for network-software’s layered architecture as a principle which guides their “Top-Down Approach” to organizing the Chapters introduction Chapter 1 application layer Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 transport layer network layer link layer

  8. Network hardware elements • NIC (Network Interface Controller) • Cable (e.g., coaxial, fiber optic, twisted pair) • Repeater (boosts signal-strength on long cables) • Hub (promiscuously connects nearby NICs) • Switch (selectively connects nearby NICs) • Bridge (connects multiple network segments) • Router (intelligently forwards network packets)

  9. Network Interface Card (NIC)

  10. Before the internet there was… … sneaker-net! host host Users often would transfer their data from one computer to another by simply copying it onto a floppy diskette, and then carrying that diskette over to their other computer – located, hopefully, not too far away (e.g., just down the hall)

  11. ‘crossover’ cable NIC host NIC host cable An improvement over the ‘sneaker net’ approach to data sharing between two host computers that are a short distance apart is to utilize a special direct cable connection – inexpensive to purchase, easy to connect if NICs are installed, less physical effort is required, no floppy disks are needed, and no risk of any unwanted ‘virus’ software infecting the host machines

  12. A ‘Point-to-Point’ connection repeater host host Over a long-distance cable-connection the electrical signals can degrade, but ‘repeaters’ can be inserted to receive and amplify a weakened signal before sending it along (i.e., “repeating it”) to the next connection-point

  13. ‘Local’ networks host host host host host HUB host host host host ‘star’ topology ‘ring’ topology Why do you think the star-topology is more widely deployed nowadays?

  14. ‘Hub’ versus ‘Switch’ host host host host host host host host Why are ‘switches’ preferred over ‘hubs’ nowadays?

  15. The ‘Bridge’ device bridge switch switch host host host host host host

  16. The ‘Router’ device switch router host host switch host switch host host host host host host

  17. Network software elements operating system kernel ‘socket’ data-structure function library File and I/O subsystems (‘protocol stack’) device driver network application program NIC cable Kernel-space User-space

  18. Demo: iplookup.py • This application reports the IP- address for a particular network host (if it’s known) • For example: $ python iplookup.py stargate The IP-address for ‘stargate’ is 138.202.171.14 $ python iplookup.py pyramid The IP-address for ‘pyramid’ is 138.202.171.19 $ python iplookup.py neptune The IP-address for ‘neptune’ is unknown

  19. Source-code (in Python) #!/usr/bin/python import sys try: hostname = sys.argv[1] except: hostname = “localhost” import socket try: hostip = socket.gethostbyname( hostname ) except: hostip = “unknown” print “The IP-address for \’” + hostname + “\’ is “ + hostip

  20. Demo: getquote.py • This internet application reports the latest price for a share of Intel Corporation stock • For example: $ python getquote.py Intel Stock: $13.53 at “12:05pm” on “1/26/2009”

  21. Internet programming import socket try: host = “download.finance.yahoo.com” port = 80 sock = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM ) sock.settimeout( 2 ) sock.connect( ( host, port) ) sock.send( “GET /d/quotes.csv?s=INTC&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv \r\n” ) sock.send( “\r\n” ); response_string, server = sock.recvfrom( 4096 ) quote = str.split( response_string, ‘,’ ) except socket.error, msg: print “An error occurred:”, msg else: print print “Intel Stock: “, ‘$’+quote[1], “at”, quote[3], “on”, quote[2] print

  22. In-class exercise #1 • Can you modify the ‘getquote.py’ program so that it will report the latest stock-price for some other famous technology firms? • Microsoft Corporation • Red Hat Corporation • Oracle Corporation • Siemens Corporation • Sony Corporation

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