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An Introduction to Computer
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Peter Lars Dordal, Loyola University of Chicago

Copyright Year: 2014

Last Update: 2020
Publisher: Peter L Dordal

Language: English

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Reviewed by Terri Devlin, Instructor, Aims Community College on 7/23/19

Even though the title of the text is "An Introduction to Networking", the author seems to assume
that the student or reader knows a lot about the subject matter and terminology. Topics and some
definitions are presented, however the author does a... read more

Reviewed by Audrey Styer, Instructor, CIS/CPS, Morton College on 12/21/18

This textbook provides a very comprehensive and in-depth introduction to computer networking.
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Reviewed by Sunho Lim, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University on 3/27/18

The text covers all five layers (phy, link, net, trans, and app) and their associated algorithms and
communication protocols in the network, and provides an effective index and/or golssary. read
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Reviewed by Lisa Bain, Professor, Rhode Island College on 2/1/18

The book covers all the major topics required for a computer networking course. read more

Reviewed by Luke Osterritter, Adjunct Instructor, Penn State New Kensington on 2/1/18

This text does a great job of covering the basics of computer networks while also presenting in-
depth information, as well as diving into some somewhat tangential, but important, areas (e.g.
security). read more

Table of Contents
0 Preface

1 An Overview of Networks

2 Ethernet

3 Other LANs

4 Links

5 Packets
6 Abstract Sliding Windows

7 IP version 4

8 IP version 6
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9 Routing-Update Algorithms

10 Large-Scale IP Routing

11 UDP Transport

12 TCP Transport

13 TCP Reno and Congestion Management

14 Dynamics of TCP Reno

15 Newer TCP Implementations

16 Network Simulations: ns-2

17 The ns-3 Network Simulator

18 Mininet

19 Queuing and Scheduling

20 Quality of Service

21 Network Management and SNMP

22 Security

23 Bibliography

24 Selected Solutions

Ancillary Material
Peter L Dordal

About the Book

An Introduction to Computer Networksis a free and open general-purpose computer-networking
textbook, complete with diagrams and exercises.It covers the LAN, internetworking and transport
layers, focusing primarily on TCP/IP. Particular attention is paid to congestion; other special topics
include queuing, real-time traffic, network management, security and the ns simulator.

The book is suitable as the primary text for an undergraduate or introductory graduate course in
computer networking, as a supplemental text for a wide variety of network-related courses, and as
a reference work.

About the Contributors

Author
Peter Lars Dordal is an associate professor within the Department of Computer Science at Loyola
University of Chicago. His research interests are in programming languages and computer
networks.

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