CSC358 Introduction to Computer Networks

Winter 2016
Staff:
Instructor

Amir H. Chinaei
TA

Hongbo Fan
TA

Hossein Mortazavi
TA

Lilin Zhang
TA

Sajad Shirali
TA

Shuhao Liu
TA

Yinan Liu
TA

Yunlei Zhang

Email: csc358ta@cdf.toronto.edu

Peer Instruction:
TutorAvailabilityTutorAvailability
Sarkhan Bayramli T 12-4; W 5-9; Sat,Sun 10-5 Xiaoyu YanM-F 2-4; M,R,F 5-9
Kourosh Rashedi M 3-5; T 5-6; R 4-6 Taewoo KimM,T 10-6; W 4-6; R 10-9; F 4-9; Sat,Sun
Baige Liu M 9-9; Sat,Sun Charles TseM,W,F 2-4
Wei Jun Zeng M,W,F 6-9; Sat,Sun 11-9 Hanbin ChangM 1-4, T 1-5
Sammi de Guzman M,W,F 11-2; T 1-6; R 3-6; F 3-5Gallen GuritnoF 10-3
Nguyen Quang MinhF 10-12, 2-5 Huiting ZhuR 3-9; F 2-9; Sat 1-9
Kexin Zhang M,T,W,F 5-9; Sat,Sun Xiu ChenT,R 12-6; F 3-5

Tutorials: Sec L0101 on M 10:10-11:00 in SS1073, Sec L5101 on T 18:10-19:00 in BA1170
Lectures: Sec L0101 on R 15:10-16:50 in SS1073, Sec L5101 on T 19:10-20:50 in BA1170

Office Hour: Instructor office hours: T 17:00-18:00 and R 9:00-10:00 in BA4222
TAs office hours: W 15:00-16:00 in BA3201 and F 10:00-11:00 in BA7172

Info Sheet For the course syllabus, grading scheme, and other important notes, click here (requires reading).

Announcements: - I will hold extra office hours on April 13, at 5.
- Please do fill out my Course Evaluation, here, MANY THANKS.
- A5 should be submitted through MarkUs.
- The cover page of the final exam, here.
- A typo in the sample solution of A3 is fixed: Q3B, the final answer is now 35 hours.
- Based on some students suggestion, A4 deadline extends to March 28 at 4:30pm.
- A4 deadline remains on March 25. The university is closed, but it should not be a problem as the submission is online.
- A4 is required to be submitted through MarkUs, here.
- A3 deadline extends to March 11 at 4:30pm.
- Last chance to pick up A1 is in any office hours of Week 6, in addition to
--Feb 18th (2:30-3:30), Feb 19th (3:30-4:30), and Feb 22nd (3:30 to 4:25).
- Recall: if you like to use a discussion forum, you can use csc358 mybb. In addition, we keep responding
--promptly to csc358ta@cdf emails.
- P4 of Assignment 2 has slightly been revised: "mylab.mie.toronto.edu" changed to "mylab.mie.utoronto.ca".
- For all assignments, a cover sheet is required and can be found here.
- Welcome to CSC358 L0101/L5101!

Schedule:

















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The following tables will be updated regularly with more details and references.
WeekTopics ReadingSlidesTutorialSolutions
1syllabus, intro: key terms, delays info sheet, 1.1-1.4 Lec01-1p, Lec01_6pn/an/a
2layered architecture, app layer: HTTP 1.4-1.7, 2.1-2.2 Lec02-1p, Lec02_6pTut01Tut01 Sol
3(non)persistent conn, web caching, ftp, DNS 2.3,2.5 Lec03-1p, Lec03_6pTut02Tut02 Sol
4P2P, transport layer: d/multiplexing, UDP 2.6, 3.1-3.3 Lec04-1p, Lec04_6pTut03Tut03 Sol
5reliable data transfer 3.4 Lec05-1p, Lec05_6pTut04Tut04 Sol
6midterm in class, evaluation midterm(Ch1, Ch2) Tues Sol, Thur SolTut05_1pTut05_6p
7TCP, congestion control 3.5-3.7 Lec07-1p, Lec07_6pTut06Tut06 Sol, TA slides
8network layer, LS alg. 4.1-4.4 Lec08-1p, Lec08_6pTut07Tut07 Sol
9DV alg, routing algorithms 4.6-4.7 Lec09-1p, Lec09_6pTut08Tut08 Sol, TA slides
10error detection, multiple access link 5.1-5.3 Lec10-1p, Lec10_6pTut09Tut09 Sol, TA slides
11ARP, link virtualization, network security 5.4-5.7, 8.1 Lec11-1p, Lec11_6p Tut10Tut10 Sol
12principle of crypto, PGP, SSL, review 8.2-8.5 Lec12-1p, Lec12_6pTut11Tut11 Sol, TA slides

Assignments:








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Cover sheet for all assignments: here.
#OutIn
Dropbox 1 BA2220
Sol.ReturnTAsTAs
wireshark
1,1wJan 19Feb 05, 4:30PM1, 1wFeb 17Hossein,Shuhao,YunleiHongbo,Yinan
2,2wFeb 02Feb 22, 4:30PM2, 2wMar 02Hossein,Lilin,ShuhaoHongbo,Yinan
3,3wFeb 22Mar 11, 4:30PM3, 3wMar 23Hossein,Sajad,ShuhaoHongbo,Yinan
4,4wMar 08Mar 28, 4:30PM
submit online to MarkUs
4, 4wApr 06Sajad,Lilin,YunleiHongbo,Yinan
5,5wMar 22Apr 08, 4:30PM
submit online to MarkUs
5, 5wApr 20Sajad,Lilin,YunleiHongbo,Yinan