Technology: Internets and Packets

The low-level basics of the how data moves across the Internet.

• Lectures

  • Introduction: Link Layer
  • IEEE: Bob Metcalfe: Ethernet at Forty (years old)
  • The InterNetwork Protocol (IP)
  • IEEE: Vint Cerf on the History of Packets
  • DNS - The Domain Name System

• Slides

  • IHTS-Internet-Technology-PowerPoint.pptx
  • IHTS-Internet-Technology-PowerPoint-Print.pdf

• References

  • Paper: IEEE - Bob Metcalfe: Ethernet at Forty (years old)
  • Paper: IEEE - Vint Cerf: A Brief History of Packets
  • Bonus: Office Hours - Palo Alto
• Discussions:
  • Internets and Packets (Login Required)
    
• Tools:
  • Quiz: Internet and Packets (Login Required)