Subject Name : COMPUTER NETWORKS Paper : IT-305-F Suggested Text Book : Computer Networks by Andrew S.

Tanenbaum Theory (External) : 100 Marks Class work (Internal) : 50 Marks

Section - A : OSI Reference Model and Network Architecture

Topic No. 1 2 2.1 2.1 2.3 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 4 Introduction to Computer Networks Examples of networks ARPANET Internet Private Networks Network Topologies Bus Topology Star Topology Ring Topology Hybrid Topology Tree Topology Complete Topology Irregular Topology Layering architecture of networks :OSI model - Functions of each layer, Services and Protocols of each layer Topic

Section - B : TCP/IP
Topic No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 8 8.1 8.2 8.2 9 10 11 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 12 Layers of TCP/IP Protocols Internet Protocol Transmission Control Protocol User Datagram Protocol IP Addressing IP address classes ( Classfull Addressing) Class Less Addressing Subnet Addressing Internet Control Protocols ARP RARP ICMP Application Layer Domain Name System Email System SMTP POP IMAP FTP NNTP HTTP Overview of IP version 6 Topic Introduction and History of TCP/IP

Section - C Part I : Local Area Networks

Topic No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Introduction to LANs Features of LANs Components of LANs Usage of LANs LAN Standards - IEEE 802 standards Channel Access Methods Aloha CSMA CSMA/CD Token Passing LAN interconnecting devices: Hubs. Switches. Bridges. Routers. Gateways. Topic

Part II : Wide Area Networks

8 9 10 11 12 Introduction of WANs Routing Congestion Control WAN Technologies Distributed Queue Dual Bus (DQDB)

Section - D Part I
Topic No. 1 2 3 4 5 Topic Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay Wireless Links.

Part II : Introduction to Network Management

7 8 9 10 11 11.1 11.2 11.3 12 12.1 12.2 Remote Monitoring Techniques: Polling, Traps, Performance Management, Class of Service, Quality of Service, Security management Firewalls VLANs Proxy Servers Introduction to Network Operating Systems: Client-Server infrastructure, Windows NT/2000.