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Useful Web SitesA chapter-by-chapter list of related web sites. This includes all active sites listed in the book, plus other useful sites. Suggestions welcome.
Course Support Materials
Student Resource Site:
Help and advice for the long-suffering, overworked student.
Errata sheet: Latest list of errors, updated at most monthly. File name is Errata-DCC6e-mmyy. If you spot any errors, please report them to 
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PDF
Viewgraphs: On-line transparency masters of many of the figures from
the book in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format, compressed using ZIP. See several
of the web sites listed below for additional slides and lecture notes.
Tables:
On-line transparency masters of all the tables from the book in PDF format.
PowerPoint
Slides: Developed by Prof. Adrian J Pullin of North East Wales Institute.
PDF Slides: Developed by Prof. Hossam Hassanein of Queen's University, Canada.
cnet Simulator:
Developed by Professor Chris McDonald at the University of Western Australia.
The cnet network simulator enables experimentation with various data
link layer, network layer, routing and transport layer protocols, and with
various network configurations.
Tools
Page: Developed by Professor Kenneth Christensen at the University of
South Florida. The tools page contains downloadable tools primarily
related to performance evaluation of computer networks and to TCP/IP sockets
programming. .
Projects
Manual: This manual, developed by Prentice Hall, contains over 40 exercises
that are suitable for use with Data and Computer Communications. It is available
at a discount for courses using this textbook.
Data
Link Simulator: Developed by Peter King at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
This tool enables students to write connection oriented data link protocols
and have them tested on a simulated communication channel.
On-line Simulation: Ann Burroughs, an Associate Professor
at Humboldt State University has created two simulations that may help you
visualize some of the concepts in the book. They require ShockWave plug-ins
and a reasonably up-to-date browser.
NOTICE: No password is required for any downloads. Downloading sometimes fails, either because your browser mistakenly assumes a password is needed or for other reasons. If so, try using another browser or an FTP package. If that doesn't work, there might be a problem at your end or at your ISP, perhaps a firewall issue. Then you would need to talk to a system manager on your end.
DCC CoursesInstructors might find these web sites for courses taught using this book useful. I would appreciate hearing about web sites for other courses.
Internets and Intranets. TEI of Crete. Includes PDF lecture slides in Greek.
CS 420/520 Data Communications. University of Idaho. Includes handouts and many interesting links.
C329/D15 Communications and Networks. University College London. Includes PDF slides.
CIS 435/837 Computer Networks. Queen's U., Canada. Includes PDF slides.
ECE
478/578 Fundamentals of Computer Networks. U. of Arizona. Includes powerpoint
slides.
EG3567
Communications Engineering. U. of Aberdeen. Includes lecture notes,
an number of useful supplement pages.
CS 373
Computer Networks and Communications. U. of Missouri. Includes lecture
notes.
CEN
4500C Fundamentals of Computer Communication. Includes lecture notes and traffic generator/receiver/analyzer for Window NT. University of Florida..
EEL 4781 Computer Networks. U. of South Florida. Lots of interesting material.
CS360
Data Communications. Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. Some useful
links and interesting concept demonstrations.
CS440
Data Communication. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST). Includes useful set of PDF and postscript lecture notes.
204325
Intro to Computer Comms and Networks. Kasetsart University, Thailand. Includes a very good set of student produced slides and notes in Powerpoint and PDF formats..
CSC 8550 - Concepts of Data Communications. At Villanova.
ECSE
4670 Computer Communication Networks. Rensselaer at Hartford.
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Suggestions, Please
If you have any suggestions for site content, please contact me at . In particular, please pass along links to relevant web sites and links to course pages used by instructors teaching from this book.
Useful Web
Sites
Network World:
Information and links to resources about data communications and networking
IETF Directory and Database:
Maintains archives that relate to the Internet and IETF activities. Includes
keyword-indexed library of RFCs and draft documents as well as many other
documents related to the Internet and related protocols.
Vendors: Links
to thousands of hardware and software vendors who currently have WWW sites,
as well as a list of thousands of computer and networking companies in a
Phone Directory.
IEEE Communications
Society: Good way to keep up on conferences, publications, etc. Has
an on-line copy of my article on IPv6, which updates material in the book.
ACM Special Interest
Group on Communications (SIGCOMM): Good way to keep up on conferences,
publications, etc
International
Telecommunications Union: Contains a listing of ITU-T Recommendations,
plus information on obtaining ITU-T documents in hard copy or on CD-ROM.
International Organization
for Standardization: Contains a listing of ISO Standards, plus information
on obtaining ISO documents in hard copy or on CD-ROM.
CommWeb: Links to Web pages of vendors, tutorials on technical topics, and other useful information.
Networking
Links: Excellent collection of links related to TCP/IP.
OSI History: A brief history
of the origins of the OSI model.
Wireless Developer
Network: News, tutorials, and discussions on wireless topics
Siemon Company:
Good collection of technical articles on cabling, plus information about
cabling standards..
DSL Forum:
Includes a FAQ and technical information about ADSL and other xDSL technology.
Forum specifications.
Network
Services and Integration Forum: Discusses current SONET products,
technology, and standards.
SONET Home Page:
Useful links, tutorials, white pages, FAQs.
ATM
Hot Links: Excellent collection of white papers and links.
ATM Forum: Leading
the effort to expand the functionality of ATM networks.
Cell
Relay Retreat: Contains archives of the cell-relay mailing list, links
to numerous ATM-related documents, and links to many ATM-related web sites.
Frame Relay Forum:
The Frame Relay Forum is leading the effort to expand the functionality
of frame relay networks.
Wireless LAN Association:
Gives an introduction to the technology, including a discussion of implementation
considerations, and case studies from users. Links to related sites.
IEEE
802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee: Status and documents on all of the
working groups.
Ethernet:
Provides general Ethernet information, technical specifications, an Ethernet
reading list, and an image of inventor Robert Metcalf's original 1976 Ethernet
drawing.
IEEE
802.3 10 Gbps Ethernet Task Force: This group is developing a 10-Gbps
Ethernet standard. The Web site includes an email archive and the documentation
developed so far.
Wi-Fi Alliance: An industry group promoting the interoperabiltiy
of 802.11 products with each other and with Ethernet.
Fibre Channel Industry Association: An industry consortium.
Storage Network Industry
Association: An industry forum of developers, integrators, and IT professionals
who evolve and promote storage networking technology and solutions
CERN Fibre Channel
homepage: Good source of info on Fibre Channel technology, products,
etc.
LAN Interoperability
Lab: University of New Hampshire (equipment testing for ATM, FDDI, Fast
Ethernet, FDSE, Ethernet, OSPF, Network Management (SNMP), Token Ring, VG-AnyLAN).
10 Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance: An open forum whose purpose is to promote industry
cooperation in the development of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
IPv6:
Contains information about IPv6 and related topics.
IPv6 Information Page:
Includes introductory material, news on recent IPv6 product developments,
and related links.
IPv6 Forum:
An industry consortium that promotes IPv6-related products. Includes a number
of white papers and articles.
RSVP
Project: Home page for RSVP development.
COAST:
Comprehensive set of links to sites related to cryptography and network
security.
IETF Security
Area: Keep up to date on Internet security standardization efforts\
The
Cryptography FAQ: Lengthy and worthwhile FAQ covering all aspects of
cryptography.
Tom
Dunigan's Security Page: An excellent list of pointers to cryptography
and network security web sites.
IEEE
Technical Committee on Security and Privacy: An excellent list of pointers
to cryptography and network security web sites.
Simple Web Site:
Maintained by the University of Twente. It is a good source of information
on SNMP, including pointers to many public-domain implementations and lists
of books and articles.
World Wide Web Consortium:
Contains up-to-date information on HTTP, HTML, and URLs.
ASN.1 web site: contains tutorial information, links to software tools, ASN.1-based applications and products, and standards information..
ISDN
Page: Information on ISDN tariffs, standards status, and links to vendors.