HW#1 --- last modified February 17 2019 19:25:10..

Solution set.

Due date: Feb 16

Files to be submitted:
  Hw1.zip

Purpose: To get familiar with common network measuring concepts, to learn about common networking tools.

Related Course Outcomes:

The main course outcomes covered by this assignment are:

LO3 -- Analyze the performance metrics of networks, including bandwidth, delay, and error rate.

LO9 -- Use networking tools including telnet, ping, traceroute, bing, and Ethereal to evaluate simple network characteristics.

Specification:

Do the following problems from Chapter 1: 5, 7, 13, 17, 20, 26, 31, (4, 38, 40) and submit them in Hw1.pdf. For each problem you should show your complete calculations, along with any assumption you are making. The answer by itself will receive 0 credit. For problem 4, 38 40 you should do a decent write-up of your experiments. Explain where you whois'd, ping'd, traceroute'd, etc. in your write-up and give some example transcripts of you interacting with the terminal, and have a plot of your results with discussion.

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