CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking

CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking, Fall 2019

Course basics

Lectures	Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:30 p.m.–3:20 p.m. in room 320-105
Lab sessions	Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.–10 p.m. in STLC 114
Exams	Midterm: Wednesday, October 30. Final: Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 9–11 a.m. (Building 420, room 41)
	Practice midterm Answer key
	Practice final Answer key
Contact	To contact the course staff, please feel free to use Piazza, the lab sessions, or office hours. For private matters or accommodation letters, please email the instructors (cs144-aut1920-staff@lists.stanford.edu).
Syllabus/logistics	Syllabus/logistics handout
Piazza	CS144 on Piazza
QueueStatus	QueueStatus (for office hours)
Attendance	Attendance Form

Lecturers

Keith Winstein

Email: Winstein email address
Office hours: in lab session

Nick McKeown

Email: McKeown email address
Office hours: Monday 4:30-5:30pm in Gates 344

Course Assistants

Sarah Tollman head CA
Email: stollman at stanford

Nicholas Hirning
Email: nhirning at stanford

Alex Ozdemir
Email: aozdemir at stanford

William Zhuk
Email: waz at stanford

Sadjad Fouladi
Email: sadjad at cs.stanford

Emily Marx
Email: emarx1 at stanford

Video Weeks and Online Quizzes

Week 1, due Sept. 30 before class
- Honor Code video & quiz
- The Internet and IP
Week 3, due Oct. 11 before class
Week 5, due Oct. 29 before class
- Routing

Please note: videos have moved to SUclass, which also hosts the completion quizzes, but are the same videos posted here originally.

Lab Assignments

FAQ Answers to common questions about lab assignments.

Lab 0: networking warmup

Out: Sept. 23, due Sept. 30, 5 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lab 1: stitching substrings into a byte stream

Out: Sept. 24, due Oct. 4, 5 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lab 2: the TCP receiver

Out: Oct. 4, due Oct. 11, 5 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lab 3: the TCP sender

Out: Oct. 11, due ~~Oct. 18~~ Oct. 23, 5 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lab 4: the TCP connection

Out: Oct. 23, due Nov. 6, 5 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lab 5: the network interface

Out: Nov. 16, due Dec. 4, 5 p.m. (extra credit if handed in before Nov. 22, 5 p.m.)

Code | Documentation

Lab 6: the IP router

Out: Dec. 3, due Dec. 6, 11 p.m.

Code | Documentation

Lecture Notes

Week 1

Monday, Sept. 23

Stuff you should know about CS144

Wednesday, Sept. 25

How the Internet works

Friday, Sept. 27

Week 2

Wednesday, Oct. 2

Friday, Oct. 4

Wireshark Exercise

Week 3

Monday, Oct. 7

Packet Switching Part 1

Wednesday, October 9

Packet Switching Part 2

Week 5

Monday, Oct. 21

Wednesday, October 23

Routing in the Internet

Friday, October 25

Nandita Dukkipati Guest Lecture

Week 6

Monday, October 28

Applications I (DHCP, DNS, TLS)

Week 7

Monday, November 4

Physical Layer (same slides for Wednesday Nov. 6)

Friday, November 8

Week 8

Friday, November 15

Ken Florance (Netflix) Guest Lecture

Week 9

Monday, November 18

Wednesday, November 20

Jeff Mogul (Google) Guest Lecture

Friday, November 22

Omar Baldonado (Facebook) Guest Lecture

Week 10

Wednesday, December 4