Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Foundation
  • Chapter 2: Direct Links
  • Chapter 3: Internetworking
    • Problem: Not All Networks are Directly Connected
    • 3.1 Switching and Bridging
    • 3.2 Basic Interworking
    • 3.3 Routing
    • 3.4 Implementation
    • Perspective: Virtual Networks All the Way Down
  • Chapter 4: Advanced Internetworking
  • Chapter 5: End-to-End Protocols
  • Chapter 6: Congestion Control
  • Chapter 7: End-to-End Data
  • Chapter 8: Network Security
  • Chapter 9: Applications
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Chapter 3: Internetworking¶

Nature seems … to reach many of her ends by long circuitous routes.

—Rudolph Lotze

  • Problem: Not All Networks are Directly Connected
  • 3.1 Switching and Bridging
    • Datagrams
    • Virtual Circuit Switching
    • Source Routing
    • L2 Switches and Bridges
  • 3.2 Basic Interworking
    • What Is an Internetwork?
    • Service Model
    • Global Addresses
    • Datagram Forwarding in IP
    • Subnetting and Classless Addressing
    • Address Translation (ARP)
    • Host Configuration (DHCP)
    • Error Reporting (ICMP)
    • Virtual Networks and Tunnels
  • 3.3 Routing
    • Network as a Graph
    • Distance-Vector (RIP)
    • Link State (OSPF)
    • Metrics
  • 3.4 Implementation
    • Software Switch
    • Hardware Switch
    • Software Defined Networks
  • Perspective: Virtual Networks All the Way Down
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