Computer Networks

1. What Books to read :

Book Name :

1. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (1st Edition) by Kurose and Ross

2. Andrew S Tanenbaum - Computer networks , 4th edition

3. Behrouz A. Forouzan - Data Communications And Networking , 4th edition

2. Topics for that subject to read along

with Chapter Subparts : ** marked parts are important for problems

Concept of layering --- Kurose & Ross chapter 1.7 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 1.4

LAN technologies (Ethernet) --- Kurose & Ross chapter 5.2.3 , 5.5(5.5.3) / Andrew S
Tanenbaum chapter - 4.3

** Flow and error control techniques --- Kurose & Ross chapter 3.4.2 3.5.6[ flow control], 5.1,
5.2 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4 [ Flow ] 3.2 [ error]

switching --- Kurose & Ross chapter 1.4 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 2.5.5

** IPv4/IPv6 ---- Kurose & Ross chapter 4.4, 4.7 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 5.6.1,
5.6.2, ( IPv4) 5.6.8 (IPv6)

routers ---- Kurose & Ross chapter 4.6 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 5.1.3, 5.1.4

** routing algorithms (distance vector, link state) ----- Kurose & Ross chapter 4.2 /
Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4 (DV), 5.2.5(link state),

TCP/UDP and sockets ---- Kurose & Ross chapter 3.3, 3.5 (sockets - 2.6,2.7) / Andrew S
Tanenbaum chapter - 6.1.3(sockets) , 6.4.1(udp), 6.5.1,6.5.2,6.5.3,6.5.4,6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.8

** congestion control --- Kurose & Ross chapter 3.6, 3.7 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter -
5.4.2 [leaky & token]

Application layer protocols (DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP) --- Kurose & Ross chapter 2.1,
2.2, 2.3, 2.4 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 7.1,7.2,7.3
Basics of Wi-Fi --- Kurose & Ross chapter 6.1,6.2,6.3 (5.7 in old version) / Andrew S
Tanenbaum chapter - 4.4

Network security: authentication --- Kurose & Ross chapter 7.3 / Andrew S
Tanenbaum chapter - 8.7

** basics of public key and private key cryptography --- Kurose & Ross chapter ( Asymetric
key cryptography) 7.2 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 8.3

digital signatures and certificates --- Kurose & Ross chapter 7.5 / Andrew S Tanenbaum
chapter - 8.4.2 , 8.5.1

firewalls --- Kurose & Ross chapter 8.5 / Andrew S Tanenbaum chapter - 8.6.2

3. From where to read ? to read from

standard text book :

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (1st Edition) by Kurose and Ross [ Chapter 1 to 5
]
[ chapter 6 (basics of wifi) - 6.1, 6.2 , 6.3 ] [ chapter 8 - security in computer networks ]

AN Tanenbaum - chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

4 . Types of problems from where
questions came previous years :

Important Types :

Addressing related questions :: Subnet address, supernet address, brodcast address, range of
network, no of host, classless addressing, non continuous addresses, first host and last host
finding etc.

Properties Of Circuit Switching and packet switching, Routing Protocols and Numerical
Problems on them.

Flow Control and Error Control Policies.

Numerical Problems on Window Size [ sliding window protocols ] , No Of Sequence bits, frame
size, bandwidth, round trip time, utilization, Hamming Distance, CRC.
selective repeat [2016] , stop n wait [2016] , go back n[2008] - flow control .

Congestion Control policies like slow start, congestion avoidence and Congestion Detection.
Token bucket [2016]
 IP Header , TCP and UDP header format, theory related to Ethernet . csma/cd

Basics Of Different Type of protocols like : FTP, HTTP, DHCP, ARP, RARP, SMTP, ICMP,POP .

Basic Concepts of Cryptography and firewalls.