The following sections will be covered:

• Chapter 1: All except 1.6
• Chapter 2: All except 2.6
• Chapter 3: All except 3.6-3.7
• Chapter 4: All except 4.3, 4.4.4-4.4.5, 4.6.3, and 4.7
• Chapter 5: All except 5.6.5, 5.7, and 5.8

A Tentative Teaching Plan (with slides and assignments):

Classes	Covered in lectures	Covered in laboratories	Important events
(1) 2 Sept.	Course introduction	None	Order textbook
9 Sept.	Class cancelled (Rocky's business trip)	Lab 1 (intro to WireShark)	None
16 Sept.	Class cancelled (Rocky could not walk to classroom.)	Lab 2 (advanced features in WireShark)	None
(2) 23 Sept.	Chapter one: introduction [ppt]	Lab 3 (HTTP ) (lab sheet from the textbook)	Textbooks received
(3) 30 Sept.	Chapter one: introduction	-
(4) 7 Oct.	Chapter two: application [ppt]	Lab 4 (intro to DNS)  (lab sheet from the textbook)	Dispatch assignment 1
(5) 8 Oct. (Sat) BC 201 10:00am-12:30pm	Chapter two: application	-
(6) 14 Oct.	Chapter three: transport [ppt]	Lab 5 (intro to socket programming)
(7) 15 Oct. (Sat) BC 201 10:00am-12:30pm	Chapter three: transport	-	Assignment 1 due
(8) 21 Oct.	Chapter three: transport	Lab test 1	Dispatch assignment 2
(9) 28 Oct.	Chapter four: network [ppt]	Lab 6 (TCP) (lab sheet from the textbook)
(10) 4 Nov.	Chapter four: network	Discuss assignment 2	Assignment 2 due
(11) 11 Nov.	Chapter four: network	Lab 7 (IP) (lab sheet from the textbook)	Dispatch assignment 3
(12) 18 Nov.	Chapter five: data link [ppt]	Discuss assignment 3
(13) 25 Nov.	Chapter five: data link	Lab 8 (Ethernet)  (lab sheet from the textbook)	Assignment 3 due Dispatch assignment 4
(14) 2 Dec.	Chapter five: data link	Discuss assignment 4
9 Dec.			Assignment 4 due
12 Dec.			Project reports due
17 Dec.  FJ301   8:45-11:45am	Open-book final examination