Topics to Look For

  • Subnets
  • Switching vs Routing
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)
    • Mechanism for delivering packets to the correct host behind a NAT router
    • NAT problems
  • ARP
  • DHCP autoconfiguration
  • ICMP
    • Ping
    • Traceroute’s use of ICMP
  • VPNs

Reading

Supplemental

These are complementary to the assigned reading above. Use them to augment any confusing parts or to add detail where you’re interested.