Computer Networks and Open Systems and Networks Revision

This document contains questions submitted by students, and the answers I gave.

Session 1998/99 Answers

Computer Networks

• In the revision lecture, I mentioned a C program which simulates the operation of the timed token protocol used by FDDI. You are welcome to look at this program and to try it out.

• Answer to a question about synchronous traffic on FDDI

• First set of Computer Networks answers

• Second set of Computer Networks answers

• Third set of Computer Networks answers

Open Systems and Networks

• List of the sections from Comer's book you need to know

• First set of Open Systems and Networks answers

• HTML and Searching answers

• ATM and ATMARP answers

• Answers about autonomous systems and backbones

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

• More Open Systems and Networks answers

Session 1997/98 Answers

Most, if not all, still relevant:

Computer Networks

• First set of Computer Networks answers

• Second set of Computer Networks answers

• Third set of Computer Networks answers

Open Systems and Networks

• First set of Open Systems and Networks answers

• Second set of Open Systems and Networks answers

• Third set of Open Systems and Networks answers

• First set of Open Systems and Networks answers

James A. Malcolm,

Room: LB220
Division of Computer Science,
University of Hertfordshire

Phone: +44-1707-284310 (shared with Neil Davey)
Fax: +44-1707-284303 (shared with the rest of the school of Information Science)
Email: comqjam@herts.ac.uk (all mine!)