Practical Course Networking Lab (Summer 2022)

This course offers students a hands-on approach to computer networking. The students are given practical tasks from the area of computer networks which they have to solve in a small team. The course aims to familiarize the students with practical issues of computer network setup, configuration, operation and maintenance.

NET Teaching Lab where this course takes place.


Details

Workload/ECTS Credits: 180h, 6 ECTS
Module: B.Inf.802/803/804: Fachpraktikum I/II/III
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Xiaoming Fu
Teaching assistant: Yunxiao Zhang [yunxiao.zhang@ds.mpg.de]
Time: from 19.04.2022
Place: IFI 3.116


Announcements

This course will start on 19.04.2022

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to take special measures to ensure that nobody gets infected. For this, only one student is allowed to do the lab at a time. We suggest the student to wear the mask and wash hands when entering the lab room. I wish you all the best. Stay safe.

Prerequisites

This course requires fair overall knowledge of networking protocols. The exercises will be done using the Linux operating system and Cisco routers.

It is recommended to have attended the following courses prior to taking this one:

  • Computer Networks

Organization and Examination

Lab teams

Every team consists of 2 students.

Weekly exercises and written reports

The course consists of weekly exercises related to computer networks. Each team is expected to complete those exercises and compile a short written report every week.

Passing requirements

  Note: Don't forget to officially register for the the course in flexnow, else you won't get your grades.
  • Complete all the labs and submit the lab report on time. For a report to be acceptable, a reasonably complete answer to each question is expected.
  • Participate in a final personal-meeting/feedback-round with Professor at the end of the semester.

Lab Slots

Each team has one weekday reserved, for ten weeks, from 19 April onwards. To reserve the timeslot, please send an email to Yunxiao Zhang "yunxiao.zhang@stud.uni-goettingen.de" with the preferred day and the name, student number and email address.

Summer Semester 2022
Timeslot Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Morning Slot (09:00-12:00) Egi Brako & Makarov Aleksei AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE Pascal Drude & ?
Afternoon Slot (14:00-17:00) AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE

Lab Slots during the semester break

This semester, we will have the block courses at the end of the semester.

Course Materials

You find all the relevant course material in the Networking Lab Wiki. One recommend textbook Mastering Networks: An Internet Lab Manual Recommend website "Cisco and Linux study guides"