Week 11: Client-server networking

Lecture notes:
Client-server networking
Client-server networking: Lecture slides (6 per page)
Buzzwords:

node, NIC (network interface component), router, broadband, baseband, circuit switching, packet switching, protcol layers, OSI reference model, data link layer (2), network layer (3), transport layer (4), transport address, connection-oriented protocol, virtual circuit service, datagram service, connectionless protocol, datagram service, ethernet, IP address, packet encapsulation (enveloping), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Domain Name System (DNS), TCP and UDP, port number.