COMP3331 Notices

Final Mark and Statistics

Posted by Salil Kanhere Sunday 29 August 2021, 09:32:22 AM.

We have ported the exam marks from Inspera and computed your final course mark. You should find these through WebCMS. A reminder that you need to score at least 16 marks on the final to pass the course. However, it is evident that the hurdle is not an issue for most students.

Final exam statistics and shout outs to high performing students are available in the slides here .

Well done everyone.

If you have any final comments or feedback, feel free to add them to this anonymous form .

Final Exam Marks Released

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 27 August 2021, 10:55:27 AM.

The final exam marks and your answers are now visible in Inspera. You can access it through the exam link on the Moodle course page. Answers and explanations are available as general feedback for each question. Marker comments have been added for manually marked questions and for the two issues noted below. You will find these in the "Student Report".

We will port the exam marks to WebCMS and compute your final mark over the weekend. We will not be scaling the final exam marks, so you can compute your final mark by simply adding the following four components: FinalExam from Inspera (out of 40) + MidtermExam (out of 20) + Assignment (out of 20) + LabTotal (out of 20). A reminder that you need to score at least 16 marks on the final exam to pass the course.

Important Notes (please read carefully):

(1) I have manually checked all of your answers for the Distance Vector question where there was a typo in certain versions and to account for the late announcement from the exams unit. I have overridden the automarking and awarded additional marks where I saw a logical reason to do so to account for this issue. So please check the marks awarded even if Inspera may report your answer to be incorrect.

(2) There was also a minor typo in the third part in certain versions of the Ethernet Switch multi-part question. I have manually checked all of your answers and overridden the automarking and awarded additional marks where it made logical sense to do so. As above, check the marks awarded even if Inspera may report your answer to be incorrect. Note that, there is no carry-over effect to the remainder of the questions.

I will announce the honour roll of students who did well in the course on Monday. Well done everyone. I have enjoyed teaching this course and we hope you found it useful. I wish you the best for the remainder of your studies and your next adventure if you are graduating. If you are on campus in 2022, come and say hi.

Good luck for the final exam

Posted by Salil Kanhere Monday 23 August 2021, 06:20:17 PM.

Good luck everyone. Not meaning to be Captain Obvious but some advice:

• The exam link will be visible on the course Moodle page - HERE . You should navigate to the bottom of the page and find the Final Exam activity. The exam runs from 09:45 am to 12:00 noon Sydney time tomorrow (Tuesday, 24th August 2021)
• Support will be provided by the Central Exams Unit. Information for this is on the course Moodle page.
• Get a good night's sleep
• Have some food prior to the start of the exam
• Keep a water bottle handy
• Find a quiet and comfortable room where you are unlikely to be interrupted for the duration of the exam
• Make sure your computer is charged and connect it to a power outlet
• If you are on a shared network then make sure others using the network will not engage in heavy usage
• Download all lecture notes and homework questions/answers to your computer to avoid potential bottlenecks with the WebCMS server
• Don't panic if a question stumps you, move on and come back to it later
• Remember to answer all questions
• Remember to breathe !!

May the force be with you all !!

Final Exam - Important Information

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 20 August 2021, 04:32:56 PM.

The final exam will be held on Tuesday, 24th August 2021 from 09:45 am to 12 noon .

The exam will be managed and supervised by the UNSW Central Exam Unit. Their staff will be available to handle any technical issues that may arise. If you have any questions on the exam content, please ask their staff and they will relay the questions to me and pass on my response back to you. They have told me not to set up a parallel Zoom session so that there is a single support platform available for you. Thus, I have cancelled the Zoom meeting, which was circulated earlier and posted on the Exams page.

The Inspera exam link will be available through the course Moodle page - HERE . You should navigate to the bottom of the page and find the Final Exam activity. You will find some information about the support available as seen in the screen capture below.

The Inspera exam link will become visible at the time of the exam. If you have submitted ELS documentation, your exam time will be adjusted as per your approved conditions.

I am available for an exam consultation on Monday, 23rd August 2 pm to 3 pm: Zoom link (password: FortySix&2)

Good luck !!

Assignment and Lab Marks + Exam Consults

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 18 August 2021, 11:01:50 AM, last modified Thursday 19 August 2021, 05:24:27 PM.

The assignment marks have been released. Some comments are provided if marks were deducted. If you have specific questions about the marks, then please email your tutors as they marked your assignment. You can cc Ayda in your communication with the tutors. If you are not able to resolve any issues, then you may raise it with the LiC.

All lab marks are also available. You will also find a "LabTotal" field (out of 20 marks). To calculate this, we added the 5 best scores of your labs and scaled the total to 20 marks. These marks constitute the lab component of your final mark.

A reminder for the following final exam consultations. You are welcome to join and ask any questions:

• Thursday, 19th August 5 pm to 6 pm: Zoom link (password: FortySix&2)
• Monday, 23rd August 2 pm to 3 pm: Zoom link (password: FortySix&2)

myExperience Surveys + Final Exam

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 10 August 2021, 06:10:31 PM, last modified Thursday 19 August 2021, 05:24:08 PM.

A few announcements:

• I understand that you are all busy with exam preparations. However, we would very much appreciate it if you could complete the myExperience surveys for this course. The response rate is close to 35%. Thanks to everyone who did their bit. However, I am sure we can do better. The survey closes on Thursday, 12th August , so please complete it as soon as possible.
• Assignment marking is ongoing. We hope to have marks ready by the middle of next week. All lab marks should be available later this week.
• A reminder that the final exam will be held on Tuesday 24th August from 9:45 am to 12 noon . All details including a practice exam are on the final exam page . Answers to all homework questions are available to help you prepare for the exam.
• I have organised two final exam consultations as follows. You are welcome to join and ask any questions:
  • Thursday, 19th August 5 pm to 6 pm: Zoom link (password: FortySix&2)
  • Monday, 23rd August 2 pm to 3 pm: Zoom link (password: FortySix&2)

myExperience Surveys + Final Exam Preparation

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 06 August 2021, 01:15:24 PM.

The assignment deadline is now behind us. Well done everyone.

Could I please request those who are yet to provide feedback through the myExperience surveys to kindly do so? Only 20% of the class has responded so far. I am sure you can all help and increase this number. I would very much appreciate it if you could complete this in the next couple of days. Thanks to those who have already done so. The survey will remain open till 12th August.

Lab 6 marks should be available early next week. A reminder that the 5 best performing labs will contribute to your final lab mark.

We will begin marking the assignment next week. We will aim to have the marks ready a few days before the final exam.

We encourage everyone to start preparations for the final exam. Several practice problems are available on the homework page which you can discuss on the forum. A practice exam is also available. Further details are on the Final Exam page.

Stay safe, have a good weekend and good luck studying for your exams.

Assignment Deadline Approaching (noon, Friday, 6th August)

Posted by Salil Kanhere Thursday 05 August 2021, 10:20:39 AM.

This is a reminder that the assignment deadline is a little over 24 hours away - noon, Friday, 6th August.

A reminder again that submissions will be marked in the VLAB environment and through command line execution. It is thus imperative that you thoroughly test your code in VLAB before you submit it. If we cannot execute your code then we cannot award you any marks. We appreciate that you might write your code on your personal machine and use an IDE. However, we are unable to test it in that environment. Please pay attention to this point to avoid any frustration when marks are released. Remember to test your code thoroughly in VLAB.

Good luck !!

Practice Final Exam

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 04 August 2021, 03:31:56 PM.

A practice final exam is now available in Inspera. The Moodle link is posted on the Final Exam page. To avoid the issues encountered with the practice mid-term exam, I have configured it differently. This means you can only sit this exam once and it will close in 2 hours + 10 minutes after you start the attempt. Please keep this in mind before attempting the exam. You should be able to view the correct answers in Inspera after you submit your attempt. I strongly encourage you to attempt the practice exam in Inspera to ensure that you are comfortable with the Inspera platform so that there are no surprises in the final exam.

I have also posted 2 PDF versions of the exam (one with just questions, the other with both questions and answers) on the Final Exam page.

Good luck with the practice exam and other exam preparation.

I will arrange for exam-specific consults on 19th August and 23rd August. Time and Zoom link to follow.

Extra C Consultation for Assignment

Posted by Salil Kanhere Monday 02 August 2021, 04:31:43 PM.

We have organised an extra C consultation for the assignment tomorrow (Tue, 3rd August) from 18:00 to 20:00, Zoom link .

The Java and Python consults for the week are scheduled as noted here .

Week 10: Final Week of Lectures, Assignment Deadline on Friday, Tutorial 2, myExperience

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 30 July 2021, 09:19:28 PM.

A few important announcements for next week:

• Week 10 is our final week of lectures . On Monday we will wrap up our short discussion on Wireless Networks and dive into the basics of Network Security. On Tuesday we will wrap up the leftover content on Network Security and I will discuss the final exam. Come and say goodbye!!
• Lab 6 is due by 4 pm Tuesday, 3rd August . There will be a tutorial replacing the lab (in your usual Zoom/Teams meeting) this week. This will serve as useful practice for the final exam. Please look through the questions beforehand and try to solve them by yourself. All questions on the tutorial are from past exams. So effectively, it is a sample exam.
• Please complete the myExperience surveys . The response rate so far is rather low. We would appreciate your feedback.
• The final exam will be held on Tuesday, 24th August from 9:45 am to 12:00 noon Sydney time online (Inspera) . I will make available several resources for the final exam including a practice exam. Stay tuned for further details.
• The assignment is due by noon on Friday, 6th August . This is a hard deadline. Assignment consults are running so seek help if you need it. Make sure to test your code in VLAB before submitting it to avoid angst later. If your code does not run as expected on VLAB then there isn't much we can do about it.
• I know next week will be busy for everyone but make sure to not overwhelm yourself. Good luck with everything.

Week 9: Link Layer + Lab 6 + Assignment deadline approaching

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 23 July 2021, 03:20:44 PM.

A number of announcements for Week 9:

• In the lectures next week, we will focus on the data link layer . Lecture slides are available. A number of homework questions are posted. You are encouraged to work through them.
• Lab 5 is due by 4 pm, Tuesday, 27th July . Lab 6 held next week is the last lab for the course. A reminder that we will pick your 5 best lab scores (out of 6 labs). Lab 4 marks should be available early next week.
• The assignment deadline of noon, Friday, 6th August is approaching soon. This is a HARD deadline. Late submissions will be accepted but are subject to penalties as noted in the specification. Attend the assignment consultations if you need help.
• IMPORTANT : We appreciate that many of you prefer to write code on your personal machine and in your preferred IDE (e.g. Eclipse). However, your assignment will be marked in the VLAB environment and through command line execution. It is thus imperative that you thoroughly test your code in VLAB before you submit it. If we cannot execute your code then we cannot award you any marks . Please pay attention to this point to avoid any angst when marks are released.
• The final exam will be held on Tuesday, 24th August in the morning from 09:45 to 12:00 . Further information will be provided in Week 10. Mark that time in your calendar.

Stay safe everyone. Have a good weekend and see you in the lectures next week.

Lab4 submission deadline

Posted by Ayda Valinezhad Orang Tuesday 20 July 2021, 03:39:57 PM.

Dear All,

Due to access problems with Webcms and Vlab , the Lab4 submission deadline has been extended by 24 hours (21/07/2021, 4 p.m.).

If you have any problems with Vlab, please post them in the forum or send an email to Salil.

Regards,
Ayda

Midterm Exam Marks Released

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 20 July 2021, 11:37:49 AM.

The mid-term exam marks are now available. You can check your response and the correct answers for all questions in Inspera. Log into Moodle and access the same mid-term exam link as before.

Please ignore the Pass/Fail grade in Inspera . I am unable to turn this off. There is no such grade for the mid-term. The final mark for the course will be computed as noted in the course outline .

Within Inspera, you can click on "View without downloading" to see the questions and your answers. The correct answers are visible at the bottom of each page under "Feedback". If you click on the final tab at the bottom in this view (a tick mark), you will find the summary of marks and your score. For the questions that were manually marked, we have added some feedback if marks were deducted. You can view this by clicking "View Report" within Inspera.

Your total mark on the exam (out of 20) are also available through WebCMS.

We have been as generous as we can in awarding partial marks.

Want to find out how you fared compared to other students? Check out the class statistics available here .

Week 8: Network Data/Control Plane + Lab 5 + Assignment Consultations

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 16 July 2021, 12:39:33 PM.

A few announcements this week:

• Mid-term Exam marking is almost done. We will release marks and solutions by Tuesday afternoon. Expect an announcement then.
• In the lectures this week we will wrap up our discussion on the network data plane and move on to the control plane where we will focus on routing algorithms. Slides are available. Do remember to watch the lecture video from last week where I covered the network data plane and IP.
• A number of practice questions have been posted under the Homework Questions page. These cover TCP congestion control and the network data/control plane. Do make sure you work through them.
• Lab 4 is due by 4 pm , Tuesday, 20th July .
• Lab 5 is open and includes exercises that use the ns-2 simulator where you will investigate TCP congestion control.
• The assignment is due by noon, Friday, 6th August. If you need help, then you should attend the assignment specific consults . The timetable is on the assignment page.
• The remainder of this term is going to be busy and stressful for everyone, particularly with the lockdown extended for another 2 weeks. Please stay safe and make sure that you take care of yourself and your friends and family. Do reach out to us if we can help in any way.
• You are welcome to provide anonymous feedback about the course through the following link .

Have a good and safe weekend and see you in the lectures next week.

Mid-Term Exam Today (Tuesday, 13th July @ 4:10pm) + Lab4 + Assignment Consult + Lecture on Network Layer/IP

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 13 July 2021, 10:59:06 AM.

A few announcements:

1) A reminder that the mid-term exam will be held today, Tuesday, 13th July in our regular lecture time. The exam will open at 16:10 and close at 17:20. The Moodle link for the exam is HERE . Inspera will automatically submit your answers when the exam closes in case you haven't finished your attempt. We strongly recommend that you download a copy of any resources that you may need from the course webpage to your computer. If all 400+ of you access the WebCMS3 server at the same time, it may be slow to respond. If you have any questions for us, you can join the Zoom link HERE (password: FortySix&2) and type your question in the chat. Do not turn on your microphone. Good luck everyone and may the force be with you.

2) I recorded a video yesterday of the content for this week, where we begin our journey into the Network layer and IP. It is available in the usual Youtube and Echo360 playlists. Please make sure that you watch it before the live lectures next week. If you have any questions, post on the Ed forum.

3) In the lab this week ( Lab 4 ), you will work through a couple of exercises on TCP. You will also familiarise yourself with a network simulator called ns2, which will be used in subsequent labs. Lab 4 reports are due by 4pm, Tuesday, 20th July.

4) Special assignment specific consultations will run every week from Week 7 to Week 10. There are dedicated sessions for C, Java and Python. You are encouraged to avail of these sessions if you need help. Note that, the purpose of this session is to provide general help and NOT for tutors to debug your code. The schedule is on the assignment page.

Mid-term Exam Link

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 09 July 2021, 06:26:10 PM.

Moodle Link for the Exam is here . Note that, the exam will use the Inspera Assessment Platform. Make sure you familiarise yourself with the platform by trying out the practice exam.

Note that the exam will open at 1:10 pm on Monday, 12th July and close at 2:20 pm . You will have 70 minutes to complete the exam.

A link to the Zoom Meeting is here in case you wish to ask us any questions. It is not required that you join the Zoom meeting.

Further details are on the mid-term exam page .

Good luck !!

Practice Mid-Term Exam uploaded to the course web page

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 09 July 2021, 10:54:39 AM.

I have extracted the questions and answers of the practice mid-term exam and posted them on the midterm page here .

I would still encourage everyone to have a go at the exam in Inspera as we will be using that platform for the mid-term exam. It will help you to get familiarised witt this platform. Note that the mid-term exam must be attempted "live" in a 70-minute time slot starting from 1:10 pm to 2:20 pm on Monday, 12th July .

All details are on the mid-term exam page .

Tip: To avoid overloading the WebCMS3 server, I would encourage everybody to download all slides and homework questions/answers to their computer.

I will post a Moodle link for the exam later today.

Assignment Video + Assignment Help Sessions

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 07 July 2021, 06:03:19 PM.

I have uploaded a video about the assignment, which is available in the Youtube and Echo360 playlists. The slides are available on the assignment page.

We have arranged assignment consultations in C, Python and Java in Weeks 7-10. The schedule is on the assignments page. The tutors will answer any queries that you may have about the assignment. However, do not expect them to debug your code.

Sample Mid-term + Exam Consult

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 06 July 2021, 08:47:19 PM.

Inspera will only allow one attempt for the sampe exam. You can only review the solutions if you complete and submit the attempt. If you let the system time out then you will NOT be able to view the solutions . Keep this in mind.

I will be available for an exam consult on Thursday, 8th July from 5pm to 6pm . Here is the Zoom link (password: FortyTwo&Six) if you wish to ask me any questions.

And another reminder, that the mid-term exam will be held on Monday, 12th July from 1pm to 3pm . Further details on the exam page .

Week 6: No lectures and labs

Posted by Salil Kanhere Monday 05 July 2021, 09:51:55 AM.

A reminder that there are no labs and lectures this week due to flexibility week. Everybody is urged to use the time at hand to prepare for the mid-term exam and start working on the assignment.

The mid-term exam will be held on Monday, 12th July during regular lecture hours (1-3 pm). Further details including a sample exam are available on the mid-term exam page .

Sample Mid-term Exam

Posted by Salil Kanhere Thursday 01 July 2021, 02:56:54 PM.

A sample mid-term exam is available here . The link is also posted to the Mid-term Exam page.

Answers are available as feedback after completing the exam. The questions that require manual marking won't be marked for the sample exam. You can examine the provided answers and compare them with your answers.

Everyone is strongly urged to attempt the exam. It will also familiarise you with the Inspera assessment environment.

Mid-term Exam Details and Poll on Choice of Programming Assignment

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 30 June 2021, 05:38:48 PM.

The mid-term exam will be held during regular lecture hours (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm) on Monday, 12th July (Week 7).

Check the information available on the Mid-term Exam page (includes information about the content covered, exclusions, online meeting information, etc). A short video is also available in the Youtube and Echo360 playlists.

A practice exam will be released by Friday. An announcement on it will be forthcoming.

We would strongly urge everyone to provide input on their choice of programming language for the assignment in this poll . This will help us to appropriately schedule programming help sessions in Weeks 7-10, as we plan to run distinct C, Java and Python help sessions.

You are welcome to provide anonymous feedback about the course through the following link .

A reminder that there are no lectures or labs in Week 6 . You are all urged to make use of this week to prepare for the mid-term exam and get cracking on the assignment. Good luck and may the force be with you !!

Week 5: Exploring TCP and Congestion Control, Tutorial, Mid-term Exam Preparations

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 25 June 2021, 11:25:07 AM, last modified Friday 25 June 2021, 11:25:33 AM.

Announcements for Week 5:

• Lab 3 is due by 4 pm Tuesday, 29 th June .
• There will be a tutorial replacing the lab (in your usual Zoom/Teams meeting) next week. It is not marked. This will serve as useful practice for the mid-term exam. Please look through the questions beforehand and try to solve them by yourself. You can ask your tutor to prioritise questions that were particularly difficult for you. The question set is released.
• In the lectures, we will explore TCP in detail and go over the principles of congestion control. Slides are available.
• There will be no lectures or labs in Week 6 (flexibility week).
• The mid-term exam will be held during regular lecture hours (13:00 - 15:00) on Monday , 12th July (Week 7). Further information about the format and a sample exam will be available middle of next week. The exam makes up 20% of your final mark.
• Lab 1 marks and solutions are available. If you have questions about your marks, please connect with your tutor.
• The programming assignment specification was released earlier this week. The deadline for choosing the non-CSE option is 5 pm, Friday, 2nd July . Only students who are not enrolled in a CSE program are eligible. Further details are in the specification. Requests after the deadline will not be entertained.
• Everyone is encouraged to discuss the homework questions on the Ed discussion forum. Most of these questions are from past exams.
• You are welcome to provide anonymous feedback about the course through the following link .

Have a good weekend and see you all in the lectures on Monday and Tuesday.

Assignment Released

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 22 June 2021, 12:57:06 PM.

The assignment specification is available. It is long but for a reason. Read it carefully. Read it again (and again). The deadline is noon, Friday, 6th August (Week 10) . Assignment specific consultations will be arranged in Weeks 7-10. Details will follow. In the meantime, post questions to the Ed forum.

I have set up the following poll to get your feedback on the pacing of the lectures.

You are welcome to provide anonymous feedback about the course through the following link . We will try our best to take this into consideration.

A reminder that the mid-term exam will be held on Monday, 12th July (Week 7) during regular lecture hours (1-3 pm). Further details including a sample exam to follow next week.

Week 4: Getting Busy (Transport Layer, Lab on DN & TCP Socket Programming, Assignment to be released)

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 18 June 2021, 01:09:55 PM.

A number of announcements for Week 4. Read carefully:

• Lab 2 deadline is 4 pm, Tuesday, 22nd June .
• Lab 3 is released and will require you to get into the nitty-gritty of DNS and gain experience with TCP socket programming.
• In the lectures this week we will begin our journey into the Transport Layer. Lecture notes are available.
• The assignment specification is ready and will be released on Tuesday, 22nd June . An announcement will follow with details.
• The mid-term exam which is worth 20% of the course mark, will be held on Monday, 12th July (Week 7) during regular lecture hours ( 1-3 pm ). The exam will be held online on the Inspera assessment platform. Further information and a sample online exam will be available in Week 5.
• The solutions to Lab 1 and your marks for the same will be released by Tue/Wed next week . Please cross-check the solutions to find out why marks were deducted (if any). If you have questions about marking, ask your tutor. The easiest way to access your marks is through the WebCMS interface. Click on the marks icon located beside your name at the bottom of the left frame.
• Everybody is strongly encouraged to discuss solutions to all homework problems on the course forum. Several questions are from past exams and will you prepare for the mid-term and final exams.
• Many web services (banks, airlines, Aus Post) in Australia experienced an outage yesterday due to a routing error in the CDN (Akamai) provider. I thought it worth posting as we discussed CDN's this week. You can read about the issue here .

Have a great weekend and see you in lectures next week.

Public Holiday: Monday 14th June

Posted by Salil Kanhere Monday 14 June 2021, 07:30:25 AM.

A reminder that today, 14th June, Monday is a public holiday . There will be no live lectures or consultations today.

A pre-recorded video covering E-mail, P2P, CDN and Socket Programming is available for your viewing in the Youtube and Echo360 video playlists.

The lab 1 deadline is 4 pm , Tuesday, 15th June.

See you in the live lecture tomorrow (15th June, Tuesday).

Week 3: Wrapping up Applications + Lab2

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 11 June 2021, 12:04:51 PM.

The Lab 1 report is due by 4 pm , Tuesday, 15th June . Submission instructions are in the lab spec. Submissions received via email will NOT be entertained. Do also note the requirement to submit a TAR archive. It is easy to create one using the command line tar utility in Linux (VLAB) or on Mac OS. On Windows, you can use 7-zip and on Mac OS you can alternately use Unarchiver .

Monday, 14th June is a public holiday. I have thus pre-recorded a lecture's worth of content covering E-mail, P2P, CDN and Socket Programming. The recording is available on the Youtube and Echo360 playlists. We will have our usual live lecture on Tuesday @ 4 pm where I will cover DNS and answer any questions you may have on the pre-recorded lecture content.

In Lab 2 , we will explore HTTP and learn to use a new tool called Wireshark, a protocol analyzer. We strongly encourage you to install Wireshark on your machine (instead of running it through VLAB). It is free and works on all operating systems. Download it here . You will also get your first exposure to socket programming. Sample working client/server programs in C/Java/Python are available under the Week 1 lecture content.

Very few students appear to be attempting the homework questions . We strongly encourage everyone to work through these questions on their own. We will post answers for the collated questions (e.g. Introduction Questions). However, the questions marked with " Students to Discuss Solutions " are exclusively left for you to work on. Please post your solutions on Ed . We are happy to provide feedback on your attempts, but will not provide ready solutions. This should serve as excellent practice for the exams.

Have a great long weekend and see you in the lecture on Tuesday !!

Minor issue in Week 2, Lecture 2 Recording

Posted by Salil Kanhere Tuesday 08 June 2021, 10:25:04 PM.

There is a minor glitch midway through the lecture where my audio is missing while showing an example of cookies using Firefox. I repeated the example again when I was alerted of this. As I got to the end of the example the second time, the wired network in my office went down and I was disconnecting from Zoom. I reconnected within a couple of minutes and restarted from where I left off. In summary, no content was lost. Apologies for the minor issues.

Week 2: What's coming up

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 04 June 2021, 03:15:24 PM, last modified Monday 07 June 2021, 09:51:43 AM.

In the Week 2 lectures, we will wrap up our introduction to computer networks (protocol layers) and dive into networked applications (principles, Web/HTTP, Email). Slides are available for review.

Labs will commence in Week 2. Almost all labs are at full capacity. You MUST attend the lab class in which they have enrolled. The link to each lab class is posted on the Labs page . Recordings will be available. You will notice that there are two parallel lab classes, e.g., W14A and W14B. Make sure you attend the correct class as per your timetable. You are strongly urged to set up access to the VLAB environment prior to the lab . It is not an efficient use of your tutor's time if they have to explain this process to you during the lab. We encourage the use of TigerVNC. Check the instructions here . The first lab exercise is now available. You are strongly urged to read the Tools of the Trade introductory lab prior to the first lab. The first lab report is due by 4 pm, Tuesday 15th June (Week 3). Submission instructions are in the lab specification.

A number of problem-solving questions are accessible on the Homework Questions page. You are strongly encouraged to work through these questions on your own. We will post answers for the collated questions (e.g. Introduction Questions). However, the questions marked with " Students to Discuss Solutions " are exclusively left for you to work on. We are happy to provide feedback on your attempts, but will not provide ready solutions. Working through these questions will provide good practice for the exams. Please discuss them on the Ed Discussions Forum . You can join the forum via the following link: https://edstem.org/join/8egWkk

An early head's up that the mid-term exam will be held on Monday 12th July (Week 7) during regular class hours (1 pm - 3 pm). Mark this time in your calendar. The exam will be held online. Further information will be made available later.

Please complete the following polls if you haven't already: Poll 1 (Internet Speed) and Poll 2 (Your location)

Have a great weekend and see you online during the lectures on Monday & Tuesday !!

Week 1: Some Updates

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 02 June 2021, 12:58:32 PM.

Some updates, please read carefully:

• Videos for the Week 1 lectures are available on the Youtube and Echo360 playlists. Links are on the Lectures Page.
• Week 1 slides are updated with answers to the Zeetings quizzes. I shall do the same every week after the lectures.
• We will use Ed Discussions for the course forum. You can join it through the following link: https://edstem.org/join/8egWkk . All questions and discussions pertaining to the course should be posted on Ed. The WebCMS3 forum is disabled.
• A self-study Lab that introduces you to the various networking tools to be used in the course is available. We strongly encourage everybody to review it. This lab is NOT marked.
• Labs begin in Week 2. The links to the Zoom/Teams meetings and recordings are posted on the Labs page.
• Practice questions are available on the Homework Questions link. Everybody is strongly urged to attempt these questions. These are useful prep for the exams. Feel free to post answers and discussions on Ed.
• The content for each week (including lectures, lab exercise, homework questions) will be released on Friday morning in the previous week. For example, Week 2 content will be released on Friday, 4th June.
• I will be available for consults from 10:30 am to 12 noon on Mondays. The Zoom link is on the Lectures Page.

Have a wonderful Week 1 and see you in lectures next week.

Lectures begin on Monday, 31st May

Posted by Salil Kanhere Friday 28 May 2021, 05:12:31 PM.

A reminder that lectures being on Monday, 31st May 13:00 - 15:00 (Sydney time). The Zoom meeting links are on the Lectures page. You will also find all content for Week 1 lectures on this page.

Please read through the course outline prior to the lecture.

There are NO labs in Week 1, even if your calendar in myUNSW may say so. Labs will commence in Week 2. Further details to follow next week.

We will use Ed Discussions for the course forum. The default WebCMS forum has been disabled. Please join Ed here - https://edstem.org/join/8egWkk

You should post any course-related questions on Ed. If you must email us, use cs3331@cse.unsw.edu.au instead of personal email.

We would appreciate it if you could complete the following polls - Poll 1 (your location) and Poll 2 (your Internet speed)

See you in the lecture on Monday. Have a great weekend!

Welcome to COMP3331/9331

Posted by Salil Kanhere Wednesday 26 May 2021, 03:13:05 PM.

Welcome to COMP3331/9331, Term 2, 2021 . The course webpage is at www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3331

A short welcome video is here: Youtube or Echo360 .

Given the current challenging circumstances, this course will be delivered fully online . This includes all components including lectures, labs and exams. Please read the course outline carefully .

Our first lecture will be held on Monday, 31st May from 13:00 - 15:00 We will use Zoom Meetings. Links to the Zoom Meetings are on the Lectures page.

All content for Week 1 will be available by Friday.

Labs will commence in Week 2 . Links for the labs will be posted next week.

We will be using Ed Discussions for the course forum. Please join via this link .

See you online on Monday.