Computer Networks and Applications COMP3331/COMP9331 24T3

Week-3: Wrapping up Application Layer

Posted by Wen Hu Friday 20 September 2024, 03:47:08 PM.

Congratulations! You have completed TWO weeks!

• We shall cover the remaining contents of Application Layer (SMTP, DNS, P2P, CDN, Socket) during our lecture. Lecture slides are now available under Week-3 in WebCMS for your review.
  • Mr. Adam King, the CTO of AuDA, the administrator of Australia's .au top level domain (TLD), has kindly to produced a guest lecture video, titled " DNS and the digital economy ". Please watch the video before attending the lecture.

• Don't forget to submit your Lab-1 report by its due date, 10:00 Tue 24 Sept. 2024, to avoid late submission penalty.
• 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 the Ed forum. We are happy to provide feedback on your attempts. This should serve as good practice for the exams.
• An anonymous feedback form is available here in case you wish to leave us some comments. We value your feedback and will try our best to act on your input.

Have a nice long weekend!

Assignment spec and QILT SES Survey

Posted by Wen Hu Monday 16 September 2024, 01:52:10 PM.

• We have released Version 1 of the assignment specification in Assignment . Although the deadline (11:59 am, Friday, 8 November 2024, Week 9) is still some time away, please take a look when you have a chance and post your questions in the Ed Forum . We will update the consultation schedule for Weeks 7, 8, and 9 later.
• The QILT Student Experience Survey (SES) is currently running. Unlike myExperience, the SES survey is conducted by the federal government, and the results are publicly available for all universities. Please fill out the survey at https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/ses .

Week-2: Starting with the Application Layer

Posted by Wen Hu Friday 13 September 2024, 08:31:38 AM, last modified Friday 13 September 2024, 08:31:54 AM.

Congratulations! You have now completed the first week!

• Labs ( Lab 1 ) will start from Week 2. Make sure you attend the correct lab, the lab slot you are enrolled in, and establish a line of communication with your tutor. Stay in touch with your tutor throughout the term regarding all your labs.
• In Week 2 lectures , we will learn the famous layering concept and the layering architecture that underpin computer networking and the Internet. We will make a start with the Application Layer and try to cover HTTP and Email in this week.
• You are highly encouraged to attend the lectures in-person and shape the interactions and engagements that go on in such face-to-face teaching. In case you miss the in-person lectures, video recordings of lectures are available from Echo360 via Moodle (for authentication).
• It's great to see that many of you are already using the Ed forum . Those not sure how to access the forum, please remember that must join the forum first via the above link.
• Several problem-solving questions are accessible on the Homework Questions page. You are strongly encouraged to work through these questions on your own. These are not assessed. We will post answers for the collated questions (e.g. Introduction Questions). However, the questions marked " 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 forum .
• We are developing the assignment specs for you, which is expected to be released in Week 2.

See you Monday 2pm next week in the lecture.

Have a great weekend (but also work hard!).