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Useful Web SitesA chapter-by-chapter list of related web sites. This includes all active sites listed in the book, plus other useful sites. Suggestions welcome.
Course Support Materials
Student Resource Site:
Help and advice for the long-suffering, overworked student.
Errata sheet: Latest list of errors, updated at most monthly. File name is Errata-HsNet2e-mmyy. If you spot any errors, please report them to 
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Figures:
On-line copies of the figures from the book in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
Tables:
On-line copies of the tables from the book in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
PowerPoint
Slides: The "official" set of slides commissioned for use specifically with this book. Developed by Dean Newton (Chapters 2 -6; 10 - 12), and Adrian Pullin (Chapters 13 - 18) of of Liverpool Hope University College.
A Discussion of Textbook Cost Myths: From the Text and Academic Authors Association.
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HSNET CoursesInstructors might find these web sites for courses taught using this
book useful. I would appreciate hearing about web sites for other courses.
CEN 6520 Advanced Computer Networks. U. of West Florida. Some good handouts.
88-HSN High-Speed Networks. Chao Yang University of Technology, PPT slides.
EE6345 Engineering of Broadband Packet Networks. At U. of Texas at Dallas. Large collection of links
ECEN4533
Data Communications. At Oklahoma State U. Includes powerpoint slides and project assignments.
CIS
750 Advanced Topics in Computer Networking. At Temple U. Includes some
good links.
CS925
Computer Networks. At University of New Hampshire.
Suggestions, Please
If you have any suggestions for site content, please contact me at . In particular, please pass along links to relevant web sites and links to course pages used by instructors teaching from this book.
Useful Web
SitesNetwork World:
Information and links to resources about data communications and networking
IETF Directory and Database:
Maintains archives that relate to the Internet and IETF activities. Includes
keyword-indexed library of RFCs and draft documents as well as many other
documents related to the Internet and related protocols.
Vendors: Links
to thousands of hardware and software vendors who currently have WWW sites,
as well as a list of thousands of computer and networking companies in a
Phone Directory.
ACM Special Interest
Group on Communications (SIGCOMM): Good way to keep up on conferences,
publications, etc
IEEE Communications
Society: Good way to keep up on conferences, publications, etc.
Networking
Links: Excellent collection of links related to TCP/IP.
The Bongo Project: Running IP over bongo drums. An excellent demonstration of the flexibility of a layered protocol architecture and a source of ideas for projects.
IPv6: Contains information about IPv6 and related topics.
IPv6 Forum:
An industry consortium that promotes IPv6-related products. Includes a number
of white papers and articles.
MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance: An industry forum to promote MPLS and frame relay.
Frame
Relay Resource Center: Good source of information.
Frame Relay Resource: Good source of tutorials, service providers, and other links.
ATM
Hot Links: Excellent collection of white papers and links.
ATM Forum: Leading
the effort to expand the functionality of ATM networks.
Cell
Relay Retreat: Contains archives of the cell-relay mailing list, links
to numerous ATM-related documents, and links to many ATM-related web sites.
LAN Interoperability
Lab: University of New Hampshire (equipment testing for ATM, FDDI, Fast
Ethernet, FDSE, Ethernet, OSPF, Network Management (SNMP), Token Ring, VG-AnyLAN).
Charles
Spurgeon's Ethernet Web Site: Provides general Ethernet information, technical specifications, an Ethernet reading list, and an image of inventor Robert Metcalfe's original 1976 Ethernet drawing.
10 Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance: An open forum whose purpose is to promote industry
cooperation in the development of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Fibre Channel Industry Association: An industry consortium.
Storage Network Industry
Association: An industry forum of developers, integrators, and IT professionals
who evolve and promote storage networking technology and solutions.
Wireless LAN Association:
Gives an introduction to the technology, including a discussion of implementation
considerations, and case studies from users. Links to related sites.
WiFi Alliance: An industry group promoting the interoperabiltiy of 802.11 products with each other and with Ethernet.
Probabilty
Web:Deals with probability theory and applications, providing links
to abstracts, journals (not all free), electronic mailing lists, newsgroups,
people, jobs, societies, software, books, and conferences. The site also
has a basic search engine..
Queuing
Theory: Web site with lots of information and links on the subject.
Engineering Statistics Handbook: Expands and updates Handbook 91, Experimental Statistics. An excellent resource.
Modeling
of Self-Similar Traffic: Web site for a research project in this area.
Center for Internet
Research: One of the most active groups in the areas covered in this
chapter. The site contains many papers and useful pointers.
TCP-Friendly
Website: Summarizes some of the recent work on adaptive congestion control
algorithms for non-TCP based applications, with a specific focus on schemes
that share bandwidth fairly with TCP connections.
Raj Jain's Home Page: This site contains many of his papers on the areas covered in this chapter plus useful pointers.
OSPF
Working Group: Chartered by IETF to develop OSPF and related standards.
The web site includes all relevant RFCs and Internet drafts.
PIM
Working Group: Chartered by IETF to develop standards related to PIM.
The Web site includes all relevant RFCs and Internet drafts.
Reliable
Multicast Links: List of reliable multicast and fault-tolerant project/paper/page/etc
references.
Integrated
Services Working Group: Chartered by IETF to develop standards related
to integrated services. The Web site includes all relevant RFCs and Internet
drafts.
RSVP
Project: Home page for RSVP development.
MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance: An industry forum to promote MPLS and frame relay.
MPLS Resource Center:
Clearinghouse for information on MPLS.
MPLS
Working Group: Chartered by IETF to develop standards related to MPLS.
The Web site includes all relevant RFCs and Internet drafts.
Audio/Video
Transport Working Group: Chartered by IETF to develop standards related
to RTP. The Web site includes all relevant RFCs and Internet drafts.
About
RTP: Web site devoted to RTP developments, including technical and industry
developments.
Wavelet Resources: Good site maintained by MathSoft. Includes many papers, tutorials, and links.
JPEG: Home page of
the JPEG standards committee. Includes documents, tutorials, and links.
MPEG:
An exhaustive list of links to MPEG-related sites, including products, software,
video files, announcements, FAQs, and technical information.
Windows Sockets Development
Information: A guide to users of WinSock, including sample source code
and links to other pages.
UNIX Socket FAQ: Good list of questions and answers.
Beej's
Guide to Network Programming: Using Sockets..
Windows
Sockets: A Quick and Dirty Primer: By Jim Frost.
