CMPT 471: Course Review
Chapter 4
 Classful IP addresses (class A, B, C, D, E)
 Special addresses (network address, direct broadcast address, limited broadcast address,
this host on this network, specific host on this network, loopback address)
Chapter 10
 Transparent routers
 Proxy ARP
 Subnet addressing (subnet mask, subnet design: fixed/variable-length subnetting)
 Classless addressing (supernet mask, supernet design, slash notation)
Chapter 7
 IP protocol, IP datagram format
 Fragmentation, reassembly
Chapter 8
 Direct / indirect delivery
 Routing table
 Routing algorithms for classful addressing and subnetting
Chapter 9
 ICMP protocol
 ICMP messages (error-reporting / query)
Chapter 12
 Process-to-process communication, port number
 UDP protocol, UDP datagram
Chapter 13
 TCP protocol, flow control, error control, congestion control, timer, segment format
 TCP connection, TCP state machine
 Silly window syndrome
Chapter 5 & 6
 ARP / RARP protocol
 ARP / RARP packet
Chapter 23
 BOOTP Protocol, message format
 DHCP Protocol, message format, DHCP client state transition
Chapter 14
 Core architecture
 Peer backbones
 Distance-vector algorithm
 Shortest Path First algorithm
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Chapter 15
 Autonomous system
 BGP protocol
 BGP messages
Chapter 16
 Interior gateway protocol
 RIP protocol, problems (routing loop, slow convergence, instability), messages
 HELLO protocol
 OSPF protocol (area, link, messages)
Chapter 17
 Unicast, multicast & broadcast comparison
 IP multicast & Ethernet multicast, mapping IP multicast to Ethernet multicast
 IGMP protocol, messages, operation (joining / leaving a group, membership monitoring),
group membership state transitions
 Multicast routing (multicast tree, DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM-DM, PIM-SM, CBT)
Chapter 21 & 24
 Client-server model
 Name space, Internet domain names, distribution of name space
 Domain name system (name-address resolution, DNS messages, DNS configuration in
Linux)
Chapter 25
 Local & remote login comparison
 TELNET protocol (NVT, default / character / line mode, option negotiation)
Chapter 26
 FTP protocol (process model, control / data transfer connection, FTP commands, FTP reply,
anonymous FTP)
 TFTP protocol (messages, connection, port assignment, flow control, error control,
sorcerer’s apprentice bug)
Chapter 27
 Email system model (UA, MTA, spool, mailbox, email address, alias)
 SMTP protocol (command, response, mail transfer)
 MIME extension, MIME header
 Mail access protocols (POP3, IMAP4)
** This document is aimed to give an overview on the major content of each chapter. It gives NO
indication about what may or may not be included in the final exam
** The final exam will cover the chapters 3~10, 12~17, 21, 23~27
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