• 5.5: Practice Exercises

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Hari Balakrishnan's "End-to-End Congestion Control" URL

      Read from section 5.5, "Exercises," through the end of chapter 5, on pages 195-209. These exercises expand the key principles in this chapter. If you are a computer professional, you will enjoy the challenges and higher-level discussions in this section. If you are a novice, explore the presentations and spend more time on the topics that are meaningful to you.

    • The Network Simulator: ns-2 URL

      This is a software tool that helps you perform networking experiments on your computer. Download and try it with a few simple examples, such as exercise 5 (page 196) and 6 (page 197) in the textbook.

    • Network Device Scanning URL

      Follow the steps detailed in this document. You will learn how to scan for network devices in your local area network using a mobile device, in this case, the "LAN Scan HD" app.