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Important Topics in Computer Networks

1. Network Models and Protocols

- OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models: Explain the layers, their functions, and differences.

- Design issues of OSI layers: Include reliability, error control, and flow control.

- Layered protocols: Discuss advantages and disadvantages (modularity, complexity).

2. Transmission Media and Techniques

- Transmission media comparison: Coaxial, twisted-pair, and fiber optic cables.

- Guided vs. unguided media: Overview and examples of both types.

- Collision handling in CSMA/CD: Mechanism for collision detection and retransmission.

3. IP Addressing and Subnetting

- Classful vs. Classless IP addressing: Characteristics and key differences.

- Subnetting and Supernetting: Techniques, use cases, and comparison.

- IP Sub-blocking design: Example of dividing address blocks for different requirements.

4. Routing Algorithms

- Link State Routing: Steps and example of route calculation.

- Distance Vector Routing (DVR): Basics and the count-to-infinity problem.

5. Congestion Control and Traffic Management

- Congestion Control: Differentiate between open-loop and closed-loop techniques.

- Token bucket and Leaky bucket algorithms: Need, functionality, and examples.

6. Error Detection and Correction

- Types of error detection and correction techniques: Parity check, Hamming code.

- Examples and calculations for parity and Hamming codes.

7. Transport Layer Protocols


- TCP Connection establishment: Explain the 3-way handshake method.

- Sliding window protocols: Differences and uses of Selective Repeat and Go-Back-N.

8. Application Layer Protocols

- HTTP: Structure of request and response, and functionality.

- DNS, ARP, RARP: Overview and their roles in networking.

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