Networking Projects

Student presentation tracing Internet development from packet-switching research and ARPANET. Discusses technological evolution, operations, the user community, and commercialization.

Presentation on the subscriber portion of telecommunications networks and the technologies connecting customer equipment to exchanges. Explains access-network structure and the delivery of voice, text, data, images, and video.

Presentation on directory services as a central Windows 2000 component. Covers storage, naming, discovery, management, security, and replication of information about network resources. The author name follows the presentation rather than its filename.

Presentation introducing the Windows 2000 family and Active Directory. Explains the directory architecture and the benefits of organizing network-resource information through directory services.

Presentation explaining directory services and their role in locating, managing, and securing network resources. Discusses how directories can simplify administration and support interoperability.

Student presentation on broadband access and alternatives such as cable modems, DSL, T1, ISDN, and satellite. Discusses high-speed access in comparison with dial-up connections.

Presentation on recognizing or verifying identity through measurable human characteristics. Compares physiological and behavioral biometrics with password- and token-based authentication.

Network design project proposing LAN improvements and Internet connectivity for a catalog business. Covers project scope, business and technical goals, network design guidance, and supporting diagrams.

Presentation on organizing files and shares from multiple servers into a unified namespace. Explains how a logical hierarchy can simplify access and administration across network storage.

Presentation on AFS as a distributed file system supporting file sharing across LANs and WANs. Discusses local caching and location independence as ways to improve access to remote files.

Presentation on DSL broadband over the existing telephone access line. Introduces terminology, operating principles, and the relationship between data service and traditional voice service.

Presentation comparing two broadband access approaches. Introduces DSL and cable modems before examining their differences and practical tradeoffs.

Student presentation on establishing an e-commerce service. Covers hosting, digital certificates, merchant accounts, online transactions, and shopping-cart software in their historical context.

Paper examining security risks in online commerce, including exposure of sensitive data stored on web servers. Discusses SSL, electronic transactions, digital certificates, and encryption in the historical context of the paper.

Presentation introducing Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 family of LAN technologies. Reviews Ethernet’s origins and the role of the CSMA/CD access method.

Student paper on the development and growth of electronic mail. It offers historical context for e-mail as a network communication service.

Presentation on cabling as the physical medium between network devices. Explains how cable characteristics, connectors, topology, protocols, and network size influence cabling choices.

Student paper comparing the Internet and Usenet. Read it as a historical reference on the relationship between general Internet services and distributed discussion systems.

Presentation on private organizational networks built with Internet communication standards. Discusses intranet benefits, information access, cross-platform connectivity, and design considerations.

Student presentation on Internet Protocol version 6. Use it alongside the written IPv6 paper and other network-layer resources in this directory.

Student paper on Internet Protocol version 6. Provides a written companion for studying IPv6 alongside the related networking presentations.

Presentation introducing IPv6 addressing, headers, and routing benefits. Reviews infrastructure requirements and migration from IPv4 in the technology context of the original project.

Student presentation introducing wired and wireless LANs and their historical development. Places local networking in the broader context of Internet ideas and organizations.

Historical paper on the Multicast Backbone and Internet multicast networking. It provides background for studying delivery of the same content to multiple recipients.

Student presentation introducing network security, attack types, encryption, and digital signatures. It explains how encryption contributes to protecting communications and business networks.

Presentation on documenting requirements, network diagrams, devices, configurations, and protocols. Includes design documents and responses to requests for proposals.

Network redesign case study for a nationwide automotive-parts business. The project focuses on connecting corporate users, stores, and warehouses to a new enterprise resource planning system.

Presentation on building client/server applications with Microsoft’s C/C++ socket API. Introduces IP addresses, port numbers, server endpoints, and the exchange of requests and responses.

Student presentation on networking and its anticipated development. Read the forward-looking discussion in the context of the period when the project was prepared.

Presentation on ADSL2 improvements in data rate, reach, interoperability, diagnostics, adaptation, and standby operation. Discusses the technical changes supporting new broadband services and deployment scenarios.

Student paper examining peer-to-peer networking in a business setting. Use it as a historical companion to the peer-to-peer presentations in this collection.

Presentation on how routers receive and forward packets across interconnected networks. Explains routing-information exchange and the need to respond to failed or congested paths.

Student paper on SNMP and its role in network management. Provides a written reference alongside the management and monitoring presentations.

Written project on databases stored across networked computers but presented as one logical system. Covers client/server organization, network connections, replication, heterogeneous databases, transparency, and administration.

Presentation on distributing data across multiple computers and locations. Discusses the reasons for distribution, client/server architecture, and the costs of transferring data over a network.

Presentation introducing subnetworks and the reasons for dividing an organizational network. Discusses internal structure, routing-table size, address administration, and management benefits.

Student presentation on JuxtaNet as an open, general-purpose peer-to-peer network. Topics include JXTA, the JXTA shell, Java bindings, XML, and file-sharing applications.

Paper on using NetViz to provide insight into corporate information. Pair this written version with the presentation on the same subject listed elsewhere in the directory.

Presentation on identifying organizational data and displaying corporate information through NetViz. Emphasizes information sharing and the analysis of data for visualization.

Student presentation on virtual private networking. Provides an additional perspective on using shared network infrastructure for private communication between users and organizations.

Presentation on VLAN concepts and membership based on ports, MAC addresses, and network-layer information. Explains implementation approaches and the administrative implications of moving users between ports.

Paper tracing telephone-network development and introducing voice communication over IP. Provides historical context for the move from conventional telephony to packet-based communication.

Paper explaining how voice is digitized, compressed, and carried in IP packets. Discusses Internet telephony, early implementations, and connections between IP services and the telephone network.

Presentation introducing VPN benefits, requirements, enabling technologies, and solution approaches. Includes limitations and the future directions anticipated when the project was prepared.

Presentation on private access to corporate information over public network infrastructure. Discusses cost, security, scalability, broadband compatibility, and access by authorized users.

Presentation introducing VPN concepts, data security, IPSec, and QoS. Includes historical examples of VPN products and approaches.

Presentation tracing browser development and comparing browser types and features. Reviews early products and the future trends anticipated at the time.

Student presentation on wireless LAN applications, benefits, hardware, and standards. Focuses on wireless connectivity for small-office and home-office environments.

Presentation on wireless LAN applications, IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi security, and risks associated with wireless access. Connects wireless technology with operational and security concerns.

Presentation on wireless network components, access points, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and applications. Compares wireless and wired networking and introduces practical cautions for wireless deployment.

Student paper on wireless networking. Use it as a written companion to the wireless LAN and wireless-security presentations in this directory.

Paper examining the flexibility and mobility of wireless networks alongside their risks. Discusses confidentiality, integrity, unauthorized access, bandwidth misuse, and denial of service.

Student paper on wireless communication technologies. Use it as a historical written reference alongside the wireless networking resources in this collection.

Presentation on wireless web development, including WAP, HDML, and HTML. Discusses early third-generation mobile technologies and the opportunities and constraints of mobile Internet access.