###Welcome to the openHPI Course "Internetworking with TCP/IP"!
In the following weeks you will learn based on which technological foundations the worldwide Internet works. After a general overview, that is supposed to clarify the complexity of the IT system "Internet", we will first have a look at the function principles and technologies of local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN). In further learning units we will explain the underlying TCP/IP model, its protocols and the functionality of some of the numerous applications.
###Week 1: “Introduction“
The Internet is great, but is it really so complex?
###Week 2: “Network Technologies“
How can messages be transferred from one computer, by way of electrical or optical signals, to the computer next door or to one that is halfway around the world?
###Week 3: “Internetworking with IPv4“
How does a data packet find its way through an Internet that consists of different but interconnected single networks with completely different technologies?
###Week 4: “The New Internet Protocol IPv6“
How will it be possible in the future for smartphones, household appliances, cars, etc. to also be able to communicate with each other via the Internet?
###Week 5: “Transport Protocols TCP and UDP“
Who can guarantee that my data will reach its goal intact after its long journey through the Internet across different networks?
###Week 6: “Internet Applications“
What is still necessary in order to send an e-mail or a video through the Internet?
##Important Dates
###Monday, March 31, 2014:
- Start of the course
- Access to the learning material of week 1
###Monday, April 07, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 1
- Access to the learning material of week 2
###Monday, April 14, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 2
- Access to the learning material of week 3
###Monday, April 21, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 3
- Access to the learning material of week 4
###Monday, April 28, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 4
- Access to the learning material of week 5
###Monday, May 05, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 5
- Access to the learning material of week 6
###Monday, May 12, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the homework of week 6
- Access to the final exam
###Monday, May 19, 2014:
- Submission deadline for the final exam
- Creation of graded certificates and certificates of attendance
##The Team
