English fun

I mentioned the word "router" today in the classroom. I did mention that Bristish and American accent is quite different for this word. Do you want to hear 18 different pronunciations of the word?

You can read a bit about the Spanish research network and European one.

By the way, I forgot to mention next class reading are sections 1.2 & 1.3 of Kurose's book.

And just in case, here you have Chapter 1 slides from the 6th Ed of the book (similar to 5th version but finally without the annoying Comic Sans font).

First chapter of the textbook available in PDF

Linus Torvalds claimed that many things in life are better when they are free (you may want to research this quote for some fun). The first chapter of the textbook we use for this subject is made available for free download by the publisher.

You may want to grab it while it lasts. The only drawback is that this file belongs to the Spanish version of the book. Or is it an advantage? Please let me know you opinion on this with a comment (it won't bite you).

Please note there is a newer version of the book (6th edition) just published in English. You can borrow the  5th edition from the school library.

Reading section 1.1 before the first lecture will help you follow it better. If you have any questions before the class it is a good thing you sent me an email so I can properly address it in my lecture. We will follow this method along the course so we can make the classroom more efficient (any doubts from your readings or exercises you can email it to me before the lecture).

Just in case you doubt it: Tomorrow September 11 (oops, what a date) we won't start the Lab sessions as erroneously states the school time-table web app. 

A short history of the Internet

A nice introduction to the origins of the Internet. 

Here you have this course's syllabus.