CS 291 - Computer Networks
Spring 1997

Assignment 3 -- Due February 25

Read Chapter 3 in the Tanenbaum text and answer the following questions. These will reinforce and add some substance to our Tuesday discussions of this chapter. You may turn them in either in hardcopy or by e-mail to allen@polar.
  1. Do problems # 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 27, 28, and 29 on page 239 of the text.

  2. What data link protocol is supported by Bowdoin for home dial-up to Internet services (SLIP or PPP)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this choice? (You may want to talk with Matt or Charles in the Computing Center to get more perspective on this question.