1. Virtualization of networks
Virtualization of resources: powerful abstraction in systems engineering:
computing examples: virtual memory, virtual devices
Virtual machines: e.g., java
IBM VM os from 1960’s/70’s
layering of abstractions: don’t sweat the details of the lower layer, only deal with lower layers abstractly
Data Link Layer

2. The Internet: virtualizing networks
1974: multiple unconnected nets
ARPAnet
data-over-cable networks
packet satellite network (Aloha)
packet radio network
… differing in:
addressing conventions
packet formats
error recovery
routing
ARPAnet
satellite net
"A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication",
V. Cerf, R. Kahn, IEEE Transactions on Communications,
May, 1974, pp
Data Link Layer

3. The Internet: virtualizing networks
Internetwork layer (IP):
addressing: internetwork appears as single, uniform entity, despite underlying local network heterogeneity
network of networks
Gateway:
“embed internetwork packets in local packet format or extract them”
route (at internetwork level) to next gateway
gateway
ARPAnet
satellite net
Data Link Layer

4. Synthesis: a day in the life of a web request
journey down protocol stack complete!
application, transport, network, link
putting-it-all-together: synthesis!
goal: identify, review, understand protocols (at all layers) involved in seemingly simple scenario: requesting www page
scenario: student attaches laptop to campus network, requests/receives
Data Link Layer

5. A day in the life: scenario
browser
DNS server
Comcast network
/13
school network
/24
web page
web server
Google’s network
/19
Data Link Layer

6. A day in the life… connecting to the Internet
DHCP
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DHCP
DHCP
connecting laptop needs to get its own IP address, addr of first-hop router, addr of DNS server: use DHCP
DHCP
DHCP request encapsulated in UDP, encapsulated in IP, encapsulated in Ethernet
DHCP
DHCP
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DHCP
router
(runs DHCP)
Ethernet frame broadcast (dest: FFFFFFFFFFFF) on LAN, received at router running DHCP server
Ethernet demuxed to IP demuxed, UDP demuxed to DHCP
Data Link Layer

7. A day in the life… connecting to the Internet
DHCP
DHCP
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DHCP server formulates DHCP ACK containing client’s IP address, IP address of first-hop router for client, name & IP address of DNS server
encapsulation at DHCP server, frame forwarded (switch learning) through LAN, demultiplexing at client
DHCP
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DHCP
DHCP
router
(runs DHCP)
DHCP client receives DHCP ACK reply
DHCP
Client now has IP address, knows name & addr of DNS
server, IP address of its first-hop router
Data Link Layer

8. A day in the life… ARP (before DNS, before HTTP)
before sending HTTP request, need IP address of DNS
DNS
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DNS
ARP
ARP query
DNS query created, encapsulated in UDP, encapsulated in IP, encapsulated in Eth. In order to send frame to router, need MAC address of router interface: ARP
Eth
Phy
ARP
ARP reply
ARP query broadcast, received by router, which replies with ARP reply giving MAC address of router interface
client now knows MAC address of first hop router, so can now send frame containing DNS query
Data Link Layer

9. A day in the life… using DNS
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DNS
DNS server
DNS
UDP IP
Eth
Phy
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
Comcast network
/13
IP datagram forwarded from campus network into comcast network, routed (tables created by RIP, OSPF, IS-IS and/or BGP routing protocols) to DNS server
IP datagram containing DNS query forwarded via LAN switch from client to 1st hop router
demuxed to DNS server
DNS server replies to client with IP address of
Data Link Layer

10. A day in the life… TCP connection carrying HTTPIP
Eth
Phy
SYN
SYNACK
SYN
to send HTTP request, client first opens TCP socket to web server
TCP SYN segment (step 1 in 3-way handshake) inter-domain routed to web server
TCP IP
Eth
Phy
SYN
SYNACK
SYNACK
web server responds with TCP SYNACK (step 2 in 3-way handshake)
web server
TCP connection established!
Data Link Layer

11. A day in the life… HTTP request/reply
web page finally (!!!) displayed
HTTP
HTTP
HTTP
TCP IP
Eth
Phy
HTTP
HTTP
HTTP request sent into TCP socket
IP datagram containing HTTP request routed to
HTTP
TCP IP
Eth
Phy
HTTP
HTTP
web server responds with HTTP reply (containing web page)
web server
IP datagram containing HTTP reply routed back to client
Data Link Layer