Course detail

Network Applications and Network Administration

FIT-ISAAcad. year: 2025/2026

Architecture of computer networks, OSI model and TCP/IP model. Network interface configuration. Advanced network programming using BSD sockets. Architectur of DNS and DNS resolution. Architecture of mailing and directory services. Network security - packet filtering and classification. Multimedia communication, videconferencing. IP telephony. Quality of services. Tools for network management. Measuring network traffic. Network modelling and simulation.

The course has 5 ECTS credits which represent 130 hours of study workload distributed as follows:

  • 26 hours of lectures
  • 10 hours of laboratory assignments
  • 50 hours of programming project
  • 44 hours of individual study and preparation to the final exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Matoušek, Ph.D., M.A.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Entry knowledge

  • Basics of operating systems Unix and Windows.
  • C programming.
  • Reading and understanding texts written in technical English.
  • Number conversion between binary, decimal and hexadecimal systems.
  • Computer network architecture (ISO/OSI, TCP/IP).
  • Overview of link layer protocols and network layer protocols.
  • Addressing - types of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, address classes, multicast, broadcast, netmask, CIDR etc.
  • IP routing.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Lab assignments (20 points), project implementation (20 points). Exam prerequisites: Duty credit consists of getting at least 15 points for in-class activities (labs, project).

  • Assignments in labs (max 20 points) and individual network programming project (max 20 points).
  • To pass the semester exam, minimum 20 points is required.
  • Semester exams can be oral or written. The form is defined by each exam description.
  • Missed labs are not replaced. In case of a long-term study obstacle because of health issues it is possible to ask for supplementary work.

Aims

The goal of this course is to inform students about network services and tools for network administration and traffic control. The practical parts of the course include network application programming and laboratory assignments where students can apply theoretical knowledge in configuration and analysis of real network services.

A student is able to configure network connection to the internet, configure common network services, monitor network traffic, detect and correct network failures.  He or she is familiar with modern network applications for data, voice and video transmission. A student has an overview of tools for network administration and is able to use them. He or she is capable to create a secure network connection over the internet and secure a computer against cyber threats. A student is able to program a network application.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Lewis Van Wikle: Hands-On Network Programming with C : Learn Socket Programming in C and Write Secure and Optimized Network Code, Packt Publishing, 2019.
A. S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
J. F. Kurose, K.W.Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Adison-Wesley, 2003.
P. Matoušek: Síťové aplikace a jejich architektura,  VUTIUM, 2014.
W. R. Stevens, B. Fenner, A. M. Rudoff: UNIX Network Programming.The Sockets Network API, Addison-Wesley, 2004.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Matěj Grégr, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jana Skokanová
doc. Ing. Petr Matoušek, Ph.D., M.A.

Syllabus

  1. Network Architecture, Addressing, Testing.
  2. Advanced TCP/IP Programming.
  3. Multicast. Link Layer Data Capturing and Packet Processing.
  4. Security of network transmission.
  5. DNS System.
  6. Electronic Mail and Directory Services.
  7. Streaming and Videoconferencing.
  8. IP Telephony.
  9. Network Monitoring and Management.
  10. Time Synchronization. Events Logging.
  11. Flow Monitoring.
  12. Quality of Services. 
  13. Summary. 

Laboratory exercise

10 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Matoušek, Ph.D., M.A.

Syllabus

  1. Network device configuration and network traffic analysis using Wireshark.
  2. Securing network transmission.
  3. DNS configuration and deployment.
  4. VoIP configuration and analysis.
  5. Network management and monitoring.

Project

16 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Matoušek, Ph.D., M.A.