Homework #3

All submitted work must be your own contribution and nobody else's! Collaboration in homework is not allowed.

1. [25 points]Install apache webserver on one department-server under your user account. Other users should be able to access pages on your webserver through the link http://department-server:abcd/test.html, for example, where "abcd" are the port number assigned to you (will tell you the Website for you to find your assigned port number later). You need not turn in any source code or binaries for this program; You must turn in a "README.apache" file with port and file name information of the webpage.
   Comments:
   • All ports below 1024 require root privileges, therefore your port number must be larger than 1024.
   • Do not let your server run all the time. Kill it whenever you stop your testing.
   Hints about installing Apache server (will be available from our GA, Mingrui Qi)

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2. [15 points]Text, problem 6-2 (The question "For ..., from the typical?" can be omitted).
3. [15 points]Text, problem 6-4.
4. [15 points]Text, problem 6-9.
5. [15 points]Identify similarities and differences between medium access control and data link protocols.
6. [15 points]In IEEE 802.3 CSMA-CD (i.e. Ethernet), minimum MAC frame size is 64 and maximum size is 1518. Find the reason.

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