Solution Manual for Computer
Networking, 8th Edition by James Kurose
© 2020 Pearson Education, Hoboken, NJ. All rights reserved.
,Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach,
8th Edition
Solutions to Review Questions and Problems
Version Date: August 2020
This document contains the solutions to review questions and problems
for the 8th edition of Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by Jim
Kurose and Keith Ross. These solutions are being made available to
instructors ONLY. Please do NOT copy or distribute this document to
others (even other instructors). Please do not post any solutions on a
publicly-available Web site. We’ll be happy to provide a copy (up-to-
date) of this solution manual ourselves to anyone who asks.
Acknowledgments: Over the years, several students and colleagues have
helped us prepare this solutions manual. Special thanks goes to
Honggang Zhang, Rakesh Kumar, Prithula Dhungel, Vijay Annapureddy,
Yifan Zhou. Also thanks to all the readers who have made suggestions
and corrected errors.
All material © copyright 1996-2020 by J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross. All
rights reserved
,© 2020 Pearson Education, Hoboken, NJ. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1 Review Questions
1.There is no difference. Throughout this text, the words “host” and
“end system” are used interchangeably. End systems include PCs,
workstations, Web servers, mail servers, PDAs, Internet-connected
game consoles, etc.
2.From Wikipedia: Diplomatic protocol is commonly described as a set
of international courtesy rules. These well-established and time-
honored rules have made it easier for nations and people to live and
work together. Part of protocol has always been the
acknowledgment of the hierarchical standing of all present. Protocol
rules are based on the principles of civility.
3.Standards are important for protocols so that people can create
networking systems and products that interoperate.
4.1. Dial-up modem over telephone line: home; 2. DSL over telephone
line: home or small office; 3. Cable to HFC: home; 4. 100 Mbps
switched Ethernet: enterprise.
5.HFC bandwidth is shared among the users. On the downstream
channel, all packets emanate from a single source, namely, the head
end. Thus, there are no collisions in the downstream channel.
6.In most American cities, the current possibilities include: dial-up; DSL;
cable modem; fiber-to-the-home.
7.Ethernet LANs have transmission rates of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps
and 10 Gbps.
8.Today, Ethernet most commonly runs over twisted-pair copper wire. It
also can run over fibers optic links.
9.ADSL: up to 24 Mbps downstream and 2.5 Mbps upstream, bandwidth
is dedicated; HFC, rates up to 42.8 Mbps and upstream rates of up to
30.7 Mbps, bandwidth is shared. FTTH: 2-10Mbps upload; 10-20
Mbps download; bandwidth is not shared.
10.There are two popular wireless Internet access technologies today:
a.Wifi (802.11) In a wireless LAN, wireless users transmit/receive
packets to/from an base station (i.e., wireless access point)
within a radius of few tens of meters. The base station is
typically connected to the wired Internet and thus serves to
connect wireless users to the wired network.
b.3G and 4G wide-area wireless access networks. In these
systems, packets are transmitted over the same wireless
infrastructure used for cellular telephony, with the base station
thus being managed by a telecommunications provider.
This provides wireless access to users within a radius of tens
of kilometers of the base station.
Networking, 8th Edition by James Kurose
© 2020 Pearson Education, Hoboken, NJ. All rights reserved.
,Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach,
8th Edition
Solutions to Review Questions and Problems
Version Date: August 2020
This document contains the solutions to review questions and problems
for the 8th edition of Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by Jim
Kurose and Keith Ross. These solutions are being made available to
instructors ONLY. Please do NOT copy or distribute this document to
others (even other instructors). Please do not post any solutions on a
publicly-available Web site. We’ll be happy to provide a copy (up-to-
date) of this solution manual ourselves to anyone who asks.
Acknowledgments: Over the years, several students and colleagues have
helped us prepare this solutions manual. Special thanks goes to
Honggang Zhang, Rakesh Kumar, Prithula Dhungel, Vijay Annapureddy,
Yifan Zhou. Also thanks to all the readers who have made suggestions
and corrected errors.
All material © copyright 1996-2020 by J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross. All
rights reserved
,© 2020 Pearson Education, Hoboken, NJ. All rights reserved.
, Chapter 1 Review Questions
1.There is no difference. Throughout this text, the words “host” and
“end system” are used interchangeably. End systems include PCs,
workstations, Web servers, mail servers, PDAs, Internet-connected
game consoles, etc.
2.From Wikipedia: Diplomatic protocol is commonly described as a set
of international courtesy rules. These well-established and time-
honored rules have made it easier for nations and people to live and
work together. Part of protocol has always been the
acknowledgment of the hierarchical standing of all present. Protocol
rules are based on the principles of civility.
3.Standards are important for protocols so that people can create
networking systems and products that interoperate.
4.1. Dial-up modem over telephone line: home; 2. DSL over telephone
line: home or small office; 3. Cable to HFC: home; 4. 100 Mbps
switched Ethernet: enterprise.
5.HFC bandwidth is shared among the users. On the downstream
channel, all packets emanate from a single source, namely, the head
end. Thus, there are no collisions in the downstream channel.
6.In most American cities, the current possibilities include: dial-up; DSL;
cable modem; fiber-to-the-home.
7.Ethernet LANs have transmission rates of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps
and 10 Gbps.
8.Today, Ethernet most commonly runs over twisted-pair copper wire. It
also can run over fibers optic links.
9.ADSL: up to 24 Mbps downstream and 2.5 Mbps upstream, bandwidth
is dedicated; HFC, rates up to 42.8 Mbps and upstream rates of up to
30.7 Mbps, bandwidth is shared. FTTH: 2-10Mbps upload; 10-20
Mbps download; bandwidth is not shared.
10.There are two popular wireless Internet access technologies today:
a.Wifi (802.11) In a wireless LAN, wireless users transmit/receive
packets to/from an base station (i.e., wireless access point)
within a radius of few tens of meters. The base station is
typically connected to the wired Internet and thus serves to
connect wireless users to the wired network.
b.3G and 4G wide-area wireless access networks. In these
systems, packets are transmitted over the same wireless
infrastructure used for cellular telephony, with the base station
thus being managed by a telecommunications provider.
This provides wireless access to users within a radius of tens
of kilometers of the base station.
