This is WikiProject on Computer networking, a project created to better organize information in articles related to Computer networking. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Contents 1 Information 1.1 Scope 1.2 Hierarchy 1.3 Parent 1.4 Similar WikiProjects 1.5 Related WikiProjects 1.6 Participants 2 Computer networking article guidelines 2.1 Content 2.1.1 Common elements 2.2 Organization 3 Templates 3.1 Talk page project template 3.2 Infoboxes 3.3 Userboxes 4 WP 1.0 Assessed Articles 5 Tasks 6 Completed Tasks

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[edit] Scope

Covering all articles related to computer networking. Networks rely heavily on protocols, and that is the primary focus, but it should also include models (e.g., OSI model), hardware, and applications. Like all good Wikipedia articles, each computer networking article should explain the basics (such as what an IP address is) as well as the technical details (such as packet structure).

[edit] Hierarchy

• WikiProject Internet

[edit] Parent

• WikiProject Computing

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects include

• WikiProject Telecommunications

[edit] Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Computer science

[edit] Participants

• Cburnett 18:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Vap0rtranz (talk · contribs) — heterogeneous networks, technical translation, helpdesk, Linux
• Mange01 08:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC) — Scheduling algorithms, physical layer and data link layer issues, wireless communication.
• Mancini 16:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC) much of the articles under Category:Network management
• Nagendra Kamath 22:21, 13 February 2007 — Protocols: TCP/IP, ATM, SONET
• --Boscobiscotti 04:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC) Ethernet over twisted pair, IEEE_802.11, VLAN Ethernet Switch
• User:thefirstM
• User:akc9000 Routers Host (network) Routing protocol, IMP June 2007, monitoring Routing
• User:PassportDude PassportDude 03:38, 2 July 2007 (UTC); SMLT, DSMLT, RSMLT
• Howard C. Berkowitz routing, switching, and other relaying. OSI and TCP/IP architecture. Routing protocols, especially BGP and OSPF. Other IETF, NANOG, IRTF stuff including next-generation routing and addressing.
• Nethgirb 00:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Routing algorithms (also including next-generation routing and addressing), BGP, overlay networks, distributed hash tables
• Ngriffeth 20:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Internet protocol suite
• E_dog95 ^Hi 21:15, 12 October 2007 (UTC) - Category:Wireless networking Y Done
• User:Naveenpf
• User:Denis tarasov wireless networking, traffic enginering, sattelite communications, Ethernet, MVDS etc.
• Staffwaterboy ^Talk♂ 12:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
• Lanilsson Wireless_mesh Lanilsson (talk) 22:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
• -- ₮inucherian ^(Talk) - 08:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
• TaborL network architecture/design, security
• Melab-1 23:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)~
• Pgallert routing and switching, general principles
• QuackCD (talk) 01:30, 7 January 2009 (UTC) VoIP and other Voice-y type Network Topics.
•  kgrr ^talk 22:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC) IEEE member, wireless network engineer, phy/mac, switching, networking, Wi-Fi...
• --Koman90 (talk) 22:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
• Andrewcrawford (talk) - Majortiy of networking from thoery to pratical - BSc Comptuer Networking

[edit] Computer networking article guidelines

[edit] Content

[edit] Common elements

Each networking technlogy article should include a minimum set of standard elements, as follows:

• General description
• References and external links. Cite Sources! See Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style.
• Appropriate categorization. See Wikipedia:Categorization.

[edit] Organization

Here are a few ideas for how to organize articles. These don't necessarily have to correspond to the actual section headers and divisions, and they are no more than suggestions. Don't try to conform to them if it isn't helping improve the article in question.

A protocol specific article:

• History of the protocol
  • Who started it
  • When was it started
  • What revisions were there
  • Any related or defining RFCs?
• What other protocols were kept in mind when designing this protocol? (e.g., TCP to SCTP)
• Packet structure
• Any related technical discussions (e.g., fragmentation and reassembly for IPv4)

A hardware specific article:

• What is it used for (what protocols, versions, etc.)
• Hardware features
• List of manufacturers & models

[edit] Templates

[edit] Talk page project template

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Information technology portal v • d • e This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Computing on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.  ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Computer networking.

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[edit] Userboxes

You can add it to your user page with the following code: {{User WikiProject computer networking}}

[edit] WP 1.0 Assessed Articles

Computer networking articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FL	1					1
	GA			1			1
	B	7	13	110		6	136
	C	7	14	11	3	8	43
	Start	8	11	23	20	55	117
	Stub	1	2	17	34	550	604
	List			1	1		2
	Assessed	24	40	163	58	619	904
	Unassessed	1	5	5		213	224
	Total	25	45	168	58	832	1128

[edit] Tasks

See Category:Computer networking articles needing expert attention.

• List of suggested topics for computer networking research: Not even sure what this is supposed to include. Items the reader should learn more about? Items Ph.D.s should be spending their time on? Possibly delete, or move to List of computer networking topics and expand greatly, producing an article in the style of List of computing topics. But keep in mind we already have List of Internet topics. --Nethgirb 20:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
• Interior Gateway Protocol: The link state vs. distance vector material is not appropriate here, because those ideas are not specific to IGPs. Maybe merge the remaining material (of which there is very little) into routing protocol? Or can people envision more material for this article? --Nethgirb 20:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
• Exterior Gateway Protocol: needs to define both uses of the term up front --Nethgirb 20:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Completed Tasks

• Routers
• Host (network)