Labs

There will be a total of 8 lab sessions starting from Week 2. Each lab constitutes a 2-hour session per week. All lab sessions will be supervised by a tutor. There will be 6 marked lab exercises that involve practical, hands-on experiments based on the concepts covered during the lectures. For each student, the 5 best performing labs will contribute to their final lab mark. Students are expected to submit a lab report by 10 am of the next Tuesday that their lab slot is scheduled (see the detailed schedule). 2 lab sessions will be run as tutorials. Students will work with their tutors to answer a set of questions. These sessions will serve as useful preparation for the mid-term and final exams. The tutorial sessions are not marked and will take place in the same room as your regular labs. The lab schedule is below but is subject to change. Students should check the notices on the web page for any changes/updates. There is an introductory lab for self-study, which won't require submission and be marked.

Please note that almost all lab sessions are full and you are requested to attend the lab session in your enrolled time slot only .

Home Computing

We recommend you use VLAB for accessing CSE resources. VLAB allows you to work with a CSE lab environment on your Windows PC, Mac or tablet. It requires VNC, a Linux-based graphical desktop-sharing system. Please follow the instructions in this link to set up VLAB on your machine.

Note: For all your lab exercises you are asked to put a screenshot of your outputs (e.g., graphs, traceroute, dig comments) in your report.

Linux Basics

Linux Newbie Guide : A repository of Linux commands that you may find useful if you are new to it

Lab Class (Zoom or Teams) links

Lab Class	Tutor	Links	Lab Class	Tutor	Links
T10A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	T10B	Wei Song	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
T12A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	T12B	Wei Song	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
T14A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	T14B	Jiawei Hu	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
T16A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	T16B	Jiawei Hu	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
T18A	Rui Li	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link	T18B	Ali Dorri	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
W15A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	W15B	Wei Song	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
W17A	Rui Li	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
H10A	Mohammad Yaghoubzadehfard	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	H10B	Pooja Gupta	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
H12A	Mohammad Yaghoubzadehfard	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	H12B	Ali Dorri	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
H14A	Isura Nirmal	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	H16A	Ali Dorri	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link
F09A	Ayda Valinezhad Orang	Teams Meeting link Recording Link	F11A	Isura Nirmal	Teams Meeting link Recording Link
F11B	Pooja Gupta	Zoom Meeting link Recording Link

Lab Schedule and Exercises

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Week	Dates	Lab Specification	Deadline	Answers
Week 1	13 & 15 Sept	Introduction to the Tools of the Trade	Self-Study of Lab resources and tools (no submission and no marks)
Week 2	20 & 22 Sept	Lab1	Lab 1 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 28 Sept	Solution Lab1
Week 3	27 & 29 Sept	Lab2	Lab 2 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 5 Oct	Solution Lab2
Week 4	4 & 6 Oct NOTE: 4th Oct is a public holiday . A recorded lecture will be available for viewing	Lab3	Lab 3 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 12 Oct	Solution Lab3
Week 5	11 & 13 Oct	Tutorial 1	-	Tutorial 1-Answer
Week 6	No Lab	No Lab/Tutorial	No Lab
Week 7	25 & 27 Oct	Lab4	Lab 4 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 2 Nov	Solution Lab4
Week 8	1 & 3 Nov	Lab5	Lab 5 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 9 Nov	Solution Lab5
Week 9	8 & 10 Nov	Lab6	Lab 6 submission deadline: 10:00 Tue 16 Nov	Solution Lab6
Week 10	15 & 17 Nov	Tutorial 2	Assignment Due	Tutorial 2- Answer