1. A Brief History

2.  1960s
 Paul
Baran produced survivable networks
called “message-blocks”
 Donald Davies proposed a similar network
which he called “packet switching”
 Is a rapid store and forward design that
divides messages into packets, with routing
decisions in each one.

3.  Advanced
Research Projects Agency
Network
 First link was established at 22:30 hours on
Oct. 29, 1969
 Link between University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) and the Stanford Research
Institute

4.  1966
by Michigan Educational Research
Information Triad
 To explore computer networking between 3
of Michigan’s public universities
 Was demonstrated on December 1971

5.  Vinton
Cerf, Yogen Dalal, and Carl Sunshine
 December 1974
 Contains first use of term internet as a
shorthand for internetworking
 January 1, 1983, TCP/IP was approved by
ARPANET

6.  National
Science Foundation Network
 1986
 Supported
the NSF sponsored supercomputing
computers
 Provided support for the creation of regional
research & education networks in the US
 56 kbit/s in 1986, 1.5 Mbit/s in 1988, and 45
Mbit/s in 1991
 Decommissioned in 1995, being replaced by
commercial ISPs (Internet Service Providers)