Neso Academy Computer Networks: study plan and how long it takes
The Neso Academy playlist is 135 videos and 18.8 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
135 videos · 18.8 hours · Neso Academy
Neso Academy's Computer Networks course covers network basics and the OSI and TCP/IP models, network devices, the data link layer (framing, error control and ARQ protocols), Ethernet and Wi-Fi, and IP addressing with classful addressing, subnetting and VLSM, all with many solved problems.
The free YouTube playlist ends there: the last five entries (network layer protocols, routing, NAT and IPv6, transport and application layers) are short chapter previews for the rest of the course on nesoacademy.org.
Who it's for: Students preparing for GATE or university networking exams who want lots of solved numericals.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 18.8 hours across 135 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 38 days | 26 days | 19 days |
| 1 h a day | 19 days | 13 days | 10 days |
| 2 h a day | 10 days | 7 days | 5 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 1 hour a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 3 weeks in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–39 · 6h 15m
Day 1 · 52m
- 1Introduction to Computer Networks10m
- 2Computer Networks - Basic Characteristics9m
- 3Network Protocols & Communications (Part 1)12m
- 4Network Protocols & Communications (Part 2)11m
- 5Components of a Computer Network10m
Day 2 · 58m
- 6Classification of Computer Networks9m
- 7Network Topology14m
- 8Network Topology (Solved Questions)12m
- 9Basics of IP Addressing8m
- 10Basics of MAC Addressing7m
- 11Basics of Port Addressing8m
Day 3 · 56m
- 12Switching Techniques in Computer Networks13m
- 13Layering in Computer Networks7m
- 14The OSI Reference Model (Part 1)8m
- 15The OSI Reference Model (Part 2)12m
- 16The OSI Reference Model (Part 3)16m
Day 4 · 49m
- 17The OSI Reference Model (Part 4)9m
- 18Addressing in Networking15m
- 19The TCP/IP Protocol Suite10m
- 20Basic Networking Commands (Part 1)14m
Day 5 · 48m
- 21Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer (Part 1)12m
- 22Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer (Part 2) | Hub14m
- 23Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer (Part 3) | Switch12m
- 24Basics of Router10m
Day 6 · 55m
- 25Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer (Part 4) | Router15m
- 26Basics of Cisco Packet Tracer (Part 5) | Repeater7m
- 27Basics of Bridge5m
- 28Network Devices5m
- 29Network Devices (Solved Questions)8m
- 30Physical Layer and Media (Part 1)7m
- 31Physical Layer and Media (Part 2)8m
Day 7 · 58m
- 32Physical Layer and Media (Part 3)11m
- 33Line Configuration6m
- 34Link Layer Services9m
- 35Sub-layers of the Data Link Layer7m
- 36Framing (Part 1)7m
- 37Framing (Part 2)6m
- 38Framing (Part 3)4m
- 39High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC)6m
Week 2Videos 40–90 · 6h 25m
Day 8 · 54m
- 40Bit Stuffing5m
- 41Binary Synchronous Communications Protocol (BISYNC)6m
- 42Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)6m
- 43Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DDCMP)5m
- 44Error Detection8m
- 45Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC)7m
- 46Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)7m
- 47Checksum10m
Day 9 · 1h
- 48Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) - Part 19m
- 49Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) - Part 26m
- 50Cyclic Redundancy Check (Solved Problem)9m
- 51Network Performance7m
- 52Latency6m
- 53Latency (Simulation)5m
- 54Bandwidth Delay Product5m
- 55Delay (Solved Problem)4m
- 56Round Trip Time (RTT)4m
- 57Flow Control5m
Day 10 · 56m
- 58Stop-and-Wait Protocol7m
- 59Stop-and-Wait ARQ Protocol6m
- 60Sliding Window Protocol8m
- 61Go-Back-N ARQ11m
- 62Go-Back-N ARQ (Solved Problem 1)15m
- 63Go-Back-N ARQ (Solved Problem 2)8m
Day 11 · 51m
- 64Selective Repeat ARQ5m
- 65Selective Repeat ARQ (Solved Problem 1)5m
- 66Selective Repeat ARQ (Solved Problem 2)4m
- 67Sliding Window Protocol (Solved Problem 1)4m
- 68Sliding Window Protocol (Solved Problem 2)4m
- 69Multiple Access Protocols8m
- 70Pure Aloha12m
- 71Slotted Aloha9m
Day 12 · 56m
- 72Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) – Part 113m
- 73Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) – Part 213m
- 74Controlled Access Protocol – Reservation5m
- 75Controlled Access Protocol – Polling8m
- 76Controlled Access Protocol – Token Passing7m
- 77Channelization Protocols11m
Day 13 · 56m
- 78Ethernet13m
- 79Ethernet (Solved Questions) - Part 114m
- 80Ethernet (Solved Questions) - Part 28m
- 81Ethernet Transmitter Algorithm12m
- 82Experience with Ethernet6m
- 83Ethernet (Solved Question 1)3m
Day 14 · 53m
- 84Ethernet (Solved Question 2)5m
- 85Ethernet (Solved Question 3)4m
- 86IEEE 802.11 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)11m
- 87IEEE 802.11 Distribution System15m
- 88IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi Frame Format9m
- 89Hidden Terminal Problem4m
- 90Exposed Terminal Problem4m
Week 3Videos 91–135 · 6h 5m
Day 15 · 41m
- 91Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (MACA)10m
- 92Wi-Fi (Solved Question)4m
- 93IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth10m
- 94Bluetooth Protocol Stack7m
- 95Virtual LAN (VLAN)11m
Day 16 · 59m
- 96Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)20m
- 97Spanning Tree Protocol (Solved Question)9m
- 98IPv4 Address (Part 1)10m
- 99IPv4 Address (Part 2)9m
- 100Classful Addressing (Part 1)10m
Day 17 · 56m
- 101Classful Addressing (Part 2)15m
- 102Classful Addressing (Part 3)6m
- 103Classful Addressing (CPT Activity)9m
- 104IPv4 Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast7m
- 105Classful Addressing (Solved Question 1)7m
- 106Classful Addressing (Solved Question 2)5m
- 107Classful Addressing (Solved Question 3)7m
Day 18 · 1h
- 108Public and Private IP Addresses12m
- 109Classless Addressing (Part 1)6m
- 110Classless Addressing (Part 2)10m
- 111Subnetting10m
- 112Subnetting (Solved Problem 1)13m
- 113Verifying the Subnetting (CPT Activity)8m
Day 19 · 58m
- 114Subnetting (Solved Problem 2)11m
- 115Subnetting (Solved Problem 3)13m
- 116Subnetting (CPT Activity)10m
- 117Subnetting (Solved Problem 4)10m
- 118Subnetting (Troubleshooting 1)6m
- 119Subnetting (Troubleshooting 2)8m
Day 20 · 52m
- 120Subnetting (Solved Problem 5)8m
- 121Subnetting (Solved Problem 6)7m
- 122Subnetting (Solved Problem 7)5m
- 123Subnetting (Solved Problem 8)4m
- 124Subnetting (Solved Problem 9)5m
- 125Subnetting (Solved Problem 10)9m
- 126Subnetting (Solved Problem 11)11m
- 127Subnetting (Solved Problem 12)4m
Day 21 · 41m
- 128Fixed Length Subnet Masking (FLSM)11m
- 129Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM) - Solved Problem 113m
- 130Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM) - Solved Problem 212m
- 131Network Layer Protocols | Chapter-4 | Computer Networks | nesoacademy.org1m
- 132Routing Protocols | Chapter-5 | Computer Networks | nesoacademy.org1m
- 133NAT & IPv6 | Chapter-6 | Computer Networks | nesoacademy.org1m
- 134Transport Layer | Chapter-7 | Computer Networks | nesoacademy.org1m
- 135Application Layer & Security | Chapter-8 | Computer Networks | nesoacademy.org1m
Tips for finishing
- Do the ARQ and subnetting solved problems with the video paused; they're the core exam skills this playlist covers best.
- For routing, TCP and the application layer, switch to Gate Smashers' Computer Networks playlist, and tick off the five preview videos so the planner skips them.