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Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text. http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%20-%20A%20Tanenbaum%20-%2

by bb0wn 12y ago

Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text. http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%20-%20A%20Tanenbaum%20-%205th%20edition.pdf http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%...

b0t 12y ago
2 good network books in one day. Lucky me. I know what I'm doing this weekend.
webwanderings 12y ago
Looking at the TOC, I think the one by Loyola University's associate professor, seems like a better introduction.
- bb0wn 12y ago
  I haven't read the linked book, so I can't comment on which is a better introduction. I will say that having read the Tannenbaum book, it is a very thorough, bottom-up survey, and you will certainly know quite a lot about computer networking after reading it.
tekromancr 12y ago
I actually came to the comments just to mention this. This is one of THE best networking books. Shit, it is one of my favorite books PERIOD.
- synctext 12y ago
  For the past 8 years I been using the Tanenbaum book for teaching my university networking class. That book is really starting to show a bit of age (the author also recently retired). The Peter Dordal Creative Commons approach needs a bit more polishing. Just did a browse through and comparison, it goes quite deep (e.g. TCP Westwood). However, Tanebaum more applications and uses, including telnet to port 80, audio compression threshold of hearing and runlength encoding. btw please put the slides online used to present this to students.. Every professor needs to make their own now.
  - tekromancr 12y ago
    I think you may be mistaking my comment with another. I am not (currently) a teacher (though I do very much like explaining things!).
teh_klev 12y ago
I hate to poo-poo this link, but I'm pretty sure this book is not free, even in PDF form.
jacquesm 12y ago
It's 'Tanenbaum'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum

by bb0wn 12y ago

b0t 12y ago

2 good network books in one day. Lucky me. I know what I'm doing this weekend.

webwanderings 12y ago

Looking at the TOC, I think the one by Loyola University's associate professor, seems like a better introduction.

bb0wn 12y ago
I haven't read the linked book, so I can't comment on which is a better introduction. I will say that having read the Tannenbaum book, it is a very thorough, bottom-up survey, and you will certainly know quite a lot about computer networking after reading it.

tekromancr 12y ago

I actually came to the comments just to mention this. This is one of THE best networking books. Shit, it is one of my favorite books PERIOD.

synctext 12y ago
For the past 8 years I been using the Tanenbaum book for teaching my university networking class. That book is really starting to show a bit of age (the author also recently retired). The Peter Dordal Creative Commons approach needs a bit more polishing. Just did a browse through and comparison, it goes quite deep (e.g. TCP Westwood). However, Tanebaum more applications and uses, including telnet to port 80, audio compression threshold of hearing and runlength encoding. btw please put the slides online used to present this to students.. Every professor needs to make their own now.
- tekromancr 12y ago
  I think you may be mistaking my comment with another. I am not (currently) a teacher (though I do very much like explaining things!).

teh_klev 12y ago

I hate to poo-poo this link, but I'm pretty sure this book is not free, even in PDF form.

jacquesm 12y ago

It's 'Tanenbaum'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum