Complete TCP/IP Training Course, Student Edition [Paperback]

Douglas E. Comer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 2001

For introductory courses in TCP/IP.This package provides fully-integrated, world-class TCP/IP and network architecture training. It includes the leading interactive TCP/IP tutorial on CD-ROM, the TCP/IP Multimedia Cyber Classroom, First Edition, with a new browser-based display engine that's intuitive and enjoyable for students to use. Students also get the classic textbook Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume One, Fourth Edition, by Douglas E. Comer. The CD-ROM and book are designed to work together perfectly. The TCP/IP Multimedia Cyber Classroom CD-ROM comes with over 200 animated figures complete with audio explanations, extensive hyperlinking, hundreds of interactive exercises, and a fully-searchable electronic copy of Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume One, Fourth Edition. It is certified to run on Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. This package is the fastest, easiest way to learn TCP/IP-based internetworking.

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From the Back Cover

The fastest way to master TCP/IP networking!

• Watch, listen, and learn as key TCP/IP concepts are described in 200+ dynamic animated figures
• Covers everything from the basics of TCP/IP to state-of-the-art technologies, including RSVP, Mobile IP, IPv6, and Voice over IP!
• Cyber classroom includes a fully searchable electronic version of the classic book, Internetworking with TCP/IP, plus interactive questions, programming exercises, hyperlinking, and more!

System Requirements:

Windows 95/98/NT 4.x/2000

30 MB disk space

32 MB RAM

8x CD-ROM drive or higher

Sound card support

Internet Explorer 5 (Included)

In this awesome multimedia-and-book training course, Douglas E. Comer, the world's #1 TCP/IP expert, teaches all you need to know about TCP/IP—from the basics to the cutting edge! Master TCP/IP internetworking and routing from the ground up—including every key Internet protocol, from UDP and TCP to multicasting, DHCP to DNS, SMTP to SNMP, VPNs to VoIP! This amazing package integrates hundreds of animated figures containing expert audio commentary, hundreds of interactive questions, hands-on practice exercises, plus the newest edition of the TCP/IP book that's earned raves from virtually every leader of the Internet! Get it and become a TCP/IP expert faster than you ever imagined!

• Hundreds of dynamic animations complete with detailed audio explanations show you exactly how TCP/IP and the Internet work!
• Hundreds of interactive questions and programming exercises test your knowledge of the material
• Powerful full-text search engine helps you find the details you want-fast!
• World-class advice for optimizing internetwork design, maximizing reliability, and avoiding problems

The world's #1 TCP/IP guidebook:

• The start-to-finish bestseller by Douglas E. Comer, the world's leading TCP/IP expert!
• Authoritative, comprehensive, and full of examples
• Fully updated to reflect today's most advanced IP technologies, including Mobile IP, RASVP, and IPv6

Raves for Comer's book from TCP/IP experts!

"Dr. Comer shines through as the premiere source for lucid explanations and accurate information."

—Marshall Rose, IETF Area Director

"There are many TCP/IP books on the shelves today, but Doug Comer's is the one that comes off the shelf for accessible and authoritative answers."

—Lyman Chapin, Chief Scientist, BBN Technologies

100% Comprehensive, 100% Authoritative!

The Complete TCP/IP Training Course covers everything you need to know to become a TCP/IP expert. Includes information on:

• How internets work
• Internet addressing
• Routing, subnets, and supernets
• UDP and TCP data transport
• Key routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, and more
• Internet multicasting (IGMP)
• Client-server interaction and socket interfaces
• Key applications: FTP, NFS, SMTP, MIME, SNMP, and more
• Internet telephony and VoIP protocols
• Internet security, firewall design, and VPNs
• The future: IPng, IPv6, and more

Meet Your Expert Instructor

DOUGLAS E. COMER is an internationally recognized TCP/IP expert and consultant on TCP/IP. As former chairman of the DARPA Distributed Systems Architecture Board and the CSNET Technical Committee and member of the Internet Activities Board, he has helped lead the Internet's development, evolution, and growth.

SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR:

• Network designers, implementers, and administrators
• Web application developers and managers
• Anyone interested in how the Internet works-and how to make it work for them!

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Douglas Comer is a professor at Purdue University, where he teaches popular courses on computer networking. One of the researchers who contributed to the Internet as it was being formed in the late 1970s and 1980s, he has served as a member of the Internet Architecture Board, the group responsible for guiding the Internet's development. In addition, he has written a popular series of textbooks that describe the technical details of the Internet, and presents lectures on the subject around the world. Professor Comer has had direct Internet access from his home since 1983, and uses the Internet daily.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (February 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130905542
• ISBN-13: 978-0130905543
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 2.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,061,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete is the word!, January 14, 2001

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete TCP/IP Training Course Boxed Set (CD-ROM)

In order to be a successful network technician, network manager or network designer you have to have a complete understanding of the TCP/IP both version 4 and 6 and Douglas Comer has put together a package that maybe the best out there today short of formalized classroom training.

This package has both software and a book, Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1, 4th edition. The book is updated to cover both version 4 and 6 of TCP/IP and after reading the book I can see why the author is considered the foremost expert on the subject.

Comer covers topics like network technologies like WANS and LANS, FDDI, NSF and ARPANET. Then Comer goes on to cover classfull addressing, ARP, RARP, IP and the IP Protocols like ICMP, CIDR, UDP, TCP and DHCP.

Also discussed in the book are BGP, RIP, OSPF, Hello and Multicasting. Applications like Telnet, FTP, TFTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, HTTP, VoIP and SNMP are but a few of the topics. Finally there is firewalls and security to round out the book.

The cd included is a cyber classroom that coincides with the book at all levels. The install and setup was a breeze and no major complications were encountered. There are hundreds of questions from both the cd and the book and the whole package is for every skill level.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Package Should be Tested for Proper Operation, April 14, 2002

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Tan Kwan Seng (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete TCP/IP Training Course, Student Edition (Paperback)

What this box contains: The book, "Internetworking With TCP/IP" Principles, Protocols and Architectures", 4th Edition (ISBN: 0-13-018380-6) and a CD-ROM which contains audio and animation to supplement the book materials.

In my opinion, the CD-ROM is not a necessity. The explanation offered in the book is top-class----CLEAR!! The CD-ROM is a plus but I think makes the whole thing overpriced. You can do with the book alone.

Installation is smooth but when you start the learning program from your computer,... it does NOT work. Apparently it was tested completely on the C drive hard disk and even hard-coded to a path on the C drive but the installation process does not copy the required folder on the C drive. After installation, just look at the contents of the batch file

C:\Program Files\PTG Interactive\Cyber Classrom\9055B1.BAT

and you will find that it is trying to access

C:\Program Files\PTG Interactive\Cyber Classroom\htdocs\9055b1\start.htm"

Dig further (look at the contents of start.htm) and you realize that you have to do some tweaking to make things work. This shouldn't be the case and the package is already overpriced!!

Just buy the book (ISBN: 0-13-018380-6)... In think I should just have bought the book only.

5.0 out of 5 stars Give this kit an 8 star rating !, January 16, 2001

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William Humphrey (Greensboro, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete TCP/IP Training Course Boxed Set (CD-ROM)

If you are new to Networking or need a review of TCP/IP, then this kit should be your foundation for Internet communications! If you are working on your MCSE, CCNA, or anything else dealing with internetworking, then this is the kit for you. The cd that's included with this kit is great. I can't stress this enough, this kit is a must buy !