Hands-On Networking with Internet Technologies, Second Edition [Paperback]

Douglas E. Comer (Author), Douglas E Comer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131443100 | ISBN-13: 978-0131443105 | Publication Date: August 4, 2003 | Edition: 2

For one/two-semester undergraduate courses in Computer Networking and Network Programming in Engineering and Computer Science. This clearly written and logically organized text allows students to gain a deeper understanding of computer networks and internets by asserting that the best way to learn is by doing: it allows for hands-on experience with a real network. Through experiments, students learn that interconnecting hardware, configuring software, measuring performance, observing protocols in action, and creating client-server programs over a network all help sharpen understanding. The text is organized into six sections that each consider a hardware platform, from the most basic to the most advanced, and outlines experiments that can be carried out using these platforms. This lab manual can be used with any computer networks textbook.

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Acclaimed author Douglas E. Comer's book, Hands-On Networking with Internet Technologies, upholds the assertion that the best way to learn is by doing. Through laboratory experimentation, students and professionals gain a better understanding of how computer networks and Internet technologies operate in practice.

Organized into sections that focus on the hardware and software platforms of different lab facilities, this book systematically constructs and augments a practical knowledge of networking. From single-computer applications to advanced network systems engineering, a broad spectrum of hands-on experiments addresses a variety of difficulty levels, and guides the user to a deeper comprehension of the functionality and subtleties of networking in action.

FEATURES

• Shows how to apply the concepts covered in Dr. Comer's Computer Networks and Internets, Fourth Edition.
• Provides hands-on experiments with TCP/IP protocols and networking systems used on the Internet.
• Depicts a wide range of possible networking testbeds and provides exercises that use each.
• Includes experiments that can be performed with a conventional PC.
• Lists individual steps to be performed for each exercise, and offers optional extensions for those who desire additional challenges.
• Accompanying website contains supporting materials including additional hardware and software details, test data, programming hints, and alternative approaches (www.labbook.cs.purdue.edu).

Instructor materials available, including solutions to problems.

About the Author

A professor at Purdue University, Douglas E. Comer develops and teaches courses in computer networking and internetworking. His series of books on networking and TCP/IP protocols receives the highest acclaim; his books are popular worldwide. One of the researchers who contributed to the formation of the Internet in the late 1970s and 1980s, he served on the Internet Architecture Board, is a Fellow of the ACM, and was appointed to the ACM/IEEE joint curriculum committee that recommended laboratories in computer science and engineering curricula. Dr. Comer consults for industry and lectures about the Internet to hundreds of professionals and diverse audiences around the world at professional conferences and on-site presentations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131443100
• ISBN-13: 978-0131443105
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,474,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, March 21, 2005

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This review is from: Hands-on Networking with Internet Technologies (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I had great expectations for this book, but I have to say they have not been met. Some of the exercises are extremely simple; many of the others are difficult, vague, or ill-defined. Also, the exercises don't match up conveniently with chapters of the accompanying text. You have to poke around in the homework problems of the text to find what exercises may go with those chapters. They're not in the same order as the text, and there are many chapters in the text that have no exercises associated with them. Also, the exercises don't ask for any analysis on the students' part--they just have a list of steps for the students to check off.