Customer Reviews

Mastering Tcp/Ip for Nt Server

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

I'm a certified Microsoft trainer and I specialize in TCP/IP. When students ask what book they should start with, I always used to say, like everyone else, Douglas Comer's _Internetworking with TCP/IP, vol 1_. OK, Comer's book is great. It is a college textbook and it reads like one. If you want/need that level of detail, then get it. But for people just starting with TCP/IP, this is a much better book to start with. It is also helpful if you just need to know more about NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I've been waiting for Mark to write a book like this for years now. His writing style is very reader-friendly. He keeps it full of information but in a way that doesn't overload you. If you haven't read his outstanding articles in Windows NT Magazine, you're really missing out. I also know Todd and Monica professionally and have a lot of respect for their talents as engineers and authors. A good addition to an MCSE's library. (My opinion is my own and does not necessarily express that of my employer, QuickStart Technologies.)

Another exceptional member of Mark Minasi's "Mastering" series for Microsoft Backoffice. This is a good middle of the road guide to the Redmond, WA. flavor of TCP/IP ... but don't expect a down & dirty disection of the protocol. This is aimed more at MCSE candidates or sysadmins wanting the skinny on implimenting TCP/IP in their WindowsNT network, using WINS, DNS, Proxy Server and IIS. Reads well, like all of Minasi's books to date!

I was just starting out in the field, and I picked up this book on advice from a friend. I wish I hadn't. I had already read through...Minasi's other NT book...The descriptions in both books were entertaining, but maybe I was spending too much time having fun to learn anything useful. I had to go get another book, Douglas Comer's _Internetworking with TCP/IP_ to really get a handle on this material. I recommend that book whole-heartedly, but I am thoroughly disenchanted by Minasi..

Looking through an online version of this book, I was astonished by how outdated it was--but then, it was published five years ago. Lots of references to Microsoft vaporware like Enhanced Directory Services (DS), not to mention plenty about gopher and WAIS and other obsolete stuff that's pretty irrelevant now.

Presumably, there's a more up-to-date book available from these folks, but I truly can't understand how this book has so many fans.

This book was very well written and I actually enjoyed reading it. Most of the topics were well covered and easily understandable, with the exception being subnetting, TCP packet format, and ports.

I had bought this book primarily for the underlying theory behind TCP/IP and its application in the NT environment. While the NT application of TCP/IP was covered in detail, the actual protocol was not sufficiently detailed.

If your goal is to apply TCP/IP to NT, this book would rate approximately four stars. For its coverage of TCP/IP theory, I give it two stars. It rates three stars overall.

Don't listen to the bad reviews. They don't know what they are talking about. Mark has put together the most informative book on networking with TCP/IP and NT that I, or you, will ever see in our lifetime. I recommend this book.

I teach a lot of people TCP/IP. This can be one of the hardest subjects for students to learn. As a supplement to either the Microsoft corriculm or the Sybex TCP/IP study guide, this is a "must-have" for students. It not only helps with the exam, but covers those little annoying problems I see at customers all the time. I recommend it highly.

This is got to be the best TCP/IP book I have ever read. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn TCP/IP for NT!

This book has helped me so much in finding the little problems that come up in a day to day NT environment. I recommend this for every NT shop!

If you are studying NT, then this is the book for you. It is written by authors that have distinguished themselves in this field for over ten years. If you want to actually learn soemthing, then buy this book.