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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (3rd Edition)

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4.5 STARS

If you want an intro book to:
- Computer Networking,
- how the Internet (www) works,
- TCP/IP Protocol, layers, and utilities,
- Networking Applications
(with lots of diagrams, eye-friendly page layout, extensive index, end-of-chapter summary, Q&A, terminology) then .... you MUST read this book.

Make sure to read the 3rd edition (c. 2004). This edition has some new chapters and material over the 2nd edition and even discusses recent and emerging technologies, and does not spend time going over obsolete protocols or apps.

NOTE: I think this book deserves a 4 1/2 stars because some material (like Encryption part) could have been explained more elegant and easier. Nevertheless the author does an excellent job at providing further references for more detailed analysis (e.g. RFC recommendations).

I read the first revision of this book and it was a joy to read. Each chapter is short and fun. It covers just the right amount of material. It is nice to see books that are well written. Although the book is very introductory, you actually learn a lot!

This book was above and beyond my expectations when i first bought it. It was not incredibly long, yet very thurogh. It explains everything, packets, the network layers, and the internet backbone and how it all connects. It also shows how to use functions built in on your operating system, like ping, trace route, among others. Highly reccomended!

Excellent coverage of the material. Easy to follow, thorough, and accurate. The book doesn't cover some of the more recent aspects of the protocols, most notably IP version 6, but it was written several years ago and I believe that the latest edition does cover this issue and others.