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Teach Yourself Networking Visually

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A computer book made for the artistically inclined. This is a *great* book. I build web pages and need to learn how to talk intelligently on a daily basis to our network guys about backend, hardware stuff. I showed them this book and (although they laughed a little at the idea of a book on networking having color pictures) they were quite impressed with the content. I was told to pay special attention to Chapter 8 "The OSI Model and Protocols". This book is easy to read and to understand but also delivers a lot of information. It's wonderful!

I teach networking classes at Computer Applications Company and I have found this book to be an excellent resource for beginners to learn networking terminology and concepts. Most of the students who used this book learned the concepts quickly.

If you are looking to be a Network Admin. or to be able to design and implement a new network, then this book would be no more than an appetizer.

This book is really good for those of us who just have some questions and want to be able to understand how things work a little better. After reading this book, I realize I have more to learn.

you will not forget any important information you read from this book it is helpfull, clear, you can use to establish general networking information in long and funny time.
Read it, read it

This book is good. It gives you a graphical picture of what networking is all about. It is easy to read. Nice to have.

The book is simply old!! The book which was written 3-4 years ago obiously doesn't cover many important aspects of networking.

I believe it is an overstatement to claim that this book can be used to teach yourself computer networking, at least to any significant depth. What it can be used for is to teach yourself the fundamentals of networking, what it is, means by which it is accomplished and the role it has in the modern world. There are few businesses where the computers are not networked and even the home user often needs to have a basic understanding of computer networking.
Within these bounds the book is a resounding success, there are many colored diagrams that clearly illustrate the topic, generally one per caption. The diagrams are very well done and the 3-D appearance further improves the understandability. If you are interested in learning the fundamentals of networking, then there is no better book from which to begin.

Here's a dictionary, teach yourself the English language. This book was written with that mentality in mind. Possibly a good resource book, but by far a good teaching manual, despite the title.