Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

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The all-time best-selling TCP/IP book, this is still the reference for anyone who wants to learn about or work with the TCP/IP protocol suite. Justly renowned for its clarity and accessibility,this superb text covers wide area Internet backbones as well as local area network technologies like FDDI and Ethernet. This is volume 1 of a 3 part set including Internetworking With TCP/IP (Vol. 2): Design, Implementation, and Internals and Internetworking With TCP/IP (Vol. 3): Client-Server Programming and Applications/BSD Socket Version --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Comer continues to prove himself the Baedeker of the Internet Protocols with this fine 4th edition." - Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President, MCI WorldCom, "Father of the Internet" "Doug's deep insight into the Internet, coupled with his talent for teaching, yields an updated classic that once again leads the pack." - Paul Mockapetris, Inventor of the Domain Name System "There are many TCP/IP books on the shelves today, but Doug Comer's "Internetworking with TCP/IP" is the one that comes off the shelf for accessible and authoritative answers to questions about Internet technology." - Lyman Chapin, Chief Scientist, BBN Technologies

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 750 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4th edition (January 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130183806
• ISBN-13: 978-0130183804
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #356,084 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best TCP-IP introduction you can find, September 18, 2000

By	HELIO CARDOSO (SANTOS, SP BRAZIL) - See all my reviews

To learn about TCP-IP there are three aspects you should consider: TCP-IP standards, TCP-IP implementation and TCP-IP programming.

Are you looking for a good intro about TCP-IP Standards? This is surely the best. This book isn't about TCP-IP programming or implementation; I would say that it is an organized, gentle and concise presentation of the Internet documentation known as RFC ( request for comments ). After reading this book you should try "TCP-IP Illustrated, Vol. 1" by Richard Stevens, because it offers a more practical approach describing a real TCP-IP Internet "on the fly". After these two books you have a good background to read the Internet RFCs and more specific books about routing, firewalls, proxys, Internet high-level protocols and applications ( http, ftp, telnet, smtp, pop, etc ... ).

After the basics you should read a book about a particular implementation of TCP-IP for the OS you are using. A nice intro about TCP-IP for Unix is "TCP-IP Network Administration" by Craig Hunt. Three other O'Reilly's books about specific topics on TCP-IP Administration for Unix are "DNS and Bind" , "Sendmail" and "Managing NFS and NIS".

If you are interested in Unix TCP-IP programming there is still a quite long way, because you should know "C" language, basic Unix programing and Unix network programming. For this herculean task, I highly recommend "Advanced Programming in Unix Environment" by Richard Stevens for basic Unix programming and "Unix Network Programming Vol. 1" also by Richard Stevens for TCP-IP programming. These are the best books on basic and network programming for Unix OS.

By the way, You don't need the Volumes 2 and 3 of this book. This Volume 1 is the only one you should buy.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stevens is practical, Comer is theoretical, December 31, 2000

By	none (Goleta, CA United States) - See all my reviews

There are several "bibles" of TCP/IP floating around. This is one of them. Comer takes a more academic and theoretical approach to the topic of TCP/IP with this book than TCP/IP Illustrated Vol 1 by Richard Stevens. I believe that a person interested in this topic should read the Stevens book first, then read this one to further extend her knowledge. Both books are excellent companions to your library and you really can't go wrong with either.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction. Does not assume knowledge of networking, November 27, 1999

By	booklover "booklover" (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (Hardcover)

This book is a great introduction to TCP/IP. It is pretty self-contained and those with computer experience but without networking experiencing will find that it is a good introduction to networking. It is not complete as Stevens' TCP/IP Illustrated, however.