An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by blueatlas » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 1:34 PM UTC

An Introduction to Computer Networks
intronetworks.cs.luc.edu

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by BlackJack » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 2:10 PM UTC

Just browsed through this, looks like a great book. Two suggestions:

1. Put your ToC on the home screen as well. 2. It'd be nice if you covered low-power IoT protocols like ZigBee, Thread, 6loWPAN, etc. Stuff based on the 802.15.4 stack

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by marvel_boy » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

Looks like a great and detailed book. I don't knwo why but networking is a subject with very few good free books.

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by bb0wn » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:08 PM UTC

Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text.

http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%...

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by b0t » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

bb0wn wrote: post #4

Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text. http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%...

2 good network books in one day. Lucky me. I know what I'm doing this weekend.

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by vlan0 » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:21 PM UTC

The scope of content in that book is pretty large for an audience needing an introduction to computer networks.

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by webwanderings » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:22 PM UTC

bb0wn wrote: post #4

Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text. http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%...

Looking at the TOC, I think the one by Loyola University's associate professor, seems like a better introduction.

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by vinayak » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:23 PM UTC

Reading the RFCs for popular protocols is also a good start. Several of the RFCs also document many years of learning from operating networks. A good place to start is the RFC index - http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index2.html

(eg HTTP/1.1 is RFC 2616)

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by rhapsodyv » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:29 PM UTC

I remember this video: http://www.warriorsofthe.net/movie.html

Re: An Introduction to Computer Networks

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Post by bb0wn » Fri, Jan 30, 2015, 3:30 PM UTC

webwanderings wrote: post #7

bb0wn wrote: post #4

Computer Networks by Andrew Tannenbaum is also a great introductory text. http://cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~minhnguyen/NET/Computer%20Networks%...

Looking at the TOC, I think the one by Loyola University's associate professor, seems like a better introduction.

I haven't read the linked book, so I can't comment on which is a better introduction.

I will say that having read the Tannenbaum book, it is a very thorough, bottom-up survey, and you will certainly know quite a lot about computer networking after reading it.