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Summary: Excellent for beginner
Review: Cover every layers in details. The protocals are quite difficult to understand, good for undergrad and graduate students.
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Summary: Only a reference book
Review: I think it's not a good choice for beginners. Too much theory and not well-organized. However, I'd like it to put in my library as a good refernce book. If you know what you're looking for in the book, Comp. Networks is helpful...
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Summary: THE book of data communications
Review: More than 7 layers, Tanenbaum explain everything in a comprehensive way. It is recommended for those looking for an introduction to networks and intermediate readers. If you want to understand networks, if you are going to be a CCIE, or just want to know why data propagates, read this book first. Recommended also for hands-on lovers, theory makes you smarter.
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Summary: One of the best book
Review: I am a freelance trainer. I use this book for my reference and reviewing the basic concept. I can not praise enough for the book, this is truely one of the best book ever written for the subject. Stalling book was also very good. I strongly recommend both for everyone.If you want a more advanced topic, you may look at Daniel Minoli's Delivering Voice over IP and Delivering Voice over Frame Relay and ATM, this is a more advanced and up-to-date, but make sure you have this and Stalling's books as your backup. I am sure you will need them to refresh the basic concept.
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Summary: This is a book for masochists
Review: Please don't torture yourself by reading this book. The book by William Stallings is much better. This book has no flow. Tenenbaum might be an expert in his field but, he certainly doesn't know how to write books for college students.Of course,if you are forced to read it because it is a required text for your course (as it was for me) , may God help you.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read on the subject
Review: This is a great book. Flows very logically, uses simple terms, and provides a lot of examples. The book is pretty much up to date and provides perspective on advanced technologies. It is siutable for providing a comperhensive and rich overveiw on the field of computer networks.
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Summary: Not user friendly
Review: This book leaves out indepth explanations and lacks good, simple pictures that show how these protocols, routing algorithms, and architectures really work in the network. It may seem great to someone who is just skimming it or isn't really technically competent..they're mostly just overwhelmed. It is written at a highly academic and theoretical level and tries to cover things at a very high level...but leaves out the basics that are necessary to understand the topic thoroughly. For those who really have to answer a question about something or fix something, it falls short. There are more effective web sites that have nice color pictures and examples of real-life scenarios. The text buries facts in long-winded rambling paragraphs,it is based on the metric system(no-the US still isn't using it) and the questions at the end of the chapters are primarily so theoretical that you mainly wand to answer..."who cares??" the questions ask about situations that you would never run across them in a real job or that computer software already handles. Since there are questions at the end of each chapter...there should be answers to at least the odd ones(there are none) Also,there is no glossary which is a very nice feature for a tech book to have. I have this book for a class I am in, I thought at first glance I'd keep it for a reference book, and now that I'm into it ....I plan to sell it back.
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Summary: This book is for someone how wants the whole story.
Review: Don't read this book if you're looking for a fast track guide to certification. It's intended for someone who really wants an in-depth look at the way networks work. It is adaptable to all past, present and future operating systems, Not just NT or UNIX.
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Summary: A good book
Review: I have red this book. I think that it is the best book I have red
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Summary: excellent textbook
Review: This book was the text for my college networking class, and it is one of the best textbooks i have had for a computer science class. Tanenbaum's writing style make the text easy to read. Although he is long winded and ancedotal at times, I found that his anecdotes provided useful insight into the reasons decisions were made.
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