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Summary: The Bible of TCP/IP
Review: This book is a must for all in the networking world. It is known as the Bible of TCP/IP. It is great reading for beginners and for the most advanced reader. The whole vol. set is a great investment as a resource. With this book and Interconnection by Radia Perlman (which is quite good but dry). They will define the industry, as it is today and break down the RFC's to a readable level. To continue I would suggest "Internet Core Protocols: the Definitive Guide" (comes with sniffer software).. It will help tie Comer's and Perlman's books together...
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Summary: Excellent reference.
Review: This book is the best book anyone can get for learning TCP/IP. A few of the chapters might put you too sleep, but the technical context and the way it is explained is far beyond all other books on this topic. The only other series of books I have read that might compare are TCP/IP illustrated by Stevens.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a really good book to read from cover to cover. It goes over everything on different network protocols. Even after I read it I like to have it close by as reference. This is THE book on tcp/ip.
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Summary: What about the new 4th edition ?
Review: This is really a great book on Tcp/Ip but I wonder why the 4th edition is not yet posted here, which brings a great update on the matter...
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Summary: Even better
Review: This new edition expands and updates the previous one (a true classic). Several parts were rewritten to improve understanding (e.g. RIP solutions) and a lot of modern technologies are now discussed, including Mobile IP, IPsec, VPNs, IP Multicasting, Voice and Video over IP, and IP Telephony.
It is worth every dollar of its price.
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Summary: The best text for an introduction to TCP/IP.
Review: This was one of the best technically oriented books I have ever read. I strongly recommend this text to anyone with a technical background who is interested in learning the fundamentals of the TCP/IP protocol stack and the Internet. The text is very accessible. If you are a technical professional in today's information-oriented business world, you will want to review this book.
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Summary: Best TCP-IP introduction you can find
Review: 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.
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Summary: Read book from cover to cover
Review: Want to know how the Internet works down to the protocol (and even hardware/wire) level? Then this book is for you. Covers TCP, UDP, DNS, ARP, RARP, Routing, LAN topologies, WAN topologies, IPSec, ATM, SIP, RSVP, and many other protocols. Of course, this book doesn't go into extreme depth, but hey, that's what RFC's are for, right? This is a great place to start for learning about the Internet and its underlying networking technologies.
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Summary: A great place to start
Review: Want to know how the Internet works down to the protocol (and even hardware/wire) level? Then this book is for you. Covers TCP, UDP, DNS, ARP, RARP, Routing, LAN topologies, WAN topologies, IPSec, ATM, SIP, RSVP, and many other protocols. Of course, this book doesn't go into extreme depth, but hey, that's what RFC's are for, right? This is a great place to start for learning about the Internet and its underlying networking technologies.
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Summary: Must read for network community
Review: We had this book for a networking class back in grad school (1997). S lot of people have said a lot of nice things about this book and I'll join the list as well. This book taught me TCP/IP and its in outs. Admittedly, the book is not as detailed as Stevens' but for anyone starting in the field of networking this book should be a must read. It comes as a handy reference as well while performing day to day job functions. This book is the theory behind cisco and juniper routers. You might find that it does not cover all the subtelties of routing protocols but whatever is in there is good enough for starters. This book will give you a solid foundation and background to read other books such as 'Routing in the internet', 'Anatomy...OSPF' and 'BGP4' etc.
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