Rating: 
Summary: Great look at the nuts and bolts of TCP/IP
Review: This is no study guide. If you are looking for a book to *teach* you TCP/IP, this isn't it. This is a solid, no-holds-barred reference work for the person who needs the depth of information that the study guides will never supply.If you are a professional who works with Windows 2000, you will need this work on your shelf next to Comer, Stevens, Liu, and Albitz. Hats-off to Thomas lee, Joseph Davies, and Laura Robinson for putting together a fine work.
Rating:
Summary: Solid desktop reference!
Review: This is no study guide. If you are looking for a book to *teach* you TCP/IP, this isn't it. This is a solid, no-holds-barred reference work for the person who needs the depth of information that the study guides will never supply. If you are a professional who works with Windows 2000, you will need this work on your shelf next to Comer, Stevens, Liu, and Albitz. Hats-off to Thomas lee, Joseph Davies, and Laura Robinson for putting together a fine work.
Rating:
Summary: For JimmytheGeek
Review: This is supposed to be a TECHNICAL reference on MICROSOFT tcp/ip, but there is almost nothing on netbios over tcp (the SMB/CIFS layers that MS uses). There are plenty of tcp/ip books out there- the only purpose this one could have is to document MS additions to, and usage of, tcp/ip, and it's very disappointing. Nothing deeper than the OS help file. I didn't read the material on standard tcp/ip, because I didn't need it. I imagine it handles that just fine.
Rating: 
Summary: Shallow treatment - next to nothing on MS protocols
Review: This is supposed to be a TECHNICAL reference on MICROSOFT tcp/ip, but there is almost nothing on netbios over tcp (the SMB/CIFS layers that MS uses). There are plenty of tcp/ip books out there- the only purpose this one could have is to document MS additions to, and usage of, tcp/ip, and it's very disappointing. Nothing deeper than the OS help file. I didn't read the material on standard tcp/ip, because I didn't need it. I imagine it handles that just fine.
Rating:
Summary: Why read RFC's, white papers, and boring technical papers?
Review: Why read RFC's, white papers, and boring technical papers? Because until this book that was the only way to disseminate excellent information on a very important subject. TCP/IP is the protocol suite, and Thomas Lee makes it all make sense. The input of the other authors Laura Robinson and Joe Davies make this complete volume worth twice the price. This book will go proudly between Comer and Albitz & Liu on my bookshelf. Those are some pretty big pages to fill, but this book delivers. It's all about quality. After reading just a few pages I flew with my book over 1000 miles to have Thomas Lee sign my it at a Microsoft Professional Trainer Conference. He was very nice about signing it and signed others who purchased it at the conference as well. In fact, they sold out in the first couple of days of the conference. No wonder after you pick it up to look at it, you just can't put it down. I just wish I could of had Laura sign it too.
Rating:
Summary: For JimmytheGeek
Review: Windows 2000 does not require NetBIOS for SMB/CIFS. That is why it's not covered as a "requirement". It simply isn't.
Rating:
Summary: For JimmytheGeek
Review: Windows 2000 does not require NetBIOS for SMB/CIFS. That is why it's not covered as a "requirement". It simply isn't.
| 
