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Summary: essential
Review: As the world becomes more and more reliant on the internet, it is essential to understand how it works. Those who have a firm grasp on tcp/ip basics will love this book and you will learn A LOT. For absolute beginners try getting one of those "dummies" books on how the internet works first, and then graduate to this one. Well worth it.
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Summary: Some Reviews Really Suck!
Review: I gave this book to my non IT literate wife along with text books for the CompTIA Network+, i-Net+ and Server+ exams. Needless to say she passed all within three months and cited this as a core book. You don't need a college degree to understand this book, you need a degree of intelligence - a different thing these days and sadly missing in the last review. An excellent book. Five stars and recommended!
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Summary: Very badly written and hard to understand
Review: If you already have a college degree in TCP/IP this book might be of interest, but if you are looking for a book that will be of help to a non-expert this book isn't it. The chapters are written in a very confused way. At one point you think the author is talking to a child with overly simplistic language, then at the next moment he will throw in some advanced mathamatics that will completely lose you. You end up not understanding anything about the subject that you didn't know to begin with. I highly recommend looking elsewhere for a good introduction to TCP/IP.
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Summary: Essential Reading
Review: This book is an excellent resource for people who have a little experience with networking or internetworking and want to begin to expand their understanding of TCP/IP. If you're like me and want to get a grasp on the basics before jumping into some serious routing / internetworking topics, you'll find this book essential reading.
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Summary: Too difficult for beginners
Review: This book is ok for people who already have some tcp/ip knowledge. I found that it often did not go into enough detail so it was difficult to get a good understanding of the concepts. Not bad for all those who already have a basic understanding.
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Summary: One of the better IP books I have seen!
Review: This book is very informative, and gives a lot of tips I had not heard of before. I highly recommend this book for the technical person who is expanding their knowledge about TCP/IP.
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Summary: Very badly written and hard to understand
Review: This is a great book with great examples that help to stamp the ideas into your head. It's great for a beginner (I had no working knowledge of TCP/IP or any of it's utilities) and can provide helpful reference for more experienced readers. Like almost all of the "Sams Teach Yourself" books, there's almost no way to read the book and grasp the material in the allotted time frame (24 hrs - and this is a smaller book) but it is definitely worth putting in the time. You'll take away alot. Joe Casad and Bob Willsey do a very good job, although I feel that on a couple of occasions they should have given the explanation of a term before using it, instead of saying "this will be discussed in a later hour". Just one small gripe. Otherwords two HANDS up for this instructional guide through the world of TCP/IP Networking.
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Summary: Well written, and well conveyed.
Review: This is a great book with great examples that help to stamp the ideas into your head. It's great for a beginner (I had no working knowledge of TCP/IP or any of it's utilities) and can provide helpful reference for more experienced readers. Like almost all of the "Sams Teach Yourself" books, there's almost no way to read the book and grasp the material in the allotted time frame (24 hrs - and this is a smaller book) but it is definitely worth putting in the time. You'll take away alot. Joe Casad and Bob Willsey do a very good job, although I feel that on a couple of occasions they should have given the explanation of a term before using it, instead of saying "this will be discussed in a later hour". Just one small gripe. Otherwords two HANDS up for this instructional guide through the world of TCP/IP Networking.
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Summary: Right in the middle
Review: Too hard for the beginner and too easy for the deep geek. But if you're like me who belongs to the middle, who has read a lot of online tutorials and don't understand the whole picture then this book is worth getting.You won't really learn much about doing real networking here since they don't try to get really technical. Meant for those who would just like to talk about TCP/IP with their peers. This book isn't very detail, but what could you expect in 24 hours? Just look for the RFCs after reading this book.
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Summary: Right in the middle
Review: Too hard for the beginner and too easy for the deep geek. But if you're like me who belongs to the middle, who has read a lot of online tutorials and don't understand the whole picture then this book is worth getting. You won't really learn much about doing real networking here since they don't try to get really technical. Meant for those who would just like to talk about TCP/IP with their peers. This book isn't very detail, but what could you expect in 24 hours? Just look for the RFCs after reading this book.
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