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Summary: Except for the factual errors this is a read for freshman!
Review: Ed Taylor says this book is for network architects, systems engineers, consultants and such. Rather it might make a good introductory text for college students thinking about computer science for a field of study except that the explanations are too often inadequate and sometimes flat wrong! He literally says in one short paragraph that a transparent bridge is sometimes called a spanning tree bridge and that a spanning tree bridge is essentially a learning bridge. Explaining the concept of a spanning tree bridge is difficult but I suspect Ed Taylor doesn't understand them and worse doesn't know he doesn't know. I wish a good education in networking could be packed into one volume but it didn't happen here. The hype far exceeds the content. Do yourself a favor and buy a half a dozen good books instead of wasting your time and money on this empty promise.
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Summary: Except for the factual errors this is a read for freshman!
Review: Ed Taylor says this book is for network architects, systems engineers, consultants and such. Rather it might make a good introductory text for college students thinking about computer science for a field of study except that the explanations are too often inadequate and sometimes flat wrong! He literally says in one short paragraph that a transparent bridge is sometimes called a spanning tree bridge and that a spanning tree bridge is essentially a learning bridge. Explaining the concept of a spanning tree bridge is difficult but I suspect Ed Taylor doesn't understand them and worse doesn't know he doesn't know. I wish a good education in networking could be packed into one volume but it didn't happen here. The hype far exceeds the content. Do yourself a favor and buy a half a dozen good books instead of wasting your time and money on this empty promise.
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Summary: Too little about too much.
Review: Looking at the book at a glance it may appear to be the right choice for the networking professional who is looking for a comprehensive book about today's network technology.
Furthermore, McGraw-Hill books are usually well worth their price, however this one is definitely an exception.
The author is overly ambitious in trying to cover everything. The result is a miserable failure in that it contains too little (f)actual information to be of much value. Buy it if you want a book that includes a lot of terms, and you don't care much about details and explanations.
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Summary: Good tech, bad writing
Review: The guy seems to know his stuff, but he has serious dfificulty in putting it all together. His writing is stream-of-consciousness, contains thoughts that don't need to be there and which may confuse students with little knowledge of the subject. But, like I said, there are good facts in the book if you know enough about the subject to glean them out.
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Summary: Good tech, bad writing
Review: The guy seems to know his stuff, but he has serious dfificulty in putting it all together. His writing is stream-of-consciousness, contains thoughts that don't need to be there and which may confuse students with little knowledge of the subject. But, like I said, there are good facts in the book if you know enough about the subject to glean them out.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: This book looks like it covers a lot, but it really uses a lot of words to cover very little and I found most explanations more confusing than in other books I had read. After reading some sections I felt like I knew less than when I started. There are an awful lot of small errors also, such as referring to a backbone as "background" in one figure. I definitely don't feel it's worth the price.
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Summary: The one-stop definitive resource!
Review: Unrivaled one-stop coverage of network fundamentals, protocols, and devices -- that's what network administrators get from the McGRAW-HILL INTERNETWORKING HANDBOOK. This definitive resource offers a practical problem-solving approach that explains why a method is used as well as how to apply it. The expanded new edition of this classic covers new types of networks and updates information on dominant upper- and lower-layer protocols. It breaks the complex subject of internetworking into topical sections easily understood - even by professionals with limited experience with network architectures. Written by a respected network architect who has plenty of hands-on experience, the Second Edition of THE McGRAW-HILL INTERNETWORKING HANDBOOK is the definitive reference for network integrators, managers, planners and support personnel. Readers get: · Information on all major network protocols and devices
· Clear explanations of network differences and commonalities
· Perspectives on data, multimedia, voice, and other networks
· Help with Intranets, the Internet, and network integration
· Updated material on Ethernet, Frame Relay, APPN, IPv6, and Windows NT
· Valuable new Request for Comments appendix on protocols
· Extensive glossary, including acronyms
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