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Title: Computer Networks, Fourth Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum ISBN: 0-13-066102-3 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 09 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $88.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (94 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The classical introduction to networking.
Comment: When I just started working as a programmer, I came across the 2nd edition international student reprint of this book, in red softcover, at a students' bookshop, and bought it. I treasure that copy in my library to this day - it gave me a solid background in computer networking that served me well in the past and is an asset that will serve me in the future.
Previous reviews have mentioned Tanenbaum's excellent and concise writing style and the breadth of the material covered, which are two of the good qualities that made this book a classic.
What wasnt mentioned and I consider important is :
- The bottom up explanation of networking, starting with the physical layer, up through the OSI layers (link layer, network layer, transport layer) to the application layer. This structure makes it very clear how networks work, how they are designed, and why.
- The well made balance between broad coverage of topics and the depth of coverage of each topic. After reading this book it's easy to start studying in depth any subtopic covered in this book (e.g. TCP/IP through Comers' books) as the reader knows how the subtopic fits in the big picture and knows enough to make a smooth start.
Some previous reviewers asked about solutions to problem, so I'll note that this book does have booklet with problem solutions, which is apparently made available only to academical staff [ and people mistaken to be such :-) ].
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has any type of network related job, students who study networking, and anyone who wants to study computer networking.
Rating: 3
Summary: abundant but diorderly
Comment: It is difficult to explain the main ideas of computer networks to anyone,including college students majoring in computer science. Background information in many aspects are required. Since details in the 7 layers are mixed and crossed, the author should write a better introduction, or the readers will be confused with the technical parts followed. But Tanenbaum just scatter all materials through the chapters, and constantly remind the readers of the facts like "it's the same idea as in ? layer". Too many history, too few concepts. If you ocassionally need to know what the words like "CSMA/CD", "GSM", "ATM" mean, this book is a good choice. But I don't think it's a good textbook for college studies.
Rating: 4
Summary: Answers
Comment: Where can i find answers to the problems of this book?
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Title: Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (4th Edition) by Douglas E. Comer ISBN: 0130183806 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 18 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
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Title: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, James Kurose, Keith Ross ISBN: 0201976994 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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Title: Modern Operating Systems (2nd Edition) by Andrew Tanenbaum ISBN: 0130313580 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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Title: Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 3rd Edition by Larry Peterson, Bruce Davie ISBN: 155860832X Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $89.95 |
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Title: Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Greg Gagne, Peter Baer Galvin ISBN: 0471250600 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 08 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.95 |
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