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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: 0-201-97699-4 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: networking for chimpanzees ...
Comment: I never read a book that was more clear then this one. Also while the book is rather theoretical, it contains so much real case studies and interesting facts that the reader keeps his motivation from the start to the end of the book. Here is a comparison with Tannenbaum 's famous book on computer networking.
-Both books go deep and give fairly rigorous explantion without too much mathematics. Only some basic math and basic probablility is required like binomial distributions etc ...(remark however these books do not delve into the details of mathematical queueing models etc ...)
-This book is very up-to-date with the latest internet technologies like point-to-point file sharing, streaming and multimedia. Tannnenbaum does not contain the latest developments in these fields.
-The physical layer is explained in more details in Tannenbaum.
Other layers are explained with the same level of details in both books.
-This book reads better then Tannenbaum without sacrifying rigour. It contains also much more real-life case-studies.
-The concepts in this book are explained in a much clearer way then Tannenbaum. I perceived Tannenbaum as sometimes confusing. The authors of this book have so good didactic skills that they could explain complex networking topics to chimpansees....
Conclusion : this is the only book I know in computer networks that goes deep enough and explains the concepts in a clear way...If you are looking for the best book on computer networking, stop looking : here it is !!!.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Networking book there is.
Comment: I am student at the University of Massachusetts and I had James Kurose, the co-author of this book, as the professor for my computer networking class. Not only was the class excellent, but the book was also. Everything is explained very clearly and proficiently. The book is not math-based which makes it much easier reading and great as an introductory book. There are lots of concrete analogies and examples used in the book to help the reader understand the more complex concepts. Since taken the class I've read through computer networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and although that it is a good book I would not recommend it for those who are just being introduced to the world of networking.
The online supplementary content that comes with the book is also very beneficial and complement the book well.
Rating: 1
Summary: First impressions are the most important.
Comment: Probably my biggest problem with this book is in the fact that it doesn't accurately describe the OSI Model. There are 7 layers to the OSI. The fundamentals of networking have not changed in nearly thrity years. This book totally ignores the Session and Presentation layers of the OSI. For a student that read this textbook with no previous knowledge of networks, then they are led to the conclusion that there are only 5 layrers in networking. I do not agree with this book trying to simplify the OSI model.
Also this is a textbook, the author and publisher need to understand that textbooks get resold. As a student I don't always have lots of extra money to spend, and therefore I buy used as much as possible. This book provides a code to access a website. The problem is that it's only good for the first student that uses it. After that, they expect you to fork over more money to get access to the content on the website. ridiculous.
Furthermore, like I said earlier, the fundamentals of networking have not changed in 30 years. Although there are advances being made in gigabit ethernet and wireless networking, the fundamentals remain the same. Releasing new editions every few years is a gimmick intended to plunder students and rob us of what little money we have. I've just finished a BS degree in Computer Science, over 90% of what I learned was theoretical. Very little of what I learned is current, cutting edge technology. I seriously doubt the "new" third edition will have any additional information that would justify a new edition.
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Title: Computer Networks, Fourth Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum ISBN: 0130661023 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 09 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $88.00 |
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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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Title: Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein ISBN: 0262032937 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten van Steen ISBN: 0130888931 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $91.00 |
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Title: The Protocols (TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1) by W. Richard Stevens ISBN: 0201633469 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 31 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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