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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Third Edition

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Exellent book!
Joy to read!
I should have read this one Years ago

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours, Third Edition
Joe Casad
Manufacturer: Sams
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0672325659

Book Description

As the Internet continues to expand its reach, more and more users, administrators, and programmers need to learn about TCP/IP the core standard behind the Internet, and the dominant protocol for networks throughout the world.

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours provides a clear and concise introduction to TCP/IP. It is accessible enough for non-technical readers, yet specific enough for technical readers who are looking for a solid foundation in TCP/IP.

This edition adds coverage of recent developments that affect TCP/IP. New topics added include: wireless networking, spam control, broadband, and peer-to-peer networking technologies.

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Exellent book!.......2006-10-20

This book was above and beyond my expectations when i first bought it. It was not incredibly long, yet very thurogh. It explains everything, packets, the network layers, and the internet backbone and how it all connects. It also shows how to use functions built in on your operating system, like ping, trace route, among others. Highly reccomended!

Joy to read!.......2004-12-30

I read the first revision of this book and it was a joy to read. Each chapter is short and fun. It covers just the right amount of material. It is nice to see books that are well written. Although the book is very introductory, you actually learn a lot!

I should have read this one Years ago.......2004-05-02

4.5 STARS

If you want an intro book to:
- Computer Networking,
- how the Internet (www) works,
- TCP/IP Protocol, layers, and utilities,
- Networking Applications
(with lots of diagrams, eye-friendly page layout, extensive index, end-of-chapter summary, Q&A, terminology) then .... you MUST read this book.

Make sure to read the 3rd edition (c. 2004). This edition has some new chapters and material over the 2nd edition and even discusses recent and emerging technologies, and does not spend time going over obsolete protocols or apps.

NOTE: I think this book deserves a 4 1/2 stars because some material (like Encryption part) could have been explained more elegant and easier. Nevertheless the author does an excellent job at providing further references for more detailed analysis (e.g. RFC recommendations).

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)

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This book is mostly CIPU.
I got more than I bargained for!!
Amazing book for all ages
Great intro to TCP/IP that is easy to understand
Good Overview

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition)
Joe Casad
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Binding: Paperback

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Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours, Third Edition
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ASIN: 0672320851

Book Description

In just 24 session of one hour or less, you will master the inner workings of TCP/IP. Each lesson builds upon previous lessons for a technical yet refreshingly accessible tour of the elegant protocol suite at the foundation of the Internet.

@Headline = Learn how to....@Bullet1 = Identify and describe protocols at each layer of the TCP/IP stack@Bullet2 = Use routers and gateways@Bullet3 = Work with IP addresses@Bullet4 = Subnet TCP/IP networks@Bullet5 = and more....

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This book is mostly CIPU........2004-06-04

"Clear if previously understood." In that sense, it's an excellent reference book, but mostly fails as a tutorial. If you already know a lot about TCP/IP, you will enjoy this book. But if you are just learning, you will need something more basic.

Reading about TCP/IP is about as exciting as watching paint drying on the wall. And Casad does not help that any with his very accurate, but highly technical style. The author seems to know his stuff, for sure. But getting it across to the average reader is another story.

What this book really needs is a classroom instructor to go with it. The material is just too obtuse to be mastered by a simple reading of the text. I'll give the book two stars, only because the second half does become more readable as the author discusses more generic issues of the Internet, like email, security and HTML.

As instructional material in a classroom setting, I would retitle this book "Teach Yourself TCP/IP In One Semester." Again, it makes for a good reference book, not a tutorial.

I got more than I bargained for!!.......2002-11-22

At first I was disappointed. I expected this book to follow the customary Teach Yourself format, which includes lots of hands-on exercises. But this book is for reading, not for sitting at your computer and doing some TCP/IP utilities. I realized that Casad was truly an expert (12 books on networking) and that I had a very nice, accurate, 414-page overview of TCP/IP (broadly defined): network access layer, Internet Layer, Transport Layer, and applications layer (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, SNMP).

So the book served me well. I have a very broad technology background including system administation and software development and have set up Windows 2000 networks from scratch including Active Directory and DNS. Now, if I need a quick refresher, I have a good reference that explains the TCP/IP basics. The book will stay on my shelf for a long time.

This is one of three or four books that nearly all system administrators and developers working with TCP/IP platforms should read. Very experienced architects and developers will not find this too easy. For network professionals of course this is only a primer.

Amazing book for all ages.......2002-03-12

Im 16 and an obsessive compulsive computer hobbyist, my friends keep bugging me to teach them about computers but I wasn't quite sure how. I just told them all to read so they bought books too advanced for them. I was in B&N and found this book, covers protocals, the TCP/IP layers, different kinds of servers (DNS, MX, NS etc.), heirarchial IP addresses and domains. Tells exactly how computers communicate in fairly easy to understand terms. A few typos but an excellent book. My friends dont bother me anymore, they know where to go on their own from here =)

Great intro to TCP/IP that is easy to understand.......2001-12-26

FIVE STARS AS AN INTRO BOOK TO TCP/IP

Before going to any class, or reading any Cisco book or the like, I'd suggest buying this book. If you want to learn about TCP/IP quickly to prepare yourself for greater things this is it. Looking for a first book on TCP/IP - this is it! I have been a network manager for 16 years and this is the book I suggest as the "getting you started book". Actually, if you learn what is is this book in 24 hours of time spent you will sound smarter than many already!!! It gets to the point and quickly. It is a pleasure to read and an easy book to read too. The author purposely does not go in too deep or off to tangents, keeping to the goal of the book - get you started fast. So, as I said, if you looking for your first TCP/IP book buy this one.

Good Overview.......2001-10-02

The author spent a good amount of time with the second edition of this book.

He covers the major aspects of TCP/IP which anyone in the computer related field would need to know. Whether it's a network engineer, system administrator, database administrator, programmer, technical manager...all of these individuals should have a grasp of how TCP/IP works and the way that computers are networked together.

It's a relatively short book to read because it hits on what you need to know. I've read another book on computer networking but this is SPECIFICALLY for the TCP/IP protocol. Some mentions are given to other protocols such as UDP however.

I would definitley recommend it to get a better understanding of how computers are networked and what issues arise when doing network programming via TCP/IP connections.

To the author: Great job!

Sams Teach Yourself Tcp/Ip in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself...)

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Some Reviews Really Suck!
Very badly written and hard to understand
Well written, and well conveyed.
Essential Reading
Right in the middle

Sams Teach Yourself Tcp/Ip in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself...)
Joe Casad , and Bob Willsey
Manufacturer: Sams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours is an easy-to-use introduction on the popular, but poorly documented protocol, TCP/IP. From the basics about open systems, standards and protocols, to the ins and outs of using TCP and IP, this book will teach you creatively--using daily tutorials, Q&A sections and Time Savers to maximize your understanding and retention of TCP/IP.

Find your answers to choosing the right protocols, using routers and gateways, and implementing TCP/IP over dial-up connections
Understand the essentials of TCP/IP and how to implement them on a multi-vendor network, from the basics of Open Systems and Protocols to more advanced topics like application integration (like FTP, Network File Systems, HTTP, etc.)
Resolve addresses with DNS, host files, and WINS, Configure TCP/IP on selected operating systems, and share files across networks

Customer Reviews:

Some Reviews Really Suck!.......2004-07-28

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!

Very badly written and hard to understand.......2000-10-23

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.

Well written, and well conveyed........2000-08-22

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.

Essential Reading.......2000-04-24

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.

Right in the middle.......2000-03-27

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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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours
joe and Willsey, Bob Casad
Manufacturer: Indianapolis, IN: Sams, 1998
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NXKZJA

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