All-New Switch Book
by Rich Seifert, James Edwards · first published 2008
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…Telephone Network by S. Keshav. * Mathematical Foundations of Computer Networking by S. Keshav. * The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference by Charles Kozlerok. * The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology by Seifert and Edwards. * Wireless Networking: Understanding Internetworking Challenges by Burbank et al.
on “Ask HN: Resources to Learn Computer Networking” ↗This will explain the basics of LANs in a fun, but very thorough way: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technol... And this one will fill out your knowledge on the routing side, although it is rather dry: https://www.amazon.com/Network-Routing-Algorithms-Architectu...
on “Six-Year homelab history in pictures” ↗…be an interesting idea ;) There's definitely a lot of cool history to cover (donno if Code covers a lot of history, haven't read it) In the mean time I've heard this is good: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technol... And then there's your computer network textbooks like: https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networks-Andrew-S-Tanenbaum/... I have the second edition sitting on a shelf and couldn't…
on ““Code” 2nd Edition Now Available” ↗…TCP/IP Guide by Charles Kozierok - http://www.tcpipguide.com/ 4. Hands-On Network Programming with C: Learn socket programming in C and write secure and optimized network code by Lewis Van Winkle. 5. The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology by Rich Seifert and James Edwards. To get an idea of the overall Internet Architecture/Layouts, i also recommend the following two old books to get the…
on “Ask HN: Good book to learn modern networking?” ↗