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Summary: a book for EXTREME dummies
Review: The idea of the series "for dummies" is to present complicated concepts in a simple way, so that people without any background in that particular area of knowledge could easily follow and understand. This is not an easy task, and many authors use analogies from the everyday life to explain complicated technical issues. In this book, the usage of analogies exceeds all reasonable and necessary proportions, and some of these analogies are tasteless and excessive, from my point of view. I really wonder what level of "dumminess" did the authors anticipated in their readers to choose such a level of explanations. Furthermore, the subdivision of the text into 2-3 subsection per page with weird titles like "Let network be Santa, and it just might work", along with the above mentioned examples (which are pretty much in the style of the subtutle, quoted above) distract from the topic of the book rather than help. To be fair, I should admit that the book does contain all the basics of the TCP/IP networking, and could be a good starting book, if it were better written. However, if it is NOT your first book on networking, it will not teach you a lot, and it is certainly not deep enough to be used as a reference.
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Summary: The Fun and Easy Way to Demystify TCP/IP Jargon
Review: The most popular set of network protocols to date, TCP/IP is the key that holds the Internet and the World Wide Web together. And to stay competitive in the ever-changing world of Internet technology, users need to keep up with the latest changes in TCP/IP. With "TCP/IP For Dummies, 3rd Edition," finding out about the new standards is a cinch! Experts Candace Leiden and Marshall Wilensky explain the latest rules of network communication in plain, simple language with humor and irreverence. You'll soon discover that TCP/IP isn't just for network administrators anymore!Inside, find helpful advice on how to: *Find out the rules for all communications over the Internet, including the recent advances in push/pull technology, browsers, and ActiveX controls *Understand the latest protocols, including DHCP and DHTTP *Demystify TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) like OSI, NIS, DNS, and ARP *Enhance your network using TCP/IP with modems, hubs, switches, and routers *Discover how the next generation of IP will affect your network *Secure your networks with firewalls, encryption, and other techniques *Incorporate new interactive applications, including multimedia applications and voice integration
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Summary: The easist way to understand TCP/IP
Review: This book covers most of the basic topics about TCP/IP, but does miss out on some subjects like (MIB) !? The reader if wishing to increase their knowledge base would have to read other material like "inside TCP/IP" by new riders. The reader could read the book from cover to cover and not suffer from information overload. Overall, a good book to start a difficult subject.
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Summary: Great Format
Review: This book has great format. It flows well. The exam cram for TCP/IP was useful for their practice exams, but this book did the best job of laying out the material in an understandable way. I didn't really know much about TCP/IP until I read this book. It helped me study for and pass the Microsoft Exam the best. Although practice questions really helped the most. For me to get a good understanding and grasp of TCP/IP this book made it happen.
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Summary: dissapointing, but interesting
Review: To say the least I was dissapointed with this book. I thought that I was going to be provided with a clear insight into TCP/IP using normal everyday terms. Good, but definitely not worth your $20. The chapter on "security" was laughable. The only interesting chapters in the entire book was the one on IP addressing, and on routing. I must admit, though, that the book does give excellent resources for learning more (no books, just free internet resources!).
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Summary: Still Unclear on Subneting!!
Review: Well, in my opinion subneting is probably the hardest thing in computer networking. I bought this book to hopefully understand subnetting fully. I understood some before I bought this book because I am taking classes on TCP/IP and Networking. This book is excellent on gettin you to understand all of TCP/IP. However, after reading the section on subnetting I am still unclear of how to fully do it and understand it. I thought this book would clear it up for me but the author was unable to do so. I wish there was somebody out there who could explain it to me in the simplest way possible. That's why I gave this book only 4 stars. Other than that, this is an excellent book if you need to understand TCP/IP.
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