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Summary: Unfit title
Review: Although this book serves as a good reference, I found it to be far from clearly explained. It was difficult to follow, and poorly written.
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Summary: TCP/IP Clearly Explained
Review: Book was rarely clear. Author needs to get to the point. Very wordy book.
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Summary: Mr. Loshin: Thanks for a good primer!
Review: Do understand the difference between a MAC address and an IP address? And why you need both? Do you understand what all those dots within an IP address are for? If you don't, then you need this book.For a long time I have understood and mis-understood various bits and peices of what TCP/IP was and how LAN's and the internet work. Now I can put that all together. TCP/IP only **seems** mysterious because its so hard to find someone who can really explain it clearly. This book does the job. It only took the first 2 chapters for me to begin learning. With each answer came more questions, and the answers to those new questions were on the next page! In fact, my curiosity to learn and learn more about TCP/IP eventually led me to CISCO Certification Academy a few months ago. There we used textbooks and manuals twice as large to explain the same subject. I feel as though I have a definite edge in the Academy because I read this book first and I understand TCP/IP. (And I had no prior networking experience.) I would fault this book only for not having more (color) diagrams, but the illustrations that are there are accurate, and illustrate the subject matter well. Also, I think that most people will find the first half of this book more useful than the second. On the advanced topic of subnetting, I have seen even better explanations on free internet sites... but to understand those advanced topics, you have to ...clearly understand the fundamentals... and this is exactly what this book does best.
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Summary: Mr. Loshin: Thanks for a good primer!
Review: Do understand the difference between a MAC address and an IP address? And why you need both? Do you understand what all those dots within an IP address are for? If you don't, then you need this book. For a long time I have understood and mis-understood various bits and peices of what TCP/IP was and how LAN's and the internet work. Now I can put that all together. TCP/IP only **seems** mysterious because its so hard to find someone who can really explain it clearly. This book does the job. It only took the first 2 chapters for me to begin learning. With each answer came more questions, and the answers to those new questions were on the next page! In fact, my curiosity to learn and learn more about TCP/IP eventually led me to CISCO Certification Academy a few months ago. There we used textbooks and manuals twice as large to explain the same subject. I feel as though I have a definite edge in the Academy because I read this book first and I understand TCP/IP. (And I had no prior networking experience.) I would fault this book only for not having more (color) diagrams, but the illustrations that are there are accurate, and illustrate the subject matter well. Also, I think that most people will find the first half of this book more useful than the second. On the advanced topic of subnetting, I have seen even better explanations on free internet sites... but to understand those advanced topics, you have to ...clearly understand the fundamentals... and this is exactly what this book does best.
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Summary: The title says it all
Review: I do not understand how some folks rated this book so poorly. It is a really good book that provides good coverage of TCP/IP. It does not get into the "how to's" of setting up TCP/IP applications (i.e. web servers, SMTP servers, etc), it does not devote much detail to specific implementations (i.e. UNIX over NT), nor does it compare TCP/IP to other protocols. However, THERE ARE NO CLAIMS THAT IT SHOULD COVER THESE SUBJECTS. What is does do, however, is provide a clear, easy to understand explanation of how TCP/IP works, devoting attention to each layer and its specifics. So why a 4 and not a 5? There are a few chapters that are weak. They cover the very basics of HTML, ActiveX, and Java, so they almost do not fit in with the rest of the book. If Pete Loshin were to scrap those chapters and leave the rest untouched, I would give it a 5.
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Summary: Great book for refrence and lookup
Review: I found the book to be a great refrence tool to find terms and explenations. I don't recommened it for the beginner, but its good for us "old school" nerds. :)
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Summary: a book on the philosophy of TCP/IP
Review: I hard hard times rating this book on the scale from 1 to 5. This book is rather unusual: it is not as much about the practical implementation of TCP/IP, but rather about its philosophy. Using simple block-diagrams, where individual networks are represented by "clouds", computers shown as icons, and connections between them shown as straight lines, the book discusses the principles which make very complicated networks of millions of computers function flawlessly and enable them to find the way to each other within milliseconds. The book is good to get some background on TCP/IP, but it is not very helful as a reference for an end user to solve practical network problems. If you sit in front of your computer, and try to configure your network properly, then you have a network settings window in front of you and try to figure out what each DNS or WINS resolution entry means, and whether your current settings are right or wrong. This book tells you a lot about network in general, but unfortunately it is too academic to get into any practical details, such as local network troubleshooting, or details of the network configuration of Windows. Summarizing, I would say it is a fairly good book, but it covers a specific aspect of the TCP/IP networking, which not everyone may need.
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Summary: Top-Notch Networking Text!
Review: I have the earlier, 1st edition version of "TCP/IP For Everyone". Assuming this is the same book, it's one of the best computer books I've ever read (and I've read a lot of 'em). A great introduction to networking for anyone who's interested- you don't need to be a techie to understand this one. I am ordering several copies for my office and will probably give a lecture based on it for my department. The title of this book is very appropriate. I highly recommend it, and am looking forward to see what's been added in this new edition.
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Summary: NOT Clearly explained
Review: I picked it up, looked inside and sent it back. 'nuf said.
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Summary: NOT Clearly explained
Review: I picked it up, looked inside and sent it back. 'nuf said.
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