Re: Recommend a good networking book

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:27:09 +0100
Anne Wilson <cannewilson googlemail com> wrote:

> On Thursday 22 May 2008 10:21:11 Renich Bon Ciric wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm interested in learning Networking basics and advanced concepts. If
> > anybody could recommend a great Networking book(s) it would be
> > awesome!... specially if it's GNU & Linux (fedora) related.
> >
> Networking is networking :-)
> 
> I have 'Computer Networks and Internets' by  Douglas E. Comer, published 
> Prentice Hall.  It's a dry read, but held in high regard.

Tanenbaum 'Computer Networks' is pretty good on the "how it works" reality
of networking in general and quite readable. Depends if you want to know
about networking, about socket based network programming or about
configuring/admining networks