Computer Networks, Fifth Edition: A Systems Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0123850592 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 920 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Topics covered include network design and architecture; the ways users can connect to a network; the concepts of switching, routing, and internetworking; end-to-end protocols; congestion control and resource allocation; end-to-end data; network security; and network applications such as e-mail and the Web, IP telephony and video streaming, and peer-to-peer file sharing. It focuses on the underlying concepts and technologies that make the Internet work. It will also be useful for industry professionals retraining for network-related assignments, as well as network practitioners seeking to understand the workings of network protocols and the big picture of networking.Completely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, including P2P, wireless, security, and applicationsIncreas
Ignores math so much they didn't even bother printing all of it A Customer Gives a very wordy overview of networking concepts with very little in the way of examples or mathematical analysis. This will be good for some professionals, but not great as a textbook. Also, I bought the hardcover edition and there are characters missing (most notably and frustrating, some mathematical operators like multiplic. "The Kindle edition is OK" according to M. Henri De Feraudy. I haven't finished the book yet, but I'd like to reassure potential buyers that the Kindle Edition is fine in that the diagrams are quite readable even with my small Kindle.This has not always been the case for Kindle edition of other computer books.Now The fact that I bought this as a Kindle book has been a bit of a life-saver b. Great intro Robert Lange Had no previous background in networking and this book presents the topics very well. It's great because it describes the topics from first principles and does not simply tell you what each technology is. For the first time I'm able to link together the different technologies I hear about and can see how they all work together to
Key FeaturesCompletely updated content with expanded coverage of the topics of utmost importance to networking professionals and students, including P2P, wireless, security, and applications.Increased focus on application layer issues where innovative and exciting research and design is currently the center of attention.Free downloadable network simulation software and lab experiments manual available.Read a sample chapter from Computer Networks