Computer Networks
A Systems Approach, Fourth Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)
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ISBN-10: 0-12-370548-7
ISBN-13: 9780123705488
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
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Year: March 22, 2007
Edition: 4
Size: 19.05 x 23.62 x 3.81cm
Number of pages: 848
Weight: 1,633gr
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-12-370548-7
ISBN-13: 9780123705488
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Country:
Year: March 22, 2007
Edition: 4
Size: 19.05 x 23.62 x 3.81cm
Number of pages: 848
Weight: 1,633gr
Binding: Hardcover
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Computer Networks, 4E is the only introductory computer networking book written by authors who have had first-hand experience with many of the protocols discussed in the book, who have actually designed some of them as well, and who are still actively designing the computer networks today. This newly revised edition continues to provide an enduring, practical understanding of networks and their building blocks through rich, example-based instruction. The authors' focus is on the why of network design, not just the specifications comprising today's systems but how key technologies and protocols actually work in the real world to solve specific problems. The new edition makes less use of computer code to explain protocols than earlier editions. Moreover, this new edition shifts the focus somewhat higher in the protocol stack where there is generally more innovative and exciting work going on at the application and session layers than at the link and physical layers. * Completely updated with new sidebar discussions that cover the deployment status of protocols described in the book. * Addition of sizeable number of new exercises and solutions. * Downloadable Opnet network simulation software and lab experiments manual. * New and revised instructor support material, including Powerpoint slides, eps version of figures appearing in the text; sample exams; lecture notes; UNIX sockets programming assignments.
Computer Networks, 4E is the only introductory computer networking book written by authors who have had first-hand experience with many of the protocols discussed in the book, who have actually designed some of them as well, and who are still actively designing the computer networks today. This newly revised edition continues to provide an enduring, practical understanding of networks and their building blocks through rich, example-based instruction. The authors' focus is on the why of network design, not just the specifications comprising today's systems but how key technologies and protocols actually work in the real world to solve specific problems. The new edition makes less use of computer code to explain protocols than earlier editions. Moreover, this new edition shifts the focus somewhat higher in the protocol stack where there is generally more innovative and exciting work going on at the application and session layers than at the link and physical layers. * Completely updated with new sidebar discussions that cover the deployment status of protocols described in the book. * Addition of sizeable number of new exercises and solutions. * Downloadable Opnet network simulation software and lab experiments manual. * New and revised instructor support material, including Powerpoint slides, eps version of figures appearing in the text; sample exams; lecture notes; UNIX sockets programming assignments.
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Difficult to follow, many errors, few examples 
I found this book very difficult to follow. Seems to emphasis text without reinforcement of complete and detailed diagrams which makes concepts difficult to follow (a picture is worth a … ). Sometimes information is incomplete and I guess left up to the reader to discover through other reserach … not my choice for a text. There are many errors in the book that exacerbate the difficulty even more. Very very few answers provided to end of chapter questions. Some questions marked to indicate an answer is provided are not included. The website that is referenced at the front of the text and provides a access password is not active. I have used other text that have covered the same material much better. Not sure why this text would be chosen for a course text when there are so many others. THis text and as much confused me as helped understand the material.
I found this book very difficult to follow. Seems to emphasis text without reinforcement of complete and detailed diagrams which makes concepts difficult to follow (a picture is worth a … ). Sometimes information is incomplete and I guess left up to the reader to discover through other reserach … not my choice for a text. There are many errors in the book that exacerbate the difficulty even more. Very very few answers provided to end of chapter questions. Some questions marked to indicate an answer is provided are not included. The website that is referenced at the front of the text and provides a access password is not active. I have used other text that have covered the same material much better. Not sure why this text would be chosen for a course text when there are so many others. THis text and as much confused me as helped understand the material.
Top 4 Computer Network Books Compared 
This review compares the following four books: Computer Networks by Peterson and Davie (P & D) Computer Networks by Tanenbaum Computer Networks by Comer / Internetworking with TCP/IP Computer Networking by Kurose and Ross (K & R) By far the best book in the list is »Computer Networking« by Kurose and Ross. This book covers all of the essential material that is in the other books but manages to do so in a relevant and entertaining way. This book is very up to date as seen by the release of the 5th Ed when the 4th Ed is barely two years old. There are lots of practical exercises using wireshark and the companion website is actually useful and relevant. The attitude of this book with regard to teaching networking concepts could be summed up as »try it out and see for yourself«. One interesting thing to note is that the socket programming example are all in Java. Next up is the Peterson and Davie book which covers everything that Kurose and Ross discuss but is slightly more mathematical in how it goes about things. There are a lot more numerical examples and defining of formulas in this book which is fine by me and in no way detracts from the book. Also the socket programming examples are in C which is a little more traditional. The points where this text loses ground to K & R is that it doesn't have the practical application exercises that K & R has and it also doesn't extend the basic networking theory that is covered to modern protocols like K & R. The two Comer books come next. Comer's »Computer Networks« book is probably the most introductory book out of this whole list and is more of a survey of networking topics that doesn't cover anything in any real depth. Still, this is an excellent book in that it is a quick clear read that is very lucid in its explanations and you can't help feeling that you understand everything that is covered in the book. Comer's TCP/IP book is the equivalent of the other authors' computer network books and in that respect it is pretty average. It covers all of the relevant material and in a manner which is more than readable but that is all. There is nothing exceptional about the book which stands out from the rest. Last comes Tanenbaum's book from the author who is probably most famous for his OS books. This is probably the most technical and detailed of the books with lots of sample C code belying is experience with operating systems and their network stack code. The weak point of this book is that all of the code and technical minutia might prevent the reader from seeing the forest for the trees. Unless you are trying to learn how to program your own network stack for a Unix/Linux system, then I would get either the K & R book or the P & D book to learn networking for the first time. This book would best be served as a reference in which case the technical nature of the book becomes a benefit rather than detracting from the text.
This review compares the following four books: Computer Networks by Peterson and Davie (P & D) Computer Networks by Tanenbaum Computer Networks by Comer / Internetworking with TCP/IP Computer Networking by Kurose and Ross (K & R) By far the best book in the list is »Computer Networking« by Kurose and Ross. This book covers all of the essential material that is in the other books but manages to do so in a relevant and entertaining way. This book is very up to date as seen by the release of the 5th Ed when the 4th Ed is barely two years old. There are lots of practical exercises using wireshark and the companion website is actually useful and relevant. The attitude of this book with regard to teaching networking concepts could be summed up as »try it out and see for yourself«. One interesting thing to note is that the socket programming example are all in Java. Next up is the Peterson and Davie book which covers everything that Kurose and Ross discuss but is slightly more mathematical in how it goes about things. There are a lot more numerical examples and defining of formulas in this book which is fine by me and in no way detracts from the book. Also the socket programming examples are in C which is a little more traditional. The points where this text loses ground to K & R is that it doesn't have the practical application exercises that K & R has and it also doesn't extend the basic networking theory that is covered to modern protocols like K & R. The two Comer books come next. Comer's »Computer Networks« book is probably the most introductory book out of this whole list and is more of a survey of networking topics that doesn't cover anything in any real depth. Still, this is an excellent book in that it is a quick clear read that is very lucid in its explanations and you can't help feeling that you understand everything that is covered in the book. Comer's TCP/IP book is the equivalent of the other authors' computer network books and in that respect it is pretty average. It covers all of the relevant material and in a manner which is more than readable but that is all. There is nothing exceptional about the book which stands out from the rest. Last comes Tanenbaum's book from the author who is probably most famous for his OS books. This is probably the most technical and detailed of the books with lots of sample C code belying is experience with operating systems and their network stack code. The weak point of this book is that all of the code and technical minutia might prevent the reader from seeing the forest for the trees. Unless you are trying to learn how to program your own network stack for a Unix/Linux system, then I would get either the K & R book or the P & D book to learn networking for the first time. This book would best be served as a reference in which case the technical nature of the book becomes a benefit rather than detracting from the text.
Excellent work! Highly Recommended! 
This is an awesome work by the authors. I used this book for a graduate course in Networking and we covered about 90% of the text in class. The book presents the field of networking using a bottom up approach starting with physical layer all the way till application layer. The concepts are presented with such clarity that the reader will feel that he has a very good understanding of the topic after reading it. Lots of visuals are used in this book that aid in the learning process very well. Although I am done with this course, this book will stay in my shelf. Without a doubt, this is one of the best texts in Computer Science. I did not have any background in networking before reading this book and this book prepared me to tackle successfully some of the networking problems I faced recently at work. Well deserved kudos to the authors. I also had the fortune of a very good instructor for this course and it made it even more enjoyable. The other book my instructor has recommended is Computer Networking A Top Down Approach by Kurose and Ross – we covered only one chapter in this book for lack of time but it also presents concepts in crystal clarity. Either of these two books will make a great starting point for beginners to networking field. Two thumbs up!!!
This is an awesome work by the authors. I used this book for a graduate course in Networking and we covered about 90% of the text in class. The book presents the field of networking using a bottom up approach starting with physical layer all the way till application layer. The concepts are presented with such clarity that the reader will feel that he has a very good understanding of the topic after reading it. Lots of visuals are used in this book that aid in the learning process very well. Although I am done with this course, this book will stay in my shelf. Without a doubt, this is one of the best texts in Computer Science. I did not have any background in networking before reading this book and this book prepared me to tackle successfully some of the networking problems I faced recently at work. Well deserved kudos to the authors. I also had the fortune of a very good instructor for this course and it made it even more enjoyable. The other book my instructor has recommended is Computer Networking A Top Down Approach by Kurose and Ross – we covered only one chapter in this book for lack of time but it also presents concepts in crystal clarity. Either of these two books will make a great starting point for beginners to networking field. Two thumbs up!!!
Excellent background on TCP/IP
This was a required textbook for one of my courses, so I started out by borrowing a copy from the library, but I liked the book so much, that I ended up buying it. This book gives an excellent insight into the design decisions that went into original TCP/IP design, the subsequent problems and the changes that were made to counter those. The problem set after each chapter is interesting and rigorous. One downside, though, is that it does not focus so much on the application layer of TCP/IP model.
This was a required textbook for one of my courses, so I started out by borrowing a copy from the library, but I liked the book so much, that I ended up buying it. This book gives an excellent insight into the design decisions that went into original TCP/IP design, the subsequent problems and the changes that were made to counter those. The problem set after each chapter is interesting and rigorous. One downside, though, is that it does not focus so much on the application layer of TCP/IP model.
For SW/HW Engineers NOT Systems Engineers
Davies et al wrote a very good book that is aimed at those that want to design and build products that work in a network. It's detailed and has great insight on how a network actually works (or should work). If you are looking for a book on how to implement a network, go buy a Cisco press book. However if you are looking for a book on how to build products to work in a network, this one fits just nicely.
Davies et al wrote a very good book that is aimed at those that want to design and build products that work in a network. It's detailed and has great insight on how a network actually works (or should work). If you are looking for a book on how to implement a network, go buy a Cisco press book. However if you are looking for a book on how to build products to work in a network, this one fits just nicely.
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