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10 Networking Books to read before you die – My Etherealmind

Note for young students: you do not have to buy new books of them. These books are so classic that "used" second-hand books can be easily found anywhere! Borrowing from senior schoolmates is also good idea!

I personally recommend four of them. The others might be also good, but I have not read them to give correct recommendations!

W. Richard Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols"


In fact, this book inspired me to enter the wild Internet age. Without catching this book, I might be just another mediocre software programmer today.

The basic Internet protocols are clearly explained in this book. If you want to start from very basic, this is the book for you!

And yes, only Volume 1 is enough. Volume 2 and 3 are more for system programmers.

Radia Perlman, "Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)"


Dr. Radia Perlman is the inventor of Spanning Tree Protocol. She is a researcher and she explains the network components from vendor-neutral view. If you prefer to read network technology sources other than Cisco's point of view, this is a good start!

Jeff Doyle, Jennifer Carroll , "Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Edition)"
Jeff Doyle, Jennifer DeHaven Carroll, "Routing TCP/IP, Volume II"
   

These two books are must-read if you are preparing for R&S CCIE certification! In addition to detailed protocol explanation, the lab scenarios, configurations, and screen dumps are really helpful if you want to recollect some crucial lab results from time to time.

All examples in these 2 books use only Cisco's products.




Have you read above books? Go get them and enjoy your reading!
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