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Re: [SAGE] Free Networking Textbook?



"The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols
Reference"  by Charles Kozierok

The above book is freely available at: http://www.tcpipguide.com/

Thanks, Venkat A.

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Jason Antman <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm a student (junior, IT major) at Rutgers University.
>
> I was in a networking class this semester - pretty basic stuff.
> Unfortunately, a *lot* of information on error detection, data transmission
> and encoding, etc - a lot of stuff that I'd expect in a lower-level
> engineering class - and very little information on protocols (SNMP was
> mentioned, nothing more, no real information given on *any* common
> protocols). My instructor gave me the option of an alternate final exam -
> instead of doing a case study, he gave me the option of finding a new
> textbook.
>
> When I was a CS major (the switch is a long story), both of our intro Java
> books were available online (at no cost) as PDFs.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of any good general networking books that
> are available as PDFs, for no cost? I could go crazy with suggesting a whole
> bookshelf, but I'd really like to emphasize student cost when selecting a
> book.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> -Jason Antman
>