[HN Gopher] An Introduction to Computer Networks (2020)
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       An Introduction to Computer Networks (2020)
        
       Author : teleforce
       Score  : 160 points
       Date   : 2023-03-21 04:44 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (intronetworks.cs.luc.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (intronetworks.cs.luc.edu)
        
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       | distcs wrote:
       | Random question: What's the plant or tree on the cover page of
       | the book? The one in the picture appearing on top right corner?
        
         | quectophoton wrote:
         | > The photo is of mahogany leaves, presumably Swietenia
         | mahagoni. The original image was taken by Homer Edward Price
         | and placed at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mahogany-
         | leaves_(560... under a Creative Commons license; the image as
         | used here has been cropped.
         | 
         | Source:
         | https://intronetworks.cs.luc.edu/current1/html/preface.html#...
        
         | parthianshotgun wrote:
         | Can't be entirely sure but to me it looks like a Swietenia
         | mahagoni
        
       | danyadanch wrote:
       | is there videos about networking in lectures format?
        
         | j_french wrote:
         | See the link I posted above for lecture videos based on the
         | Kurose & Ross book
        
       | marvel_boy wrote:
       | Any other interesting books or tutorials about Networks?
        
         | crunchbang123 wrote:
         | I found High Performance Browser Networking (https://hpbn.co)
         | to be a practical, well written resource for the working
         | programmer.
        
           | chrisweekly wrote:
           | I just shared the same link. Agreed, it's fantastic.
        
         | asicsp wrote:
         | Understanding computer networks by analogy:
         | https://memo.mx/understanding-networks-by-analogy/
         | 
         | Beej's Guide to Network Programming:
         | https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/
        
         | pncnmnp wrote:
         | Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie have open-sourced their book -
         | Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
         | (https://github.com/SystemsApproach/book).
         | 
         | I am curious, what is everyone's preferred book on CN? The only
         | one I have read is Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by
         | Kurose and Ross. When learning CN for the first time, I like
         | their approach of beginning with the application layer and
         | moving towards the physical layer. Their figures are also quite
         | intuitive.
        
           | citrin_ru wrote:
           | Preferred book depend on why you are learning networks.
           | TCP/IP Illustrated is still one of the best books about
           | networks for software developers and SRE (though some
           | chapters have little practical relevance today and can be
           | skipped). But a network engineer would need a different book.
           | As well a CS researcher.
        
           | is_true wrote:
           | We used both of the books you mentioned in college and also
           | "Computer Networks by Tanenbaum"
        
           | calpaterson wrote:
           | Tanenbaum's book was the one that clicked for me, doing self-
           | study some years ago.
           | 
           | Even though he has presumably retired now the book is still
           | being updated:
           | 
           | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Networks-Global-Andrew-
           | Tan...
        
           | j_french wrote:
           | Jim Kurose and his co-author made a lot of material related
           | to their book available online during the pandemic, including
           | video lectures and some interactive problems
           | (https://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/lectures.php).
           | 
           | As an aside, I was briefly in contact with him about using
           | some of his course materials in a networks class I teach and
           | he could not have been more helpful, seems like a very nice
           | man.
        
             | eternalban wrote:
             | Thanks for sharing that. The top down approach is
             | +interesting. I think software architects will benefit from
             | this approach to networking.
        
         | chrisweekly wrote:
         | https://hpbn.co/ is an awesome resource.
        
         | raphinou wrote:
         | https://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/cnp3.html
        
       | azatom wrote:
       | I'd not care about how many "introduction" are there, if I'd find
       | one uptodate or/and how-to-do-it-really-well version.
        
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