Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 14 Days

If you somehow developed a great interest in the internetworking even though not working in that field, I'd recommand you to read THIS book to get started. I did feel sorry that I wasted lots of time on the other 3 books I read when I started to explore internetworking. Those give me only good pieces of details about the layers, the protocols, and some parts of internetworking technology, but unclearly or loosely relate them to each other. If you are a kind of person who's always trying to draw the big picture first with the relationships of the components among each other, and then fit in more-detailed pieces, I bet you'll be very saitisfied by this super book. You would agree that it makes sense of the parts of internetworking to the whole, and makes sense of other loosely organized books on the same topic to you, provided that you didn't ignore the importance of the first two chapters (or days' materials). Another beauty of the book is that the details are given gradually with a very careful selection, so that you'll never get burried in the details but only controls over them. Thanks.

Got it, read it, understood it with no problems, and keep it always handy as a reference. Really complete, and just enough informative - never boring, as some protocol-specific technical books I've read.

Far less patronizing than "Dummies..", and not as matter-of-fact as "Internetworking..", this book provides solid fundemental material for developing understanding of TCP/IP. It even provides tests at the end of each chapter. While one shouldn't expect to be an expert at TCP/IP after 2 weeks, one will have a very good understanding of this protocol, its relationship to the OSI model, and its application in contemporary networks. Very highly recommended.

TCP/IP has been a constant ingredient in my work for a few years now, and although I am no stranger to TCP/IP, this book has been an invaluable help to me. It has helped me fill the gaps in my understanding of the basics of TCP/IP. I assume, that like me, many people have to deal with nontrivial TCP/IP problems in their work, without ever having had the chance to sit down and learn the fundamental skills. This book does just that, and in a very effective way. Many books cover the advanced topics, but very few deal with simply learning the stuff. This book is a fine little jewel.