Computer Networks (4th Edition)
by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Book Review: In-depth intracacies of just about any network hardware type
Summary: 5 Stars

I read the second edition of this book in a class on networking and it was fabulous. It describes just about everything you need to know about the technology and theory behind almost any type of network worth mentioning, from radio based Aloha, to sattelite technology, to Ethernet, to Token Ring. Tanenbaum teaches you a surprising amount of detail for a single book.

I've been anxiously been awaiting - in agony - the arrival of the third edition ever since I took that class almost a year ago (it was a very long year). After realizing that the second edition was released about seven years ago (it was copyrighted in 1989), I almost gave up waiting for Tanenbaum to introduce a new release, thinking that Tanenbaum might have opted for an early retirement, just to spite those that cheated him out of a royalty by buying a USED book! But thank God, that's not true. The third edition is finally here.

The third edition adds chapters on SONET and ATM - two very hot networking architectures, but neither of which are the least of the reasons to read this well written, easy to read, in-depth book.

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