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Title: Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs, Sophia Chung Fegan ISBN: 0-07-232204-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education Pub. Date: 12 June, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $104.40 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: No regrets
Comment: I'll make two separate sets of comments - one for professors and one for students.
Students first... Forouzan is about as easy to read as any book on the subject. Since Forouzan has done a pretty good job of keeping the text up-to-date, however, you may find it difficult to use a previous edition of the text. I would estimate that about 20% of the material is either new or revised in the 3rd edition. The website also has some pretty good student resources, such as notes and related study tools.
For professors... I have been using the text since its first edition and have no regrets. In the third edition, Forouzan departs from the 7-layered OSI model to something he calls the 5-layered Internet model (Application, Transport, Network, DL, Physical), which may not be "standard", but it certainly makes things a little easier when talking about the Internet and modern computer networks. There seems to be enough quantitative material to satisfy those who wish to take a more engineering-centered approach to data comm, although I'm not sure how this text would fly in a school of engineering (my home is a school of business). There are ample online resources for professors, including powerpoint shows and exam materials. The only other text I would consider as a substitute for Forouzan is the slightly more technical text by Stallings, but as I said, I have never had any regrets about Forouzan.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very easy to read and understand
Comment: Forouzan made another noble work! This textbook is one of my first group of books in computer networking area. I finished reading this book 2 years ago. It has a clear text, very friendly and easy to read.
I highly recommended this book for everyone interested in Computer Network, especially a student.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent entry level text
Comment: I teach a second year under-graduate (degree) course in Data Communications and Networking. This is the first networking paper that students will take. I have used Shay, Stallings and Tanenbaum in the past but have changed to Forouzan because I believe that it does an excellent job of introducing concepts at a level that is readily understood by a novice. Student feedback confirms that it is about the right level and that they feel they actually understand the text - quite a bonus ;-)
Another review recommends the above authors - and I agree they give an excellent treatment of the topic - but they require an advanced student. I would select Stallings or Tanenbaum for a paper that follows the introductory paper (we actually use Comer for the advanced paper which is specifically TCP/IP)
Forouzan's "Data Comms and Networking" is clear, plainly written - yet gives a good depth to the topics being considered. The diagrams and practice questions are excellent.
I highly recommend this book for an introductory under-graduate text.
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Title: TCP/IP Protocol Suite by Behrouz A. Forouzan, Sophia Chung Fegan, Behrouz A. Fourouzan ISBN: 0072460601 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 27 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $120.00 |
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Title: Telecommunications (4th Edition) by Warren Hioki ISBN: 013020031X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $120.00 |
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Title: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, James Kurose, Keith Ross ISBN: 0201976994 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $97.00 |
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Title: Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design and Implementation (8th Edition) by David Kroenke ISBN: 0130648396 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fourth Edition by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe ISBN: 0321122267 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 23 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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