Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: TCP/IP Network Administration (3rd Edition; O'Reilly Networking) by Craig Hunt ISBN: 0-596-00297-1 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Preferable for UNIX system administators and end users
Comment: Firstable, I would like to state that if you plan to use this book on Windows-based network, you better think it over. Although TCP/IP concept applies to any network that complies to TCP/IP (like Windows and UNIX), this book is better be used on UNIX-based network. If you use Windows for your network, I think you better get the author's Windows version: "Windows NT TCP/IP Network Administration".
For command examples in this book, author used Linux and Sun Solaris. But this book should apply on any UNIX operating system (including HP-UX, BSD, Mac OS X, and AIX). There might be a little command adjustment needed for specific UNIX operating system, which should be not causing trouble at all.
As said by other reviewers, this book explains a complete aspects of what any UNIX system administration should concern about. Even if you are only an end user; this book I think is also important to you, especially when the system administrator is not available.
The book gives a comprehensive idea of TCP/IP system. It starts on TCP/IP overview, IP addressing, IP routing (routing table and ARP), DNS, server configuration, and file and print server (chapter 1, 2, and 3). Chapter 4 to 5 concerns on how UNIX operating system configure the network.
Chapter 6 to 9 are the next step on configuration. They prepare you how to make every network component internetwork to each other. Chapter 10 to 12 are overview on more advanced topics. Finally, chapter 13 presents you how to get more info on TCP/IP specification.
I would like to point out that this book assumes some conditions. The author expected that the audiances have a fair knowledge of TCP/IP. If you think that you have a little or no prior knowledge, I suggest that you read the following books on TCP/IP. You should first read "Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architectures" by Douglas Comer, "TCP/IP Addressing" by Buck Graham, and "IP Addressing and Subnetting" by J.D. Wegner.
If you are a more advanced reader who needs to know more about certain topics, here are my suggestion. For those who need to take a closer look on ARP frames and packets, you should read "TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1: The Protocols" by Richard Stevens. Need more troubleshooting tips? Read "Network Analysis and Troubleshooting" J. Scott Haugdahl. Prefer on network security? Have "Building Internet Firewalls" by Elizabeth Zwicky and "Intrusion Signatures and Analysis" by Mark Cooper.
As a network administration, I personally love this book. Together with "UNIX System Administration Handbook" by Evi Nemeth and "UNIX Powertools" by Jerry Peek; they make a sufficient reference for any UNIX system administrators and end users, especially if you are new to the subjects. The coverages are step by step and thorough. You should have no worries using or administrating UNIX network with this book and all other I mentioned before.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful reference
Comment: Maintaining any type of computer network is a challenge (to say the least) and books like this one are a welcome addition to any sys admin's library. Above the book's title on the cover are the words "Help for UNIX System Administrators" and that's precisely what this book is. Starting off with a "primer" on TCP/IP and how data moves around on a TCP/IP network gives anyone new to TCP/IP a general idea of how it all works. There are also chapters on configuring your interface (along with general info on installing PPP & SLIP), routing, network servers, and sendmail, all important parts of a TCP/IP system. Near the book's end, the topics of troubleshooting and network security are also addressed.
All the O'Reilly books I have read always have thorough descriptions of the their topics and prove to be excellent sources of information. This book is no exception. If you maintain (or will be maintaining) this type of network, you need this book
Rating: 2
Summary: this book is terrible
Comment: I can't understand all the glowing reviews this book is recieving, it is a VERY cursory and shallow treatment of far to much material. It's just all over the place. Please stay away from the "crab book", it sucks.
If you want a good tcp/ip book, O'Reilly's "Internet Core Protocols" is a great one. This book is not very good at all.
 |
Title: DNS and BIND, Fourth Edition by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz ISBN: 0596001584 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
 |
Title: Essential System Administration, Third Edition by AElig;leen Frisch ISBN: 0596003439 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
 |
Title: Network Troubleshooting Tools (O'Reilly System Administration) by Joseph D. Sloan ISBN: 059600186X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
 |
Title: IP Routing by Ravi Malhotra ISBN: 0596002750 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
 |
Title: Managing NFS and NIS, 2nd Edition by Mike Eisler, Ricardo Labiaga, Hal Stern ISBN: 1565925106 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
