 | Computer Networking First-step: Your First-step into the World of Computer Networking by Wendell Odom
Buy new: £14.95 / Used from: £10.00 perfect introduction from top author, good friendly style, no cisco hype (HINT: you can buy ALL the cisco first-step series, they give very good introductions)
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 | Computer Networks (International Edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Buy new: £42.58 / Used from: £24.95 classic reference but worth the hype around it: wide-ranging with a friendly style too, must read
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 | Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach by James F. Kurose
Buy used from: £31.64 excellent complement to Tanenbaum's above, and a bit more modern; very good writing style and nice labs and simulations
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 | Interconnections: Bridges and Routers (APC) by Radia Perlman
Buy new: £35.76 / Used from: £32.90 the next level (more complex than previous texts above); a top book from an expert who will also make you laugh (would you expect that from a book on switches and routers?).
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 | TCP/IP Illustrated: Protocols v. 1: The Protocols (APC) by W. Richard Stevens
Buy new: £28.96 / Used from: £23.00 Classic tcp/ip reference; this is volume one of a 3-book-opus; you can get the whole set but volume one is enough for starting; includes solved exercises.
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 | Routing in the Internet by Christian Huitema
Buy new: £46.50 / Used from: £4.66 the title says it all; top French IETF expert, very good style, I like this book; companion book to Perlman
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 | Routing and Switching by Dr Rita Puzmanova
Buy new: £34.84 / Used from: £30.71 hugely comprehensive on the topic, reviews many rfc's, nice book
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 | Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed) by Charlie Kaufman
Buy new: £34.25 / Used from: £27.00 if you have only one book on security, it should be this one; and Radia Perlman will again make you laugh like in the one above ("interconnections").
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 | CCNA Official Exam Certification Library: Exam #640-801 by Wendell Odom
Buy new: £36.45 / Used from: £11.20 well-worth having even if you do not plan to get the CCNA, because Odom writes beautifully, there are lots of self-tests, good stuff on the cd's, and comprehensive coverage; !! new edition coming soon
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 | Computer Networking: Internet Protocols in Action by Jeanna Matthews
Buy new: £40.80 / Used from: £34.09 perfect complement to the above: shows you how it works live without having to be near real black boxes; ethereal labs for free.
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