Novell's Internet Plumbing Handbook

by Peter Rybaczyk

This text covers the complex and mysterious world of routing protocols and configuration. It explores and explains from a practical point of view the devices that allow the Internet to function, i.e.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076454537X
• ISBN13: 9780764545375
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Novell Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A classic!

I learned computer networking in the early 90s. Among all the books that I bought, borrowed, and read, this particular title makes it to the top three. Even now, ten years later, it still serves as an excellent explanation of many networking concepts. You will understand exactly why TCP belongs in the fourth layer and IP, in the third. It's a great book. I still have mine.

Great book, reads well, much info.

This well-written book is a lodestone of information. Great for the professional and novice alike.

An excellent treatment of internetworking and optimization

More and more my job requires me to hook various pieces of networking and computing equipment directly to the internet. Because of this I am not as professionally interested in the internet from the web page/Java/browser point of view, as I am in its physical layer, network component hardware and the fund amental softwares that run it. Additionally, job deadlines and practical restrictions of the workplace prevent me from taking too academic an approach to the underlying subjects of the internet, so I find myself constantly in need of lucid and pragmatic treatments of technical stuffs not easily satisfied by the vapid surveys presented in so-called Quick Guides, or Idiot Guides, or whatever the current popular rendering is as the moment among the computer press. As such, it was a special delight to discover Novell's Internet Plumbing Handbook. It fills a gaping hole in the networking literature of this era.Mr Rybaczyk is obviously a talented and skilled presenter of technical subjects. His humor and easy approach to the subject suggests and man well at home in his material. He tackles each and every corner of the complex networks we call the internet in a fashion that renders each component as an understandable and wholly manageable morsel. Taken as a whole, the prospect of actually attaching your network, or part of your network, to the internet is a frightening proposition, but under Mr Rybaczyk's adept care you will be nailing down the bits and pieces of your internet connection that need to be added, upgraded and/or enhanced to optimize performance and service.I especially liked his chapter on TCP/IP Routers and variable-length subnetting, and defy anyone to come away from the chapter without a sense of accomplishment at having mastered a subject that many authors beat to death but few bring to life. To be fair, Rybaczyk's use of the pie chart to illustrate subnet addressing is a big help and well done. Other chapters of merit include: Router Configuration, Internet Routing and his discussion of Switches in these emerging networks.If you are a student of network technology or need to bone up on modern terminology or current cabling media, don't overlook this clear and concise reference. The introductory material on the OSI Model and IP addressing will get you started right away and you might find yourself in the midst of backbone router configuration and Tag Switching when you next look up from its pages.