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TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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Finally, programmers that need to truly understand the TCP/IP protocol suite have a resource to turn to, TCP/IP Illustrated. Instead of merely describing the RFC's, bestselling author Rich Stevens takes an innovative "visual" approach which, combined with his writing style, results in an accessible "understandable" guide to TCP/IP.
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TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols by W. Richard Stevens [0]

[0] https://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Vol-Addison-Wesley-Pr...

OminousWeapons
This is my favorite networking book but I think it would be overkill for OP's needs. TCP/IP illustrated walks through basically every protocol in depth starting from layer 2 and it sounds like OP really just wants to understand the basics of network administration like what you would see in a CCNA exam, and even that might be excessive for their needs.
OminousWeapons
TCP/IP Illustrated is the GOAT networking book but I think it would be really overkill and way too low level for OP's needs.
netfortius
I was waiting for someone to post this.
joethrow29292
This, and any book by W. Richard Stevens. I also cut my teeth on Internetworking with TCP/IP by Comer. https://www.amazon.com/Internetworking-TCP-IP-One-6th/dp/013...
yes it's called "Stevens" https://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Vol-Addison-Wesley-Pr... although you might also check TAOCP.
Off the top of my head, an understanding of internet architecture is probably a fundamental thing to have. IP, TCP, HTTP, DNS, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Vol-Addison-Wesley-Pro...

anttipoi
+1 to this. No matter what you end up doing in your career, having a good idea about what's going on the wire is never wasted.
skunkworks
Link to the 2nd Edition version of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesl...

(Didn't even realize it had been updated until I checked!)

skunkworks
BTW, if you decide you want the Kindle version, there's a $10 promo code. I'm not sure if you need to be signed up to Amazon Student for this, so YMMV:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000...

BadassFractal
Worked for me, thanks!
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