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YZF · 2022-08-07 · Original thread
I've always wanted to write a book and this would be an interesting idea ;) There's definitely a lot of cool history to cover (donno if Code covers a lot of history, haven't read it)

In the mean time I've heard this is good:

https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technol...

And then there's your computer network textbooks like:

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networks-Andrew-S-Tanenbaum/...

I have the second edition sitting on a shelf and couldn't get anyone to buy it on ebay ;)

DrPhish · 2019-01-05 · Original thread
This will explain the basics of LANs in a fun, but very thorough way: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technol...

And this one will fill out your knowledge on the routing side, although it is rather dry: https://www.amazon.com/Network-Routing-Algorithms-Architectu...

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