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References: Networking


Textbooks:

Goleniewski, L. (2006) Telecommunications Essentials, Addison Wesley Professional.
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Kurose, J.F. and K.W. Ross (2003) Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison Wesley.
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Mir, N.F. (2006) Computer and Communication Networks, Prentice Hall.
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Ogletree, T.W. and M.E. Soper (2006) Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Que.
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Spurgeon, Charles E. (2000) Ethernet: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly Media, Inc..
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Tanenbaum, A.S. (2002) Computer Networks, Prentice Hall.
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Network Administration References: A variety of books concerned with practical aspects of network administration are available (to members of the JMU community) from Safari Books Online, including:

DNS for Rocket Scientists
Linux Networking Cookbook (2007) C. Schroder
Advanced Linux Networking (2002) R. Smith
Windows XP Networking (2004) K. Cohen and A. Daniels
Windows Server 2003 Network Administration (2005) C. Hunt and R. Bragg
Mastering Windows Server 2008 Networking Foundations (2008) M. Minasi, R. Layfield and J. Mueller
Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (2008) J. Davies and T. Northrup

WWW Pages: Not surprisingly, there are an enormous number of WWW pages with information on networking, including:

howstuffworks
IEEE Standards Association
Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF)
Linux Network Administrators Guide
Microsoft Networking
RFC Editor


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