Any good books on TCP/IP?

Params7

While I'm studying for CCNA using Odom's books, I'm also looking to get a somewhat deeper/alternative perspective on the protocols and how they work. Any suggestions?

OfWolfAndMan

Routing TCP/IP Vol 1 and 2 are classics. Volume 1 focuses on all IGP i.e. OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, RIP, static routing, routing fundamentals. Volume 2 is the remaining information. BGP, Multicast, NAT, IPv6, etc. However, I will say that there is quite a bit of obsolete information in the two considering things that lack such as BGP extended communities, IGMPv3, EIGRP named configuration, AFIs and SAFIs, 32-bit OSPF area IDs, and omits legacy stuff like RIPv1.

If you want the more current stuff, look into this book for the more updated features:
IP Routing on Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Implementing IP Routing Protocols (Networking Technology): 9781587144233: Computer Science Books @ Amazon.com

There are a couple errors in it so far (I've covered OSPF, EIGRP and BGP), but it has all the new information, especially if you plan to ever go as far as the CCIE. Another great book I recommend is this one as it's current as well:

Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One (6th Edition): Douglas E. Comer: 9780136085300: Amazon.com: Books

Both great books.

--chris--

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I started reading Vol 1 but had to drop it to focus on the CCNA, I liked what I saw and its been recommended a few times around here.

Params7

great, tons of reading material. Thank you.

docrice

I would actually come at this from another direction and recommend "Wireshark 101: Essential Skills for Network Analysis" or "Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition)" as it covers TCP/IP in what I consider layman's terms. Most (more proper and comprehensive) TCP/IP books tend to be rather dry, but not as dry as the RFCs.