Howard Berkowitz's Network Architecture book is also a good fit in this catagory and is currently offered in a package with Radia's book at amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578700604/qid=1028204168/sr=8-27/ref=sr_8_27/002-7692909-0053653 Tanenbaum's book remains one of my favorite texts for a well rounded introduction to networking theory and applications. Pete At 11:24 PM 7/31/2002 +0000, Alex Lei wrote: >Mr. Ahmad, > >I have found Tanenbaum's Computer Networks, 2nd edition to be a very good >book. Radia Perlman's Bridges and Switches is also a classic. > >Alex > >a. ahmad wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > I just want to work on my basic concepts of networking and for > > that I need the name of some valuable books. I am no more > > interested in studying CCNA,CCNP books as I have already > > studied those books. I hope you can understand my point..... I > > just want my base as strong as possible and then gradually move > > towards advance networking stuff. My ultimate aim is to be a > > Voice Engineer. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > AA Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=50370&t=50317 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]