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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | As one of the fastest growing technologies in our culture today, data communications and networking presents a unique challenge for instructors. As both the number and types of students are increasing, it is essential to have a textbook that provides coverage of the latest advances, while presenting the material in a way that is accessible to students with little or no background in the field. Using a bottom-up approach, Data Communications and Networking presents this highly technical subject matter without relying on complex formulas by using a strong pedagogical approach supported by more than 700 figures. Now in its Fourth Edition, this textbook brings the beginning student right to the forefront of the latest advances in the field, while presenting the fundamentals in a clear, straightforward manner. Students will find better coverage, improved figures and better explanations on cutting-edge material. The "bottom-up" approach allows instructors to cover the material in one course, rather than having separate courses on data communications and networking. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Behrouz Forouzan | | Hardcover: | 1168 pages | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math | | Publication Date: | February 09, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0073250325 | | Product Length: | 9.34 inches | | Product Width: | 7.54 inches | | Product Height: | 1.89 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.21 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.3 inches | | Package Width: | 7.5 inches | | Package Height: | 1.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 4.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 The best book out there for basic-intermediate level Jul 17, 2007
By D. Hellums
I conducted a full book research for an undergraduate networking class I'll be teaching, and this volume quickly rose to the top, and stayed there. It may not be perfect for a strongly math-centric or engineering-based curriculum, but it's perfect for IT/IS and general CS. It is the textbook I wish I had when I took my first undergraduate and even graduate level networking class in college. This is also a book that I actually enjoy reading and flipping through--a prerequisite for students. There is no doubt for me that this book will stand the test of time as a reference book for them through the coming years.
This book is well organized, well written, well researched, comprehensive, and is consistently high quality across the board (table of contents, end of chapter material, glossary, index, illustrations, figures, tables, callouts, boxes, etc.). Please, I challenge you to refer me to a book with a better glossary, or as up-to-date content as MT-RJ connectors (with a Figure, no less!) The website for the book is also top-notch! Students can take a chapter quiz, have it electronically graded, and submit the results via email to themselves and to me. Guess what we're going to do at the end of class? ;-)
The layout and color scheme of the book is surprisingly conducive to learning, something you can't say about every textbook. There is more than enough stuff for a good professor to be able to fill a basic networking class.
Probably the only thing I found lacking, and this is for professors, not readers or students, was a more thorough pedagogical discussion of proposed curriculum paths and sequences for professors to consider. Most will go their own way, but it is helpful up front to know why the author(s) organized the way they did, included what they did (vs. specific model curricula), and what the ramifications might be of moving things around, etc. Personally, I'll be de-emphasizing chapters 6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 24, and 29--FWIW! But that's just me... I also would have liked to have seen, somewhere (even if it was online), a practical primer for students, on how to use Hyperterm, for example, and links to some free utilities for network monitoring, etc. If that was there, I haven't ran across it yet. Oh, and possibly a discussion of certification paths, for those that are interested. But then again, professors shouldn't be handed everything on a platter. So those are minor criticisms.
This was an easy textbook to adopt, and I am quite sure the students will greatly benefit from the work Behrouz and his technical review team did on this great text. I am not always easily impressed, but in this case I was.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Excellent introductory book on computer networks Jul 16, 2009
By Prof Wollongong
"Inno"
One of the more accessible books on computer networks. Very nice and simple illustrations of key concepts. Good explanation of fundamental concepts. Plenty of exercises. Wish I had this book when I started learning about computer networks.
For instructors, this book comes with a comprehensive online resource. In particular, solutions and jpeg images that you can use in your lectures.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Did anyone edit this book? Mar 05, 2011
By 3rugger
The book provides a decent introduction but has far too many errors. It is hard to learn when the examples are incorrect. Things like using 10^5 as the exponent for a kilometer. Guess no one bothered to check the math before publishing. I expect more when I pay $100 for a textbook.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Good introduction to the five layer Internet model Dec 26, 2010
By Jayesh Naithani
"jnaithani"
Read this book recently as part of a graduate level introductory course on computer networks at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The book covers the five layer TCP/IP protocol suite and provides a basic understanding about each layer using plenty of diagrams complemented with supporting text.
A lot has changed in the networking area since I took a Computer Science course about the topic during my undergraduate days in the late '80s - wireless communications, Internet telephony, multimedia, network security, and IPv6 - to name just a few. And this book gave me enough information to get caught up with a basic understanding about the newer developments, and provided a much required refresher about content I had forgotten about or partially understood in the past. There is also an online learning center for this book - which in my case, helped prepare for tests and revise my understanding of the chapter materials. Included as well is some introductory coverage about cross-cutting topics such as Network Security and Quality of Service.
In short, I found the book to be an easy to understand introduction to a highly technical and interesting topic. One gripe I have about this book is it's rather high price. At $120, it makes for quite an expensive book and I probably would not have bought it had it not been required for the course.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
An excellent book to start with. Jul 22, 2010
By Y. Nozue
I bought this book 7 or 8 years ago and didn't bother to read till a year ago. I actually didn't have a high expectation on this book after I had read Tanenbaum's and Peterson's book, but it turned out this was actually a pretty good book and I don't know why this book didn't get much attention. It explains the topic in a plain and simple way, yet in depth, so that those who have very little knowledge on the subject can grasp the concepts as well as actual implementations. At a glance, it might look a reference book, but in reality, it has a lot more to let you understand why and how.
This book may not be the one that the professionals are dying to read, but is certainly very good one for the beginners. In fact, I think this is one of the best books to start with, if you are just to start studying the computer networks.
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