[Novalug] Aaarrrghghgh! : ifconfig (was networking...)

Stephen Cicirelli scicirelli@gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 14:40:34 EST 2017


My favorite book is:
TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1
(The Protocols)
W. Richard Stevens
ISBN: 0-201-63346-9

aka the Stevens book.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Xavier Belanger via Novalug
<novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe this would help?
>
>  [ http://linoxide.com/linux-command/use-ip-command-linux/ ]
>
> Also, from my experience, you don't learn networking with man pages
> only, even with trial and error. Man pages are documentation on how
> to use commands; they don't explain concepts (or very, very little).
>
> I would recommend to start by reading a book on the subject (another
> good option would be to attend to a class, or even better class with
> hand-ons training).
>
> This book is not perfect, but it's a good start:
>
>  Cisco Networking Essentials, 2nd Edition
>  Troy McMillan
>  ISBN: 978-1-119-09215-5
>  480 pages
>
>  [ http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119092159,miniSiteCd-SYBEX.html ]
>
> Don't worry about the 'Cisco' word in the title, all the theory
> related to networking (Ethernet, IP addressing, ...) is the same
> for all vendors. Hardware related examples are using the Cisco
> configuration language; it's still close to what some other vendors
> are doing (HP for instance).
>
> Sincerely.
> --
> Xavier Belanger
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