From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 7 18:16:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7D337B7D6; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:16:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) Received: from ip234.kingston.dialup.canada.psi.net ([154.5.64.234]) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 12zqx0-0007Jj-00; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:17:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:19:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru To: Joey Garcia Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any good books on IP? In-Reply-To: <20000607185158.26848.qmail@web204.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Joey Garcia wrote: > Hey all! > > I have gain a certain interest in becoming an IP guru. > I figured it's about time that I stop just plugging > the numbers in and actually take an understanding of > what the numbers mean. > > I was wondering if anyone can direct me to some good > books related to IP addressing, subnetting, and > routing, and anything else related to IP. > > I realize that there's alot of binary math involved > (math == my worst subject) so something that has alot > of examples, problems to work out, and stuff like that > would be helpfull. > > I'd like to get a full understanding of IPv4 down so I > can start working at understanding IPv6. :) Not exactly a book, but 3COM's tutorial on Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About IP Addressing is an excellent read: http://www.3com.com/nsc/501302.html Actually, a search on IP subnetting at 3COM's site would keep you reading and practicing for quite a bit :) Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message