IP addresses and routing

Re:IP addresses and routing by cup-of-tea on Thursday July 26, 2018 @05:52AM (#17616237)

I've forgotten so much about networking. I just haven't had any need to use the knowledge since I learnt it in university. Back then I borrowed a copy of Tanenbaum's Computer Networks and it was great. I considered buying a copy for my bookshelf recently but it's very expensive now.

It makes me sad because when I was younger I seemed to remember everything forever. Now I realise there are large swathes that I've forgotten and most I probably don't even know I've forgotten.

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Re:IP addresses and routing by barking on Thursday July 26, 2018 @07:54AM (#17616711)

The only consolation is that you'd likely pick it up a lot more quickly now if you return to it.

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Re:IP addresses and routing by scarecrowbob on Thursday July 26, 2018 @10:34AM (#17617803)

Well, another consolation is that if you're forgetting it, you might not be needing it... so it's not so bad to forget some things.

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Re:IP addresses and routing by krallja on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:37PM (#17618766)

I was just thinking last night about how valuable having taken a 200-level Computer Networks class is for me as a DevOps engineer. I use knowledge from that class almost every work day. TCP/IP and sometimes even Ethernet can be used to reason about all sorts of things.

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Re:IP addresses and routing by fhood on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:36AM (#17618281)

At least you learned it (and from the same textbook I used in school. Dope!). It seems like a lot of universities treat their networks classes like an afterthought, but it is such a critical part of computation, and an incredible way to learn, and see demonstrated, principles that are far more general than just networks.

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