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Re:Ask HN: What is a good book to learn about the network st... by Eridrus on Thursday November 22, 2018 @11:05AM (#18510739)
FWIW The CCNA books are pretty interesting, since they cover how the networking equipment decides to route packets, and not just what the host side does.
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Re:Ask HN: What is a good book to learn about the network st... by techjuice on Friday November 23, 2018 @01:00PM (#18517938)
That is true, plus you normally get internals documentation on the entire process even through the ASIC, CPU, and other chips along with how to troubleshoot issues that may occur when trying to speed things up in high packet, volume and throughput environments fully utilizing the equipment.
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