Network by Example - Getting Started: Resources

Network

Notes and resources about IP Networks routing and switching

Resources

General

• Ops Schools
• OmniSecu
• homenet howto

Course

• opencourser
• coursera Cisco Networking Basics
• mit EECS
• stanford Introduction to Computer Networking
• edx microsoft, Linux Foundation, IMT
• cybrary

Books

Fundamentals:

• FREE “The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference”, by Charles M. Kozierok.
• “TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols”, by W. Richard Stevens
• “Network Warrior”, by Gary A. Donahue

Specialized:

• FREE “Pro DNS and BIND”, by Ron Aitchison
• “DNS and BIND”, by Cricket Liu, et al.
• “Optimal Routing Design”, by Russ White
• “Internet Routing Architectures”, by Sam Halabi
• “Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1”, by Jeff Doyle
• “Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One”, by Douglas E. Comer
• “Computer Networking Problems and Solutions”, by Russ White
• FREE “High Performance Browser Networking”, by Ilya Grigorik

Certification

If you wish to get certified, the standard is by Cisco. We recommend to start with the CCNA certification.

• Cisco CCNA
• Comptia Network+
• Juniper JNCP

Another extra possibility is the wireshark certification.

Others

• cisco docwiki
• cisco technotes
• cisco on-demand
• packetbomb troubleshooting tutorials
• howdns works comics
• packetlife cheat-sheets
• nanog traceroute presentation

References:

• r/networking
• r/HomeNetworking