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From: dipto@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Books/Info on UNIX Network Questions
Keywords: UNIX Networks, networks, UNIX
Message-ID: <3240@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Date: 2 May 90 17:46:30 GMT
References: <525@telxon.UUCP>
Reply-To: dipto@umbc3.umbc.edu.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty)
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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In article <525@telxon.UUCP> bobd@telxon.UUCP (Bob Drotleff) writes:
>
>	Hi,
>		Can someone give me information on a good book(s)
>		for understanding/using/implementing communications
>		between UNIX systems and other systems whether they be
>		UNIX or otherwise.

Computer Networking (?) by Andrew Tanenbaum    -

	if you are looking for theoritical stuff like routing-tables,
	packet transmission, etc.

Internetworking with TCP/IP  by Douglas Comer  - 

	good for conceptual understanding of TCP/IP and related protocols
	with light duty material on NFS and YP. ( A good text called UNIX 
	networking by Kochan is also available, for light reading. )

UNIX Networking by Stevens    -

	this takes you to code level details of RPC implementation and
	socket usage. i have found this newly published text exceedingly
	informative and helpful for the hands-on stuff, which is what i 
	am primarily involved with.

For UUCP and 'cu' like stuff I have found the ref. manuals more helpful
than the texts published on UNIX communications, etc. 

Hope this helps.

-Dipto Chakravarty
.