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Illustrated Tcp/Ip (Wiley Illustrated Network Series) Review by anonymous
Don't waste your money on this book
This book badly needs to be edited all over again. I could spend the next hour typing out problems with either the statements and/or the editing. Here's a few examples:
1) On page 2, TCP is identified as "Transmission Control Protocol". On page 12, TCP is identified "Transmission Control Program". On the slide at the bottom of page 38, TCP is identified as "Transmission Control Protocol" On the slide at the bottom of page 39, TCP is identified as "Transport Control Protocol"
Which one is correct? A protocol is certainly not a program and Transport is not interchangeable with Transmission. Since this is the title of the book, you'd think a consistent name would be nice.
2) The book starts out by talking about Netware and how TCP/IP may someday rival Netware. On page 5 the author states "As of this writing, NetWare is still the best constructed client-server program available"
Funny, but I thought I was buying a book on TCP/IP and learning the innards of it, not an opinion essay on Netware vs Vines vs NT. Leave that for the columnists and stick to the subject at hand. Netware was not a founding component of the Internet and it shouldn't even be in the introduction.
As I stated earlier, I could go on, but I feel the above items are enough examples. I'm sorry I spent money on it and I'm even more sorry I can't take it back. I know I won't be buying any more books from this author/company anymore.