Computer Networks From Scratch
Have you ever really wanted to know what happens when you click on a link, enter a search term, or upload photos to the cloud?
Computer Networks From Scratch is a tour of the inner workings of the biggest computer network of them all--the internet. However, the internet wasn't built in a day. It's the result of decades of inventions and discoveries building on each other.
The best way to understand it is to retrace that path, so we'll start from scratch assuming no prior networking knowledge. First we'll build an example system that will allow two people to send messages back and forth using plastic tubing and marbles instead of wires and electrical signals. Then we'll gradually work our way up to something resembling a state of the art computer network in the early 1960s. Finally we'll build on top of that foundation until we have an in-depth understanding of the modern internet.
Each topic is explained in clear, easy to understand language, and the book is filled with helpful hand drawn illustrations (painstakingly crafted by me) to guide the way.
