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Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Practice: A practical and conceptual guide to understanding how modern networks are designed, operated

Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Practice: A practical and conceptual guide to understanding how modern networks are designed, operated

Huf, Kevin A.

Paperback

General ComputersComputer Security

ISBN13: 9798170160280
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 416
Weight: 2.11
Height: 0.85 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Reading about a protocol and being able to apply it under real conditions are two very different skills. A network professional needs to explain why a mechanism exists, predict how it will behave under load or failure, and decide what evidence would confirm or reject a hypothesis during troubleshooting.

This guide is built around that kind of applied understanding. Rather than presenting networking as a sequence of facts to memorize, it walks through the reasoning behind addressing, switching, routing, transport behavior, wireless design, security controls, and modern network architectures, then reinforces each concept with worked examples, practice questions, and realistic scenarios.

Working through this guide, readers will practice and apply:

  • Calculating transmission delay, propagation delay, and subnet sizes using the same equations and reasoning used in professional network planning.
  • Designing addressing schemes that support growth, route summarization, and clear organizational boundaries rather than ad hoc numbering.
  • Evaluating switching, VLAN, and routing design choices against real requirements such as redundancy, broadcast domains, and failure tolerance.
  • Applying transport-layer reasoning to explain why TCP and UDP behave differently and how that difference affects application performance.
  • Diagnosing wireless performance and coverage issues by separating radio-environment factors from addressing or routing problems.
  • Evaluating security controls, including access control, encryption, and network segmentation, against the specific risks they are meant to address.
Working through six integrated case studies, including a small enterprise network, a multi-site organization with WAN failover, a high-density wireless deployment, a security incident investigation, and an application performance complaint, each demonstrating how requirements translate into design decisions and how design decisions are later validated.

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