Reddit reviews Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol 1 (5th Edition)

Everything you've said is a mistake. None of this is right. Please go read this book (Douglas Comers Internetworking with TCP)

http://www.amazon.com/Internetworking-TCP-Vol-5th-Edition/dp/0131876716

Then come back here and apologize. Technical terminology can't evolve. It has to stay exact, or else change revisions. This is engineering, not english.

http://www.amazon.com/Internetworking-TCP-IP-Vol-5th/dp/0131876716/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351099800&sr=1-1&keywords=Internetworking+with+TCP%2FIP

(think theres a newer edition, thats the one i have however)

One of (if not) the best book ive ever read on networking, I read it whilst i was studing CCNP and have read it another couple of times whilst studying for CCIE, also this;

http://www.amazon.com/Interconnections-Bridges-Switches-Internetworking-Protocols/dp/0201634481/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351099354&sr=1-1&keywords=Interconnections%3A+Bridges%2C+Routers%2C+Switches%2C+and+Internetworking+Protocols

Read (and try to understand):
[Ethernet fundamentals!]
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565926609/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
[Internetworking with TCP/IP!]
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131876716/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Both are good books and essential reading for anyone working in networks (if you want to be any good at it)...

Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol 1

Read it cover to cover. It's an easy read.

Long answer

Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)

Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 (5th Edition)

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition)

are the three 'vendor neutral' books that are recommended by INE as resources for all CCIE tracts.



Cisco CCIE book list contains the following:

Other Publications

Cisco Documentation

Configuring IPv6 for Cisco IOS (Edgar Parenti, Jr., Eric Knnip, Brian Browne, Syngress, ISBN# 1928994849)

Interconnections: Bridges & Routers, Second Edition (Perlman, Addison Wesley, ISBN# 0201634481)

"Internetworking Technology Overview" Available through Cisco Store under doc # DOC-785777

Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (4th Edition)
(Comer, Prentice Hall, ISBN# 0130183806)

IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice, 2nd Edition (Pete Loshin, Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN# 1558608109)

LAN Protocol Handbook (Miller, M&T Press, ISBN# 1558510990 )
Routing In the Internet (2nd Edition) (Huitema, Prentice Hall, ISBN# 0130226475)

TCP/IP Illustrated: Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Stevens/Wright, Addison Wesley, ISBN# 0201633469, 020163354X, 0201634953)



edit1:
I own the first three and recommend them for vendor neutral network engineering books, with Perlman's book being the best switching book I've personally ever read.


edit2:
also I find wikipedia articles on computer related topics to be top shelf. I would recommend many of the references and papers referenced in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_theory
article.