Author Description

Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, and Fred Baker's "Computer Networks" will be the first text to implement an Open Source Approach, discussing the network layers, their applications, and the implementation issues. Thus, it tries to narrow the gap between domain knowledge and hands-on skills. The book is internet focused and discusses 56 open source code segments among all chapters. It is meant for the first course in Computer Networks.