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Review title: Save your money, buy anything else.
Product review: Too bad I couldn't give this book 0 stars. Like others giving this book a review, I took the Networks class with Gouda (a few years back). There was nothing redeeming about this book, it's just total BS. I didn't learn anything of value from the book or the class, and neither did any of the dozens of other people I have talked to in person (undergraduate and graduate students). It seems that Gouda doesn't really know much about Networking. Thus, he created his convoluted interpretation that nobody else uses or really understands so he can elevate himself on a pseudo-intellectual pedestal. The other regular Networks teacher at UTCS is currently using a decent book 'Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet' by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Previously he used Comer's books on Networking. Either of those choices is vastly superior than Gouda's offering.
