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Title: Avoid this book and any course that uses this book
Review: 1. This 2nd edition has tons of typos and poorly-stated questions and ambiguous diagrams 2. It does a LOT of handwaving. This is frustrating beyond description. 3. It DOES NOT EVEN say what fields are in a TCP header! Yet it asks a question on it! 4. We used this for a course and EVERY WEEK, the instructors and TAs had to interpret, re-word or explain text and problems from the book that were part of weekly homework. 5. I dont see how that reviewer from San Jose can give this 5 stars. I can only guess that s/he got this book confused with the other Walrand books. To add insult to injury, this awful book has an exhorbitant price (it is but 3/4" thick). There is much more i could say!TRUST ME: Do NOT buy this textbook and if a prof is using it for a course, DROP the course and/or BEG the professor to use ANY OTHER book (like Tanenbaum or Peterson&Davie). Avoid this book at all costs!
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