mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) (06/13/91)
I'm not *completely* ignorant, but I've been a uucp-only Usenet user for some years, and my organization now has an Internet number. We're unsure of all our options and would generally like background on the setup of the Internet, etc. Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody in this position? Thanks in advance. -- Mark McWiggins mark@hermesa.uucp ...uw-beaver!amc-gw!hermesa!mark Box 40357, Bellevue WA 98004 / +1 206 455 2786 (24 hrs.)
oliver@athena.mit.edu (James D. Oliver III) (06/14/91)
In article <1991Jun12.194021.2478@hermesa.uucp> mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) wrote: > Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody > in this position? After reading the net for a bit, some might venture that "Internet is for the Completely Ignorant". :-) -- ____________________________ Jim Oliver oliver@athena.mit.edu / joliver@hstbme.mit.edu oliver%mitwccf.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
jgabriel@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Ing. J. Gabriel Ruiz P.) (06/14/91)
mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: >Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody >in this position? Thanks in advance. There is a book named ''The Matrix'', is a very good guide about many networks, and has a good explanation about Internet, I don't remeber now the editor, but is a well know book. -- Juan Gabriel Ruiz Pinto Internet: Ing. Sistemas Electronicos jgabriel@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx I.T.E.S.M. Campus Monterrey
meyer@deadzone.uucp (Doron Meyer) (06/15/91)
A great place to start is _The Matrix_ by John S. Quarterman. It describes all sorts of different networks, and differentiates between them. It'll tell you all you want to know and more, plus provide pointers to more information.
alderson@alderson.stanford.edu (Rich Alderson) (06/15/91)
In article <1991Jun12.194021.2478@hermesa.uucp>, mark@hermesa (Mark McWiggins) writes: >I'm not *completely* ignorant, but I've been a uucp-only Usenet user for >some years, and my organization now has an Internet number. We're unsure >of all our options and would generally like background on the setup of >the Internet, etc. > >Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody >in this position? Thanks in advance. I would recommend that you obtain Internet RFC 1118 ("The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet") and perhaps RFC 1180 ("TCP/IP tutorial"). -- Rich Alderson 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take Tops-20 Mgr. such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.' AIR, Stanford --J. R. R. Tolkien, alderson@alderson.stanford.edu _The Lost Road_
bcs@waikato.ac.nz (06/19/91)
jgabriel@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Ing. J. Gabriel Ruiz P.) writes: > mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes: > >>Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody >>in this position? Thanks in advance. > > There is a book named ''The Matrix'', is a very good guide about > many networks, and has a good explanation about Internet, I don't > remeber now the editor, but is a well know book. > Try "The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide" The man's name is Quarterman, as in "BSD", the publisher is Digital Press, the year is 1990. Have fun, Brent -- +-Brent Summers, U of Waikato, NZ----------------------------------------+ | "Laugh and the world ignores you. Crying doesn't help either." | | All opinions expressed are, of course, solely my own errors. | +------------------------------------------------------bcs@waikato.ac.nz-+