Customer Reviews
Worth the money - By: , 31 Jul 2000 
An exellent introduction to networking. Easy to understand & well laid out. Covers a broad range of subjects. The only down side is that is is not as technical as some may require.
Excellent for networking wanna-be's & home-LAN hobbyists - By: , 02 Jun 1999 Hayden was entertaining & informative. This is an excellent reference for those interestedin setting up home-based LANS with little or no prior experience. As an introduction to a complicated subject, Hayden succeeded in giving this reader plenty "ah-hahs"in each chapter.
The book is limitedin its coverage of the real world problems that make up the bulk of the networking profession, but these readers won't be trying to learn networkingin 24 hours anyway. If you are going to have just one networking book on your shelf, make it this one.
I will be considering other Sams booksin the future.
not worth the time - By: , 19 Mar 1999 
This book is cheap conpared to most computer books & there is a reason for that. The thing that you'll waste, other than money, is your precious time. He repeats many things throughout the book. When you finish some of the chapters you realize that there was nothing, it was a desperate attempt to add another chapter. Some chapters are less than 4 pages!!!!!! Of course you can finish thatin in less than an hour. The topics that he talks about the most are Win NT, NetWare & UNIX & he mentiones how they came into existance at least 3 times throughout the book. I can concentrate all the information from the book & put it onto 10-15 pages, not the 425 he managed to streach it onto. This was the third of the 24 hour books I've read, & it will be the last. Save yourself the time & spend the extra money for the other types of books out there. I would only recomend this book to a total begginer & one that dosen't really want to get into depth about networking. And by that I mean you learn about routers, cables & switches, nothing more, the rest of the book is gibberish. But most people aren't like that. I really recomend you look for another book.
Concise, yet in-depth!!! - By: , 13 Mar 1999 I believe Hayden hits all the major concepts well. Without dulling the issues with unecessary rhetoric! His analogies make the theory parts work well together. "B-Luv"
Great book!!! - By: , 16 Feb 1999 
This book was absolutely the best I've readin a while. It is down to earth & simple to understand. Matt Hayden did an excellent job of making this book readable to dummies & techies alike.
