Dated and dreadful   December 29, 2001

Presumably, there's a more up-to-date book available from these folks, but I truly can't understand how this book has so many fans.


Well written, but not much depth   December 7, 2001
This book was very well written and I actually enjoyed reading it. Most of the topics were well covered and easily understandable, with the exception being subnetting, TCP packet format, and ports.

I had bought this book primarily for the underlying theory behind TCP/IP and its application in the NT environment. While the NT application of TCP/IP was covered in detail, the actual protocol was not sufficiently detailed.

If your goal is to apply TCP/IP to NT, this book would rate approximately four stars. For its coverage of TCP/IP theory, I give it two stars. It rates three stars overall.


Unprofessional   December 29, 1999
  3 out of 7 found this review helpful

I read a good portion of this book and it made me sick. Mr. Minasi cannot stay on topic. He starts to explain a topic, then he seems to drift and digress. After apparently realising that he is off topic he makes a wacky joke or a silly comment (not in parenthesis either) and start to wright about his subject again. He will do these things within a single contorted paragraph. One of his allusions was about the reader not being able to learn TCP/IP troubleshooting and then having to call the auther for help and eventually talking about hourly rates. (He was joking I'm sure). I bought this book to learn TCP/IP. I cannot learn it from this book. I am not even sure the auther knows what he is writing about.

Aside from the auther's comical perspective about TCP/IP, I do not like the way he puts things into step-wise order. He doesn't use numbers or bullets; he uses long winded explanations and points to ponder. Nobody on this side of the publishing house cares whether or not Mr. Minasi understands why the MS programers chose to use one type of button and / or dialog box over another.

If you are an expert network engineer and you are tired of waiting on Andy Rooney's perspective on networking then buy this book as soon as possible. I replaced this one with - Networking with Microsoft TCP/IP Certified Administrator's Resourse Edition - by Drew Heywood & Rob Scrimger New Riders Publishing MCP Approved Study Guide. It comes with a practice test and chapter questions!

Good Shopping !


Just a click   September 29, 1999
  0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Just a click from perfec


Absolutly Great!   April 30, 1999
  1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I recommend this book for work related issues. I think it is a great TCP/IP book.