Book details of 'Internet Access Essentials'

Title	Internet Access Essentials
Author(s)	Ed Tittel, Margaret Robbins
ISBN	0126913935
Language	English
Published	November 1994
Publisher	Morgan Kaufmann

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
The title, and particularly the word "access", suggests a book about getting connected, or "onto" the Internet. Maybe a little demystification of dial-up IP. Having reviewed two previous "Essentials" books, I suspected a book on how to connect your LAN to "the big one". A book of either description would be a valuable addition to the Internet library, but such is not to be, at least not yet. The preface states that what distinguishes the book is that (a) it is for beginners, and (b) it doesn't list everything, just the tools for you to find stuff. Sorry, but these are *not* distinctives. You will find the usual material here. History, concepts and background; the applications; miscellaneous stuff; the December, 1993 PDIAL list of access providers. Part three, titled "Resource Guide", is not a catalogue or list of resources; it's a rather random assortment of informaiton covering directory types services, access providers, once over lightly on dial-up IP software and a second run at Usenet and Gopher. The content is not hard to follow, but neither is it particularly easy for beginners. Block diagrams of IP, UDP and RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) are not going to contribute to a neophyte's understanding. Experienced users will realize that such knowledge is not required for use of the net, and TCP programmers will have to go to other books, anyway. The information is basically good (although Internet experts will be startled to learn that "sendmail" is a "mail reader" at the user agent level). Compared to "Zen and the Art of the Internet" (see reviews), however, one finds that the smaller book has the same amount of hard information, and more precise references to network resources. Compared to a similarly-sized work, such as "The Internet Navigator" (see reviews), ... well, there isn't much comparison. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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