I'd have to say: TCP/IP Illustrated, especially Volume 1 (the other volumes are great too) by W. Richard Stevens pj -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Janet Sullivan Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:37 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: books every network operator should read? I'd like to make a list for the BGP4.net wiki of books that are thought highly of by the network community. What books stand out for you as being excellent? If you could only own 5 network related books, what would they be? Feel free to reply to me offlist - I'll post a summary after a few days. Thanks! Janet The information contained in this e-mail and any attached documents may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient you may not read, copy, distribute or use this information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your system.