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📣 thorin

Recommendation for Networks Refresher


I feel like I've learnt about networking / TCPIP / DNS multiple times over the last 30 years and it never seems to stick. After a long support call with a cloud vendor today I feel like I need to relearn from first principals. Any suggestions for online books / youtube channels etc. I'm currently focused on private networking in the cloud environment but feel I need to improve my base knowledge. I'm even considering certification to force myself to retain some of this information!

  👤 throwaway63467 Accepted Answer ✓
“Computer Networking: A Top down approach” by James Kurose.
👤 warrenm
I've 'learned' the OSI model / TCP/IP / DNS / etc - probably - more times than you in the last quarter century

It. Never. Sticks!

Subnets? ...yeah - I know they exist (and ... 'matter'?)

IP classification ranges? Same

IPv4 vs IPv6? Holy freaking crap! Those make ABSOLUTELY no sense to me!

I care about only 2 or 3 things:

- what [private] IP range(s) do we have on this network?

- what NAT rule(s) do I need to know to get from 'here' to 'there' (and back again)?

- is my publicly-facing device group accessible from the 'public' internet?

Nothing. Else. Matters.

(yeah, yeah, yeah ... all those CCxx network engineers are having heart palpitations right now - but I. Do. Not. Care!)

👤 stop50
What is the problem?