Blog Entry of 2006-Sep-18 in Network Monitoring Basics
Free ebook from Cisco Press: "Cisco Router Configuration"
Cisco press offers a free ebook download on their website for the book "Cisco Router Configuration, Second Edition". Even though the book is from 2001 it offers a wealth of well written information about the basics of networking, Cisco device configuration, TCP-IP configuration. It even covers IPX and Appletalk.
Get the download from the Cisco Press website (find "Download a FREE eBook" on the right of the web page).