Must read:

Introduction to TCP/IP http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/COMM/TCPIP.HTM

Nice to read:

"An Overview of TCP/IP Protocols and the Internet" by Gary C. Kessler http://www.hill.com/library/staffpubs/tcpip.html Campus IPX Internetworking Frequently Asked Questions http://www.net.berkeley.edu/dcns/faq/ipxfaq.html TCP/IP and IPX routing Tutorial http://www.sangoma.com/fguide.htm "A Word About IP Addresses" from Boardwatch http://boardwatch.internet.com/isp/summer99/ipaddress.html "Maximum Dedicated Bandwidths " from Boardwatch http://boardwatch.internet.com/isp/summer99/bandwidth.html Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross (Entire book online) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~ross/book/Contents.htm

Resource Lists:

About.com: Computer Networking>Cabling and Network Protocols http://compnetworking.about.com/msubprot.htm PC Webopaedia: TCP/IP http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/T/TCP_IP.html PC Webopaedia: IPX http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/I/IPX.html Yahoo: Computers and Internet>Communications and Networking>Protocols http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/ Communications_and_Networking/Protocols/