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Felix Scheinost
Felix Scheinost

Reputation: 473

Network protocol internals

Is there any good book about networks and network protocols? One question I currently have is: How does the operating system determine the IP address of the router in a LAN?

I want to understand those basics. I know that I can look up most of the common protocols by searching for their respective RFC, but I don't even know which protocols are used for which purpose.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 378

Answers (2)

Anders Lindahl
Anders Lindahl

Reputation: 42870

The operating system knows the ip address of the first router (default gateway), because someone told it - either manually when configuring the TCP/IP settings or dynamically via DHCP, BOOTP or similar.

There are plenty of good book suggestions in the closed question "What are good books on computer networks"

Upvotes: 2

Harish Saini
Harish Saini

Reputation: 13

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/kurose-ross/

http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Computer_Networks.html?id=Pd-z64SJRBAC

Both are good books. Enjoy !!

Upvotes: 0

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