[itistoday]

I'm looking for a good, comprehensive C networking book that will teach me the fundamentals of all things TCP/IP related and perhaps more. I'd like to learn how to do low-level network programming (coming from a humble java networking background).

Any recommendations?

[parsec]

Try Beej's Guide to Network Programming
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/

It's pretty well written, and how I learned. And best of all, freely available on the net.

[parallax]

I was going to recommend Beej's guide too (that's how I learned as well).

[itistoday]

Originally Posted by parsec

Try Beej's Guide to Network Programming
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/

It's pretty well written, and how I learned. And best of all, freely available on the net.

I've actually seen that before... does it contain information on stuff like TCP/IP headers? What packets are made of etc? It seems to only skim over this: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/g....html#lowlevel

Hmm... at the bottom of that page it links to this: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc791.txt
It seems like a lot but I'll check it out.

[Partisan01]

http://www.kohala.com/start/unpv12e.html

That is the book to learn on, it has everything you could imagine about C network programming. Sounds like what you're looking for. It assumes a basic knowledge of C. This is pretty much the gold standard of C network programming books.

[itistoday]

Originally Posted by Partisan01

http://www.kohala.com/start/unpv12e.html

That is the book to learn on, it has everything you could imagine about C network programming. Sounds like what you're looking for. It assumes a basic knowledge of C. This is pretty much the gold standard of C network programming books.

Ahhh... thanks! Yes that does look like what I'm looking for. Actually, a good friend of mine has it. I think I'll ask him if I can borrow it. It's not outdated though is it? It seems a bit old?

[itistoday]

Does anyone know if there's much of a difference between the old book Partisan mentioned and this version?

[Partisan01]

I think it has been updated, not by the author though. Richard Stevens passed away in 1999 or so. I think there were some other authors. I have the original version, I think it's pretty timeless, but there could be some useful updates in this version. I would recommend the newest version.