Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete (Complete Guides series)

I spent a couple of weeks of hard research time trying to personally fathom the depths of Ethernet technology. Too bad it took me that long before I discovered that most of what I was seeking was already summarized clearly and succinctly in Jan's book.Primarily, it helped me with the overall "big picture" of understanding Ethernet, Internet, and all those crazy protocols you hear about (for all I knew, NetBEUI was some sort of nautical communication). The book explains things from basic Ethernet wiring practices, through functional descriptions of Ethernet equipment (Switches, Hubs, etc.), wrapping up with byte-by-byte explanations of all those various protocols and headers.For all of you to whom TC/IP is just a buzzword, and Ethernet just a perplexing mystery, this book will be of considerable help. It connects the dots in clear concise steps. Where it doesn't go into detail, it provides websites and reference sources to follow up on.Admittedly, if you are looking for a book to provide a step-by-step guide in creating your own embedded Ethernet hardware design from scratch, this probably isn't the best book for that. Although it provides several sources for buying turn-key Ethernet hardware boards, the focus is more with process and implementation. It even discusses setting up websites on embedded systems (I hadn't even known that was practically possible).Bottom line, if you're trying to get a handle on overall Ethernet understanding, this book is an excellent read.

After reading few pages of the book I felt my self as a fool because of being spent my money on it.People outside US need to pay a lot more of shipping cost as well as to wait longer. I was waiting for the book very excited, but I got angry when reading it. I would say it is a kind of fraud. The book doesn't cover more than a good TCP tutorial on Internet, however you need to pay and wait for it.The book is not "Internet complete". The book doesn't cover what internet is. It only mentions some aspects of building a net, but anything else. If you expect to read something about packets, datagrams and so on this is NOT the book for you. If you expect to learn something deeply about chips for LAN, this book is NOT for you. If you expect to know how each layer in the TCP/IP stack works this book is NOT for you. This book is for nothing.The book is not "Embedded Ethernet". Actually I needed to pay about $50 US and wait 2 weeks just to hear "don't get in troubles, just buy a Rabbit kit, or if you like Java get the TINI card". I have cards for others architectures, but none of them. At this point I hope you may guess how I felt =( . If that is the author's idea of designing embedded systems I have a big problem.I have some books about TCP/IP and Internet (english/spanish) that are each one far superior to this one, and cover more topics deeply. I use 8, 16 and 32 bits microcontrollers in which I want to implement a TCP/IP stack, that's way I bought the book, but I've just wasted my time and money.My recomendation is DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. Try instead some tutorials in Internet, and you'll get better results and knowledges.

I've been involved with computers and electronics, professionally and personally, for more decades than I care to say. I have been on mailing lists where Jan Axelson was a member, and found her to be a knowledgeable and helpful contributor to the discussions. I believe I own all of her books, and have used them with students, as well as finding them a handy reference at times when I had trouble recalling the details on something.All that being said, this book is a big disappointment - I'm afraid this one looks like it was "phoned in", and as others have said, the "Complete" is a total misnomer - it should be titled, "Embedded Ethernet and Internet Superficial and Unfocused". It stands in stark contrast to her "Parallel Port Complete". I hope someday we will see a dramatically revised version of this book worthy of the title "Complete" (meaning lots of details on the physical layer, the OSI stack, Internet protocols, and implementation examples with common 'P families and chip sets).It pains me to give such a negative review for a book by someone whose contributions to our field I respect, but I suppose we all have our off days, and this book appears to be proof that even someone as knowledgeable as Ms. Axelson is not immune.I will note in closing that I have just pre-ordered "USB Complete: The developer's guide 4th Edition" and trust that it will be a better reference than this was.

This would have been a great help but is simply not a general treatment but more a marketing vehicle for a few product offerings.

este libro esta muy completo en sus temas, se entienden muy bien, el concimiento esta al nivel de aprenderlo cualquiera que conozca de computadoras

Very high quality. Recomended

Ich muß sagen, dass ich vom Inhalt enttäuscht bin. Zum großen Teilbesteht das Buch aus Informationen und Produktbeschreibungen(Rabbit 3xxx Serie), die es vom Hersteller frei Haus gibt.Dazu kommen einige Grundlagen zu Verkabelung (Twisted-pair Kabel) und zu Protokollen wie FTP, SMTP und POP3, die anderswo besser erklärt werden, entsprechende Literatur hat man wahrscheinlich schon zu Hause.Dies ist, grob gesehen, der Inhalt von 'Embedded Ethernet and Internet (!) Complete'.Leider kein großer Wurf, aber zumindest hat es meinen Horizont erweitert(Stichwort:TINI400 und JStik).Für Entwickler, die ihre Embedded Computer um Ethernet erweitern wollen,aber nur von geringem Gebrauchswert...

VERY GOOD BOOK