Practical books on computer networks?

Question

Books

I am reading a book on Tanenbaum's computer networks, but as I understand it, it is rather theoretical.
Tell me what practical literature on computer networks to read in order to consolidate the theory.

Answer 1

theory is fixed in practice, not in books

Answer 2

Tanebaum, Olifer are exclusively theoretical books written as textbooks for universities. This does not mean that they are bad, but there is a minimum of practice (only control questions).
In Russian I recommend the book -
Computer networks. Top-Down Approach
There are examples of writing network applications in Python.
If you know English, I recommend The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Mod... . There, specific topologies are dealt with throughout the book.
For practice:
Collect on aliexpress a thread of a computer on Xeon. The main thing is a bunch of cores and the ability to install a large number of DDR3 ECC cheap RAM. Then install this software - https://pnetlab.com , choose any lab from herehttps://user.pnetlab.com/store/labs/view and decide. You can also create your own lab. A bunch of real hardware OSes are supported (Cisco, Juniper, Mikrotik, etc.).

Answer 3

The OSI stack has not changed. I also recommend Andrew Tanenbaum