What is better to read Olifer or Tanenbaum?

Question

Computer networks

Good afternoon! What book in terms of better learning is better to read? I myself am more inclined towards Olifer, because. 1) There is a paper version (for some reason, the great Talmuds are easier for me to read on paper) 2) I like the presentation of the material more.
Some say that it would be good to read both, in parallel, but there is not much time, work. So I'm looking for a better tutorial. Explain these things to me. In terms of the material presented in the books - are they both interchangeable? Tanenbaum simply sets out networks from the lower level to the highest, Olifers somehow sets out networks in general (judging by the table of contents, he has not yet read the book itself), this leads to the second question about the depth of the material. Is the depth of material in the books the same? Well, that is, if Olifer conditionally gives a general description of the network, that there are such protocols, etc. etc., and Tanenbaum conditionally has such simpletons, they work in this way and are described in detail how.
In general, which is better to choose?

Answer 1

My own IMHO.
Olifers are designed for those who do not know anything - it is not for nothing that they use it as a textbook. Tannenbaum is more academic, more "knowledge for the sake of knowledge". They are conditionally interchangeable, something like an algebra textbook for the senior grade of the school and the same textbook for the junior students of the institute :)

Answer 2

Olifer has a tangible bias in the lowest level - in the form of a signal, in its coding.
In general, I would advise "Computer networks. Top-down approach" (Kurose) - you read as you breathe, for a network administrator it's just gorgeous, no water.

Answer 3

Tanenbaum is wonderful, I would say his book is like poetry, Olifer is boring and I honestly admit that I didn’t like his presentation, something between a reference book and a network of for dummis, I’ll clarify that this is in comparison with Tanenbaum. In general, I recommend after Tanenbaum to start actively studying the manuals on the cisco and you will be a normal networker.

Answer 4

Oliferov is harder to read than Tanenbaum, but there are more subtleties.
I would advise you to take both books and act according to the algorithm:
1. We read the desired topic from Tanenbaum.
2. We read the same topic from Oliferov, skipping along the way what we have already learned from Tanenbaum.