- Data communications, computer networks and open systems. Fred Halsall. Addison-Wessley. ISBN 0-201-42293-x . A little outdated, but the basic concepts are still the same.
- Ethernet, the definitive guide. C.E.Spurgeon. O'Reilly. ISBN 1-56592-660-9
All about ethernet.
to start read tanenbaum's computer network for more infos check out garcia's communication networks and to see how the formulas and other algorithms works see gallagher's data networks