Re: Back in 80s I read a book ...

[Bryan Holloway via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet#In_media


On 10/23/25 01:17, Shrikumar.H via NANOG wrote:
> I think this was Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
>
> Pages are sequenced packets. Rip up the book, blow it in the breeze across
> the fence. Neighbor looks for pages upto some timeout, and then requests
> retransmission of missing pages -- is that what you recall?
>
> Sender has to have additional copies of the book to rip up for rexmit... that
> was left as an exercise for the reader :-)
>
> -- //Shrikumar
>
> PS: Prof Tanenbaum is also credit with other gems such as "do not
> underestimate the bandwidth of a horse carriage rattling down the carriage
> way", and "The best thing about standards is that there are so many to
> choose from"
>
>
>
> ---Original Message---
> > From: Ilissa Miller via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:25:59 -0400
> > To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > Cc: Ilissa Miller <ilissa () imillerpr com>
> > Subject: Re: Back in 80s I read a book ...
> >
> > Did you mean this one?
> >
> > *Looking Over the Fence at Networks: A Neighbor???s View of Networking
> > Research* (2001) by the National Research Council.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 5:23???PM Jonathan Black via NANOG <
> > nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> >
> > > ... that used an analogy of 2 neighbors communicating over a fence to
> > > explain how TCP works.  I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that book.
> > > Does anyone else remember that book or the analogy?
> > >
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