UNIX Network programming

I'm trying to put together a summer class for me and a few of my classmates. The class will be given a credit this fall. The Topic will be Unix Network Programming for Unix. We will have some IBM R6000's to work on, with AIX 4.2 and/or yellow dog (as yet to be determined if/how much a role each with play)

I need textbook suggestions and a listing of what you guys would think would be good course objectives for the clas. we have 3 weeks to be finalized in our outline, it will be class-driven instruction (aka just us, no teach).

as for books I've already took a gander at:

http://www.course.com/catalog/produ...FTOKEN=67753492
--OR--
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...4389951-1517458

but I'm wanting to keep my options open just incase one of you guys throw any pearls at me.


please respond back,
joel

The book behind your second link is the Unix Network Programming Bible. Good choice.

I personally like "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie (the "inventors" of C). This is where I learned (and understood) the C language with. But I have talked to people with very different oppinions about the book.
This would be the prerequsite to Stevenson's books.

Another recommended read for your classmates could be the "TCP/IP Illustrated" series (also by Stevens, listed below at your amazon link). But this is probably too much to learn (and pay ) for one semester, more for the really interested who want to advance to the "pro" level.

M.

yeah two of us will already have a working knowledge of C++ by the time we get into this class. I've studied Common C on my own, and there's a review of C vs C++ we have to pass before the beginning of the year. The other guy (so far there's three of us, a possible fourth) so we should have the requisite knowledge of C inplace before we even get started, we can teach the third guy by example.

we're already talking about maybe making this a two class thing, like an Intro. to Unix Network Programming and Intermediate Unix Network Programming, do you think we could use this for both classes, or would we go through this book in the intro class?

The teacher who's helping us, said he wanted to be able to order a free copy so he could look through it and tell us if it's good enough to use.

Finally, do you have any suggestions for an intro class to read out of the book?