I urge you to watch this video. This is a great talk from a networking legend: "Network Protocols: Myths, Missteps, and Mysteries" by Radia Perlman. https://ww

I urge you to watch this video. This is a great talk from a networking legend: "Network Protocols: Myths, Missteps, and Mysteries" by Radia Perlman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfiMBegejQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfiMBegejQM These videos are part of an ongoing series about the history of the Internet in UK but there are general industry history facts that are interesting independent of whether you're in the UK: https://www.uknof.org.uk/history.html https://www.uknof.org.uk/history.html You also can't go wrong with the TCP/IP Illustrated books (there are 3 volumes in total, I think 2nd edition is the most recent) although, they are very in depth if yii only want an overview: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/TCP_IP_Illustrated_The_protocols.html?id=-btNds68w84C&redir_esc=y https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/TCP_IP_Illustrated_Th...