This will explain the basics of LANs in a fun, but very thorough way: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technology/dp/0470287152 https://www.

This will explain the basics of LANs in a fun, but very thorough way: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technology/dp/0470287152 https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Switch-Book-Switching-Technol... And this one will fill out your knowledge on the routing side, although it is rather dry: https://www.amazon.com/Network-Routing-Algorithms-Architectures-Networking-ebook/dp/B005HRE41W https://www.amazon.com/Network-Routing-Algorithms-Architectu...