I'm not a genious, but when I was starting out in networking, the
books of choice were:
Internetworking with TCP/IP - Douglas E Comer
TCP/IP Illustrated - W. Richard Stevens
Both of them are 2 or 3 volume sets. My copy of Comer is dated 1991 and Stevens is 1994, so they are a bit dated. I would also be interested if there is a new IP bible
