<h1>About this site</h1>

<p>This companion site is a clearinghouse for supplementary resources and news related to the textbook Computer Networks 5/E.</p>
 
<h1>About Computer Networks 5/E</h1>

<p>Computer Networks is a critically acclaimed textbook that has been used to teach students computer networking for over 30 years. Now in its 5th edition, Computer Networks 5/E, or CN5E, covers modern networking concepts from the physical to the application layer and security. A comprehensive set of supplementary resources provides problem, lecture, and lab materials for instructors. The text is widely used around the world and has been translated into many different languages.</p>


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<h1>About the Authors</h1>

<p><a href="http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/"><img src="http://computernetworks5e.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AndrewTanenbaum-e1375310162916-150x150.png" alt="AndrewTanenbaum" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-95" /></a><b>Andrew S. Tanenbaum</b> is a Professor of Computer Science at <a href="http://www.vu.nl/en/">Vrije Universiteteit</a>, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a fellow of IEEE and ACM and a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He recently won a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant of 2.5 million to do research on highly reliable computer systems. Tanenbaum has also authored or coauthored the following titles: <a href="http://www.pearsonhighered.com/tanenbaum/">Structured Computer Organization, Sixth Edition</a>; <a href="http://www.pearsonhighered.com/tanenbaum/">Modern Operating Systems, Third Edition</a>; <a href="http://www.pearsonhighered.com/tanenbaum/">Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, Third Edition</a>; and <a href="http://www.pearsonhighered.com/tanenbaum/">Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, Second Edition</a>, all published by Prentice Hall.</p>

<p><b>David Wetherall</b></p>