Internet for the Completely Ignorant

[Rich Alderson]

In article <1991Jun12.194021.2478 at hermesa.uucp>, mark at hermesa (Mark McWiggins) writes:
>I'm not *completely* ignorant, but I've been a uucp-only Usenet user for
>some years, and my organization now has an Internet number.  We're unsure
>of all our options and would generally like background on the setup of
>the Internet, etc.
>
>Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody
>in this position?  Thanks in advance.

I would recommend that you obtain Internet RFC 1118 ("The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet") and perhaps RFC 1180 ("TCP/IP tutorial").
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