Second Edition Errata
Page 25
The top of the speaker graphic is cropped.
Page 33
The section:
Proprietary implementations from a few manufacturers became de facto standards and are good examples of typical control implementations. Two of these are covered later, in the “Sony 9-Pin Protocol (Obsolete),” on page 334, and the “Sony 9-Pin Protocol (Obsolete)” section on page 334.
Was an editing mistake and should read:
Proprietary implementations from a few manufacturers became de facto standards. For example, the “Sony 9-Pin Protocol (Obsolete),” on page 334.
First Edition Errata
Page 145
I got the data lines in the graphic wrong (in the previous edition!); the corrected graphic is shown at right.
Page 149
DSR and DTR are referred to in the text as DCE Ready and DTE Ready. It is not immediately evident to newbies that DCE Ready and DCR are the same thing.
Found by Eric Cantrell, September 2012
Page 155
Just above the tables at the bottom you state mini and micro have fire wires not five.
Found by Andrew Myles, August 2012
Page 162
Technically ARP sits somewhere between Layer 2 and Layer 3, so while putting it under 'Higher Layers' is partially correct, it's probably easier if you left it out the table.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012
Page 171
On the paragraph that starts "Full-duplex switches", at the end of the first sentence, it says "cir-circuitry."
Found by Richard Cadena, November 2012
Page 174
Steve Carlson needs to be index marked in the grey box.
Page 183
IPv4 gives 4294967296 (off by one here) addresses.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012
Page 204
First sentence under the Wireshark section seems to be missing a period between Wireshark8 and Wireshark.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012
In the first paragraph, it says "hetstat" rather than "netstat".
Found by Myles Ambrose, July 2012
Page 205
It isn't clear in the text if Port Mirroring is a feature of WireShark, the computer, or the managed switch. The index points to the one mention on page 205, but it is clarified in the glossary.
Found by Eric Cantrell, September 2012
Page 219
4th line says, "Through the use default gateway..." but should say "Through the use of the default gateway".
Found by Richard Cadena, November 2012
Page 231
"Packets from show control to lighting would be send" should read "Packets from show control to lighting would be sent"
Page 233
IPv4 gives 4294967296 (off by one here) addresses.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012
Page 236
Anycast isn't IPv6 specific. Many providers (like Google) use IPv4 anycast. Also web hosting isn't the best example for anycast because a routing change on the internet can cause TCP flows to be redirected which resets user connections. Anycast is mostly used for DNS since it's UDP and stateless.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012.
Page 243
In the diagram Universe 3 is missing a hyphen between 1-25 and 1536.
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012.
Page 263
Should be 281474976710656 RDM addresses (off by one)
Found by Simon Newton, July 2012
