does anyone know of a good programing book for tcp/ip, lang c++. i have a basic understanding for the osi model along with c++ in gerneral. is there a good step by step, a book that will hold my hand, through the process of writing programs that use tcp/ip? i'm looking to writing my own program that will ping address, or string of address. i've made my own program that will create a batch file, that when run, will ping a string of ip address, that creates a *.txt file on the results. very tedious looking throught the txt file to see which hosts are alive. i will post my source code for further understanding.