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Jeff Duntemann's WiFi Guide 2nd Edition
The first edition of this book has quickly become the
best-selling guide for Wi-Fi users around the world. Master
technical author, Jeff Duntemann, makes tangled Wi-Fi
technological issues very comprehensible. Jeff explains the
blizzard of Wi-Fi concepts and standards, including the new
802.11g, the complex and fluky security
issues, and shows
users how to protect themselves from both obvious and
non-obvious threats. He also covers the human element in the
Wi-Fi movement, including hacker threats and Wi-Fi
communities. Jeff's coverage of wardriving has been highly
praised by many Wi-Fi experts and the top Wi-Fi Web sites.
Many technical drawings clarify difficult concepts, with
abundant Web pointers to further information. The book
features numerous hands-on projects that can dramatically
increase the performance of home and small business Wi-Fi
systems. Some of the important and new topics covered in the
book include:
Money-saving Wi-Fi network design and implementation
techniques
Wi-Fi communities
Access points and gateways
Security and privacy
Wireless security auditing with WarLinux and Kismet
The art of wardriving
How to create powerful low-cost antennas
How to protect yourself against clever hackers
FEATURES:
Some of the important and new topics covered in the book include:
Money-saving Wi-Fi network design and implementation techniques
Wi-Fi communities
Access points and gateways
Security and privacy
Wireless security auditing with WarLinux and Kismet
The art of wardriving
How to create powerful low-cost antennas
How to protect yourself against clever hackers
CONTENTS:
Making connections by cutting the cables
Networking, ethernet-style
Your net & the internet
Designing your Wi-Fi network
Wi-Fi communities
Access points
WiFi client adapters
Testing it out
Speckled axe
What hackers can do
WEP
WPA
The tin can bandwidth expander
Going wardriving
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