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Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network
Wireless networks are being deployed around the world and making ubiquitous connectivity more the rule than the exception—providing service (often free) to millions of users who sud¬denly need nothing more than a laptop and wireless card to get online. But getting online is only half the battle; getting the most out of wireless networking hardware and software remains far from obvious.
Completely revised and expanded—with over 35 brand-new hacks, just as many hacks completely overhauled, and the rest meticulously updated—this new edition of Wireless Hacks brings you the knowledge of experts who apply what they know in the real world every day. Whether you’re running Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, you’ll find practical techniques for extending range, increasing throughput, man¬aging wireless resources, and generally making your wireless networking vision a reality. Learn how to:
Use Bluetooth, mobile radios, mobile data networks, cellular phones, Wi-Fi hot¬spots, GPS, and other exotic methods to keep you connected anywhere
Make wireless devices do things the designers didn’t intend and turn wired devices into wireless ones
Employ practical methods for detecting, analyzing, and monitoring your own wireless networks and those available to the public
Extend the range of your network, making the best possible use of the avail¬able radio spectrum
Design and build your own wireless access points and antennas
Survey and engineer long-distance network links spanning several miles
Understand the security issues of wireless networking, and protect yourself and your users from unauthorized access and eavesdropping
Whether your wireless network needs to extend to the other edge of your office, throughout your large house, or to the other end of town, this collection of nonobvious, “from the field” techniques will show you how to get the job done.
ISBN : 9788184043020
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Pages : 480
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