Overview
CD-ROM packed with diagnostic and troubleshooting software!
PRACTICAL, AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE ON KEEPING A WIRELESS NETWORK WORKING HARD FOR YOUR BUSINESS!
With annual equipment sales projected to grow to more than $5 billion by mid-decade, wireless networking is clearly a technology whose time has come. But with many wireless networks expected to be created at both small offices and home offices, where can people charged with maintaining them get comprehensive information to help them do just that? The answer is McGraw-Hill’s Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks.
Written with insight by a noted IT expert and commentator, this book provides comprehensive coverage of this rapidly emerging technology, and in the process:
* Introduces all wireless components, both “off-the-shelf” and subscriber products
* Covers WiFi technologies as 802.11a and b
* Includes all scales of wireless networks, from home to office, cafes and campuses, airports and hotels, to MANs, and describes what’s best for different needs
* Shows how to integrate wired and wireless LANs
* Discusses the benefits and pitfalls of wireless technologies
* Advises how to set up and maintain security features
* And much, much more!
Basic enough for the hobbyist — and yet still detailed enough for the IT professional — Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks is the essential survival guide for keeping a wireless network up and running.
Synopsis
CD-ROM packed with diagnostic and troubleshooting software!
PRACTICAL, AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE ON KEEPING A WIRELESS NETWORK WORKING HARD FOR YOUR BUSINESS!
With annual equipment sales projected to grow to more than $5 billion by mid-decade, wireless networking is clearly a technology whose time has come. But with many wireless networks expected to be created at both small offices and home offices, where can people charged with maintaining them get comprehensive information to help them do just that? The answer is McGraw-Hill's Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks.
Written with insight by a noted IT expert and commentator, this book provides comprehensive coverage of this rapidly emerging technology, and in the process:
* Introduces all wireless components, both off-the-shelf and subscriber products
* Covers WiFi technologies as 802.11a and b
* Includes all scales of wireless networks, from home to office, cafes and campuses, airports and hotels, to MANs, and describes what's best for different needs
* Shows how to integrate wired and wireless LANs
* Discusses the benefits and pitfalls of wireless technologies
* Advises how to set up and maintain security features
* And much, much more!
Basic enough for the hobbyist — and yet still detailed enough for the IT professional — Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks is the essential survival guide for keeping a wireless network up and running.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIf you could have only one source of information for wireless networking technology, this might just be the book for you. It covers it all, from standards to components, and does so in a manner that is straightforward and easy to read. It is a basic "how-to" guide for wireless network installation and management in the home or office, focusing on what is commonly known as IEEE 802.11 and wireless fidelity (WiFi) wireless networking technologies -- their implementation and problem solving.
Jim Aspinwall starts with a basic explanation of wireless concepts and technologies in the first chapter. He then moves on to discuss wireless criteria in Chapter 2 in order to help readers understand their needs and the feasibility of going wireless. In the next three chapters, he discusses what you need to know about the various equipment and configuration options (from access points to antennas, cabling to client software) for designing, installing, and setting up a wireless network
Chapter 6 covers several typical installation types. Chapter 7 is perhaps the most exciting of all: The installation and, hopefully, the first connection of your wireless network components! Chapter 8 shows you how to get wireless everywhere -- or to the locations you want it to reach. Next, the author does an excellent job of discussing wireless network security in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 covers all of the different types of software for wireless networks. Then, Chapter 11 presents two distinctly different implementations of integrated wireless security and access control applications, as well as a security analysis program. Chapter 12 appears to be out of place amid the context of wireless networking, but it addresses an important issue when you are adding to or changing existing systems to accommodate and maintain your systems.
In Chapter 13, the author shows you how to build a typical wireless network to service a small office or home office (SOHO), using off-the-shelf products and personal computers (PCs). Chapter 14 covers neighborhood and community wireless networks; and, Chapter 15 discusses upcoming standards and trends. Finally, Chapter 16 discusses safety during the installation of antennas. All of the preceding chapters on basic system components, systems design, and example systems will help you create and maintain a safe and reliable wireless network. And, the CD that accompanies the book contains some of the most popular programs for building and peering into wireless networks.
This book is a concise account of what wireless is, where it is today, and how to implement it for tomorrow -- which is the goal, after all. So, if you are starting from scratch, or if you are already involved in wired networks, this is the book that will take you to a full-blown, well-managed wireless network. John Vacca
John Vacca, the former computer security official (CSO) for NASA's space station program (Freedom), has written 38 books about advanced storage, computer security, and aerospace technology.