Duntemann J. Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide

Scottsdale: Paraglyph Press, 2003. - 400 p.
ISBN: 1-932111-74-3Jeff Duntemann's Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide provides everything Wi-Fi users need to know to design, build, protect, and extend a Wi-Fi wireless network In this book, legendary tech teacher, wireless expert, and best-selling author Jeff Duntemann explains how to make Wi-Fi really work. Easy and economical hands-on projects allow readers to boost power with a variety of common household items, which make this book a true standout.Making Connections by Cutting the Cables.
A Drive-By Wi-Fi Overview.
Networking, Ethernet-Style.
Your Net and the Internet.
Designing Your Wi-Fi Network.
Choosing a Wireless Technology.
Wi-Fi Communities.
The Dream of Community Hotspots.
What You Need and What to Do With It.
Access Points and Gateways.
Client Adapters.
Antennas, Cables, and Connectors.
Installing a Small Wi-Fi Network.
Building the Multi-Zone Wi-Fi Network.
Wi-Fi Warriors on the Road.
Un-Wired Security.
Balancing Risk and Trust in a Complicated World.
What Hackers Can Do and How You Can Thwart Them.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).
Looking Ahead: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
Setting Up Security.
The Tin Can Bandwidth Expander Project.
Bridging Two Networks.
The Parabolic Mesh Reflector Project.
Going Wardriving.
Warchalking.
What You'll Need for Wardriving.
NetStumbler's Log Files.
Mapping Stumbled Stations with MapPoint and Stumbverter.
Appendix A: Directory of Suppliers.
Appendix B: FCC Regulations Governing Wi-Fi.
Power Limits.
Interference with Other Users.
Appendix C: Finding Your TCP/IP Configuration Data.
Windows XP and 2000.
Windows 95, 98, and ME.
Encyclopedia of 802.11 Standards.