Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless Networking

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi

Pub. Date: April 2004 | Publisher: Que | Format: pdf | Series: Absolute Beginner's Guide Series | ISBN-13: 9780789731159 | ISBN: 0789731150 | Size: 8mb www.woebooks.com

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Wi-Fi is a book for beginners who want to join the Wi-Fi revolution. Using easy-to-understand language, this book teaches you all you need to know about Wi-Fi, from choosing the Wi-Fi system that is right for you to

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adding a Wi-Fi card and related software to finding hotspots and access points. With the help of this book, you will be able to configure a home network and share internet connections quickly and easily. In addition, the book covers all important security issues so that a user is less exposed to threats, as well as the dos and don'ts of traveling with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Pt. I Why Wi-Fi? 5

1 Entering a world without wires 7

2 Understanding Wi-Fi 15

3 Hitting the road with Wi-Fi 23

4 Networking without wires 35

Pt. II Setting up your computer for Wi-Fi 47

5 Buying a Wi-Fi laptop 49

6 Buying a Wi-Fi PDA 65

7 Playing with Wi-Fi gadgets 73

8 Adding Wi-Fi to a mobile computer 85

9 Wi-Fi on your desktop 103

Pt. III Going mobile with Wi-Fi 125

10 Tools for the perfect road warrior 127

11 Where can you Wi-Fi? 135

12 Working with national Wi-Fi networks 153

Pt. IV Creating a Wi-Fi network 161

13 Buying a Wi-Fi access point or router 163

14 Setting up your access point 175

15 Configuring your Wi-Fi network 195

16 Sharing an internet connection 211

17 Adding Wi-Fi antennas to your network 225

Pt. V Securing your Wi-Fi computer and network 235

18 Protecting your mobile Wi-Fi computer 237

19 Securing your Wi-Fi network 249

Pt. VI Appendixes 265

A Wireless standards 267

B Finding Wi-Fi Hotspots 273

Glossary of terms 281

Index 287