Overview

Worldwide sales of Wi-Fi equipment shot up 120% to $1.78 billion last year. An industry analyst estimates that sales will grow to $5.21 billion by 2005. While many people will experience wireless networking at home or at the office, someone will have to implement and maintain these systems. This book is for that person.In addition, the promise of “Internet everywhere” has become ubiquitous. Before that can really happen, the world needs knowledgeable people to build and support reliable infrastructures. Just how the Internet gets “everywhere” is what this book is all about. Consumers of the growing wireless market need to know as much about wireless as they did their PC hardware and software. This is the resource for them.

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Author:   Jim Aspinwall
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   TAB Books Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.854kg
ISBN:  

9780071410700

ISBN 10:   0071410708
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   16 April 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Wireless EssentialsChapter 2: Wireless Network Criteria and ExpectationsChapter 3: Wireless Network BasicsChapter 4: Antennas and CablesChapter 5: Common Wireless Network ComponentsChapter 6: Typical Wireless InstallationsChapter 7: Hardware Installation and SetupChapter 8: Extending and Maintaining CoverageChapter 9: Wireless Network SecurityChapter 10: Software for Wireless NetworksChapter 11: Wireless Access and Security SolutionsChapter 12: System Configuration DataChapter 13: Creating a SOHO Wireless NetworkChapter 14: Neighborhood and Community Wireless NetworksChapter 15: Upcoming Standards and TrendsChapter 16: Installing AntennasAPPENDIX A: CABLE CONNECTIONSAPPENDIX B: ASSEMBLING RF CONNECTORSAPPENDIX C: ON THE CD-ROMGLOSSARYINDEX

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Jim Aspinwall (Campbell, California) has been a Windows Helpdesk columnist and feature editor for CNET.com. He is the author of “The PC User’s Survival Guide,” “Troubleshooting Your PC,” and “IRQ, DMA, and I/O.” Jim is also an amateur radio operator, maintaining 5 radio transmission sites in Northern California.

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