Wireless networks for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis
| Wireless networks for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis |
| Autore | Lewis Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.6/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DavisPeter T |
| Collana | --For dummies |
| Soggetto topico | Wireless LANs |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7645-7977-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Wireless Networks For Dummies; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Planning and Acquiring Your Network; Chapter 1: Removing the Tethers: Entering the Wireless World; Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Going Wireless; Applications of Wireless Networks; Sorting Out the Nets: Do I Need a WPAN, WLAN, or WMAN?; Using Wireless Networks; Turning a Notion into a Network
Convergence of Wireless Technologies - What Will the Future Hold?Chapter 2: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail; Evaluating Your Wireless Needs; Preparing for a Site Survey; Using Site Survey Equipment to Get It Right; Doing That Site Survey; Describing Your Final Plan in a Site Survey Report; Chapter 3: Matching Wireless Technologies to Your Plan; Choosing the Right Networking Hardware; Are You Being Served? IBSS, BSS, and ESS; Selecting the Wireless Mode; Gearing Up to Send and Receive Signals; Understanding and Using Layer 2 and 3 Concepts; Part II: Implementing Your Wireless Network Chapter 4: Getting a Quick Start with Wireless Personal Area NetworksUnderstanding IrDA; Understanding Bluetooth; IrDA and Bluetooth Comparison; Chapter 5: Moving On to a Wireless LAN: Your Wireless Access Point; Parts Is Parts - Do You Have Them All?; Connecting and Configuring Your Access Point; Initial Setup and Testing; Turning Off the Defaults; Testing the Signal; Chapter 6: Connecting Your Clients; Adding Hardware to the PC; Installing the Wireless Hardware; Configuring the Client's Operating System; Making Sure the Connection Works; Chapter 7: Building the Multi-Zone Network Roaming Around with a Wireless MachineLoad Balancing - Are All Zones Used Equally?; Chapter 8: Using Wireless on the Road to Connect to the Office; Spontaneous Communities: Ad Hoc Networks; Wi-Fi Warriors on the Road; E-Mailing Wirelessly with Microsoft Exchange; Wireless Hot Spots: What's New Around the World?; Part III: Using Your Network Securely; Chapter 9: Considering a Deadbolt: Understanding the Risks of Wireless Networks; Risks to the Network; Risks to Your Users; Risks to Your Data; Chapter 10: Designing a Secure Network; Security as a Cost of Doing Business Developing a Security ArchitectureDeveloping a Wireless Security Policy; Developing Wireless Security Standards; Developing Wireless Security Best Practices; Managing Your Wireless Security Policy; Designing a Secure Network; Performing a Risk Analysis; Chapter 11: Maintaining Network Security; Understanding Security Mechanisms; Three States of Authentication; Protecting Privacy; Protecting Message Integrity; Filtering the Chaff; Using Encryption; Protecting WEP Keys; Using Port Authentication; Chapter 12: Secure Wireless Access with Virtual Private Networking; Secure Access with a VPN Deploying VPNs in WLANs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449938203321 |
Lewis Barry
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wireless networks for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis
| Wireless networks for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis |
| Autore | Lewis Barry |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 004.6/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DavisPeter T |
| Collana | --For dummies |
| Soggetto topico | Wireless LANs |
| ISBN | 0-7645-7977-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Wireless Networks For Dummies; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Planning and Acquiring Your Network; Chapter 1: Removing the Tethers: Entering the Wireless World; Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Going Wireless; Applications of Wireless Networks; Sorting Out the Nets: Do I Need a WPAN, WLAN, or WMAN?; Using Wireless Networks; Turning a Notion into a Network
Convergence of Wireless Technologies - What Will the Future Hold?Chapter 2: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail; Evaluating Your Wireless Needs; Preparing for a Site Survey; Using Site Survey Equipment to Get It Right; Doing That Site Survey; Describing Your Final Plan in a Site Survey Report; Chapter 3: Matching Wireless Technologies to Your Plan; Choosing the Right Networking Hardware; Are You Being Served? IBSS, BSS, and ESS; Selecting the Wireless Mode; Gearing Up to Send and Receive Signals; Understanding and Using Layer 2 and 3 Concepts; Part II: Implementing Your Wireless Network Chapter 4: Getting a Quick Start with Wireless Personal Area NetworksUnderstanding IrDA; Understanding Bluetooth; IrDA and Bluetooth Comparison; Chapter 5: Moving On to a Wireless LAN: Your Wireless Access Point; Parts Is Parts - Do You Have Them All?; Connecting and Configuring Your Access Point; Initial Setup and Testing; Turning Off the Defaults; Testing the Signal; Chapter 6: Connecting Your Clients; Adding Hardware to the PC; Installing the Wireless Hardware; Configuring the Client's Operating System; Making Sure the Connection Works; Chapter 7: Building the Multi-Zone Network Roaming Around with a Wireless MachineLoad Balancing - Are All Zones Used Equally?; Chapter 8: Using Wireless on the Road to Connect to the Office; Spontaneous Communities: Ad Hoc Networks; Wi-Fi Warriors on the Road; E-Mailing Wirelessly with Microsoft Exchange; Wireless Hot Spots: What's New Around the World?; Part III: Using Your Network Securely; Chapter 9: Considering a Deadbolt: Understanding the Risks of Wireless Networks; Risks to the Network; Risks to Your Users; Risks to Your Data; Chapter 10: Designing a Secure Network; Security as a Cost of Doing Business Developing a Security ArchitectureDeveloping a Wireless Security Policy; Developing Wireless Security Standards; Developing Wireless Security Best Practices; Managing Your Wireless Security Policy; Designing a Secure Network; Performing a Risk Analysis; Chapter 11: Maintaining Network Security; Understanding Security Mechanisms; Three States of Authentication; Protecting Privacy; Protecting Message Integrity; Filtering the Chaff; Using Encryption; Protecting WEP Keys; Using Port Authentication; Chapter 12: Secure Wireless Access with Virtual Private Networking; Secure Access with a VPN Deploying VPNs in WLANs |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783515403321 |
Lewis Barry
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Wireless networks for dummies / / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis
| Wireless networks for dummies / / by Barry Lewis and Peter T. Davis |
| Autore | Lewis Barry |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina |
004.6/8
004.68 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DavisPeter T |
| Collana | --For dummies |
| Soggetto topico | Wireless LANs |
| ISBN |
9780764579776
0764579770 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Wireless Networks For Dummies; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Planning and Acquiring Your Network; Chapter 1: Removing the Tethers: Entering the Wireless World; Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Going Wireless; Applications of Wireless Networks; Sorting Out the Nets: Do I Need a WPAN, WLAN, or WMAN?; Using Wireless Networks; Turning a Notion into a Network
Convergence of Wireless Technologies - What Will the Future Hold?Chapter 2: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail; Evaluating Your Wireless Needs; Preparing for a Site Survey; Using Site Survey Equipment to Get It Right; Doing That Site Survey; Describing Your Final Plan in a Site Survey Report; Chapter 3: Matching Wireless Technologies to Your Plan; Choosing the Right Networking Hardware; Are You Being Served? IBSS, BSS, and ESS; Selecting the Wireless Mode; Gearing Up to Send and Receive Signals; Understanding and Using Layer 2 and 3 Concepts; Part II: Implementing Your Wireless Network Chapter 4: Getting a Quick Start with Wireless Personal Area NetworksUnderstanding IrDA; Understanding Bluetooth; IrDA and Bluetooth Comparison; Chapter 5: Moving On to a Wireless LAN: Your Wireless Access Point; Parts Is Parts - Do You Have Them All?; Connecting and Configuring Your Access Point; Initial Setup and Testing; Turning Off the Defaults; Testing the Signal; Chapter 6: Connecting Your Clients; Adding Hardware to the PC; Installing the Wireless Hardware; Configuring the Client's Operating System; Making Sure the Connection Works; Chapter 7: Building the Multi-Zone Network Roaming Around with a Wireless MachineLoad Balancing - Are All Zones Used Equally?; Chapter 8: Using Wireless on the Road to Connect to the Office; Spontaneous Communities: Ad Hoc Networks; Wi-Fi Warriors on the Road; E-Mailing Wirelessly with Microsoft Exchange; Wireless Hot Spots: What's New Around the World?; Part III: Using Your Network Securely; Chapter 9: Considering a Deadbolt: Understanding the Risks of Wireless Networks; Risks to the Network; Risks to Your Users; Risks to Your Data; Chapter 10: Designing a Secure Network; Security as a Cost of Doing Business Developing a Security ArchitectureDeveloping a Wireless Security Policy; Developing Wireless Security Standards; Developing Wireless Security Best Practices; Managing Your Wireless Security Policy; Designing a Secure Network; Performing a Risk Analysis; Chapter 11: Maintaining Network Security; Understanding Security Mechanisms; Three States of Authentication; Protecting Privacy; Protecting Message Integrity; Filtering the Chaff; Using Encryption; Protecting WEP Keys; Using Port Authentication; Chapter 12: Secure Wireless Access with Virtual Private Networking; Secure Access with a VPN Deploying VPNs in WLANs |
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Wireless Networks for Dummies.
For Dummies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953376103321 |
Lewis Barry
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| Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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