
Wireless Network Administration A Beginner's Guide
Wale Soyinka(Author)
Osborne/McGraw-Hill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 16. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-07-163921-7 (ISBN)
Description
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Learn the essentials of wireless networkingConfigure, manage, and secure wireless networks using the step-by-step details in this practical resource. Wireless Network Administration: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to work with the latest wireless networking standards, including the 802.11x family, on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. The book covers wireless network planning, design, hardware, services, protocols, device configuration, security, troubleshooting, and more. This hands-on guide will get you started administering wireless networks in no time.
Get details on regulatory and technical organizations
Learn about different wireless standards and the basics of RF technologies
Understand and determine client-side hardware requirements, including chipsets and various wireless interfaces
Select infrastructure-side wireless hardware, such as antennas, wireless access points (WAPs), residential gateways, switches/controllers, routers, and bridges
Learn about WLANs, WWANs, WMANs, and WPANs
Work with standard wireless network protocols--TCP/IP (IPv4 and IPv6)
Understand DNS, DHCP, and other supporting infrastructure services
Secure wireless networks using cryptography
Configure infrastructure devices, including a wireless access point device and wireless network switches and controllers
Configure and manage wireless Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux clients
Plan, design, survey, deploy, and troubleshoot your wireless network
Get details on regulatory and technical organizations
Learn about different wireless standards and the basics of RF technologies
Understand and determine client-side hardware requirements, including chipsets and various wireless interfaces
Select infrastructure-side wireless hardware, such as antennas, wireless access points (WAPs), residential gateways, switches/controllers, routers, and bridges
Learn about WLANs, WWANs, WMANs, and WPANs
Work with standard wireless network protocols--TCP/IP (IPv4 and IPv6)
Understand DNS, DHCP, and other supporting infrastructure services
Secure wireless networks using cryptography
Configure infrastructure devices, including a wireless access point device and wireless network switches and controllers
Configure and manage wireless Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux clients
Plan, design, survey, deploy, and troubleshoot your wireless network
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
0 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
633 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-163921-7 (9780071639217)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Wale Soyinka wears many hats, all fitting to varying degrees. he is a father, an author, a producer, a system administrator, an open source evangelist, a network administrator, a hacker, an entrepreneur, and a chef. Wale has written an extensive librar of Linux administration training materials, including the fifth, and sixth editions of Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide. He is also the author or Wireless Netowrk Administration: A Beginner's Guide.
Content
Part I: Overview; Chapter 1. Regulatory and Technical Organizations; Chapter 2. Wireless Communication Building Blocks; Chapter 3. Wireless Standards; Part II: Hardware; Chapter 4. Wireless Hardware: Client Side; Chapter 5. Wireless Hardware: Infrastructure Side; Part III: WLAN, WWAN, WMAN, and WPAN; Chapter 6. WLAN; Chapter 7. WWANs, WMANs, and WPANs; Chapter 8. Wireless Network Services and Protocols: TCP/IP; Chapter 9. Standard Wireless Network Infrastructure Services and Protocols: DNS, DHCP; Chapter 10. Optional Infrastructure Services and Protocols; Chapter 11. Securing Wireless Networks: Fundamentals; Part IV: Wireless Devices Configuration and Other Wireless Network Considerations; Chapter 12. Infrastructure Device Configuration; Chapter 13. Microsoft Windows Clients; Chapter 14. Apple OS X Clients; Chapter 15. Linux Clients; Chapter 16. Plan, Design, Survey, and Deploy; Appendix A. Troubleshooting Wireless Networks; Index