Build Your Own Wireless LAN (with Projects) [Paperback]

James Trulove (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071380450 | ISBN-13: 978-0071380454 | Publication Date: May 29, 2002 | Edition: 1

Complete deployment plan for a simple wireless network, and the projects to build them

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Review

Ideal for professionals and non-techies alike, this self-tutoring guide provides a painless way to learn wireless LAN design and development with off-the-shelf products. It includes a complete deployment plan for simple wireless networks, projects built with just a WaveLAN card and ethernet connection. The guide also shows how to tune networks with the latest range-enhancement and interference-minimization techniques. (Poptronics )

From the Back Cover

Introducing wireless LANs, the fastest way to network computers!

Whether you are connecting your laptop PC to the Internet or building a sophisticated wireless LAN for your company, this comprehensive guide will give you the information you need to make your design a success! In progressive steps, you will move from learning the fundamentals of WLAN technology to working on increasingly complex wireless projects. You will learn how to build and use wireless LANs for home, office, business, and campus and Internet access.

BUILD YOUR OWN WIRELESS NETWORK:
* Shows you how to design, install, and configure IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs at data rates of 11 – 54 Mbps, and higher!
* Explains how radio-frequency operation works
* Gets to the bottom of IEEE 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
* Discusses WLAN operation with Bluetooth or HomeRF
* Makes you familiar with wireless network interface cards, access points, antennas, cabling, and amplifiers
* Supplies details on operating WLANs with PCs, cell phones, and PDAs
* Includes information on integrating your WLAN with complete home automation systems

YOU'LL ALSO LEARN HOW TO:
* Provide authentication, access, security, encryption, routing, and firewalling for WLANs
* Extend the range of your WLAN coverage using directional antennas
* Perform field measurements to verify coverage
* Manage potential sources of interference and noise
* Install point-to-point and point-to-multipoint bridge links
* Interface your WLAN to high-speed DSL and Cable Modem access lines

Here’s your complete guide to connecting PCs and PDAs wirelessly for an entire building…or just to surf the Internet from your easy chair!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (May 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071380450
• ISBN-13: 978-0071380454
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,879,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For those of us who like to go it on our own, July 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Build Your Own Wireless LAN (with Projects) (Paperback)

This is yet another great book in that old Tab BYO series. If you're the type who'd rather upgrade last year's model than go back to Dell for who-knows-what's-inside, this is for you. I was out to wire my church campus last weekend without a whole lot of success. The problem ended up being the antenna wich I never would've figured out without this book. I wouldn't say it was easy but it wasn't hard either, once I read Chapter 5.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much about cross-platform issues, June 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Build Your Own Wireless LAN (with Projects) (Paperback)

It's always disappointing to get a book that is one-dimensional.
Here's one for you. Linux information? The word Linux is mentioned one time. Apple info? Same thing, so if you're looking for getting your wireless lan truly cross-platform compatible, this book doesn't do it. On the one hand, it's more general than that. But on the other hand, when it gets specific, it's exclusively talking Windows. So that's a minus.

Beyond that, it is an ok general overview of the issues involved with setting up wireless lans, and it also has information on other wireless technologies that one might use. Most discussion is for the newbie, so if that's you, maybe this book could help. Although the way technical writing for Windows is, things always sound more complicated than they really are. The typeface is enlarged Dummies style, which is mildly annoying. Large type = little substance.