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Wi-Fi Home Networking

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If you are setting up, administering, or just want to learn about WiFi networks this is the perfect book. The book covers everything from terminology through security and down to products needed. I was amazed to find also find product descriptions and best buys included which saved me a bundle. I found this book extremely informative. The text supplied the knowledge to secure my current network from intrusion and gave details of why, when and how. If you have been searching for a book for beginners and advanced users this is the book. I was impressed that the authors delivered so much information in an easily understood format while maintaining the interest of IT professionals like me who have been in the field for years. Overall just a great book. Thanks for demonstrating that IT can be accessible for everyone!

I'm glad I got this book because I didn't know you could do all that stuff that he talks about. It's pretty simple the way he puts it and not too technical to read. It's not about rocket science. I set up my network at home and it works well. You can tell this guy's done it for real. Definitely worth the money.

Wi-Fi was a scary step - but now that we've got it, we'll never be tied down to wires again. We are so glad we started out by first reading this book. It explains in PLAIN English what you should know BEFORE investing money and hard work. The detailed illustrations and CD really helped. The glossary alone is worth the price of the book. And the author's easy style of writing makes the technical stuff easy to understand. Definitely read this book before you get started.

What a helpful book! I abhor manuals because of all the techno-language. This book is direct and easy to understand.

Glad I didn't pay very much for this book. It's a good history of WiFi and was probably very good information back in 2002-2003 but it's out of date in today's WiFi world. It only mentions 802.11g protocols and doesn't touch on the new 802.11n protocol. Instead it concentrates on the 802.11a and 11b protocols which are being phased out for the faster and longer range 11g and 11n protocols. My recommendation is to save your money and look for a more up-to-date book on WiFi networking. There have been many advances with home networks and the WiFi equipment used to set them up. This book is obsolete.

Wi-Fi solves a lot of problems for us at home. Once we got cable internet, we could use the Wi-Fi station to hook everyone into it. It seems just as fast for all of us as for one. We only have one printer, but now everyone can print to it. And the phone line is available instead of being tied up by the modem in the evening, which is when everyone wanted to use it. We're never going back.