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Soyinka, Wale. Wireless Network Administration A Beginner's Guide. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2010.

Wireless Network Administration A Beginner's Guide

Authors: Wale Soyinka

Published:  July 2010

eISBN: 9780071639224 0071639225 | ISBN: 9780071639217
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Overview
  • 1 Regulatory and Technical Organizations
  • Regulatory Organizations
  • Technical Organizations
  • Summary
  • 2 Wireless Communication Building Blocks
  • Waves
  • Modulation
  • Summary
  • 3 Wireless Standards
  • Standards
  • Summary
  • Part II: Hardware
  • 4 Wireless Hardware: Client Side
  • Chipset
  • Client-Side Wireless Hardware
  • Other Considerations for Choosing Wireless Hardware
  • Summary
  • 5 Wireless Hardware: Infrastructure Side
  • Antenna (Aerial)
  • Wireless Access Point
  • Wireless Switches and Controllers
  • Wireless Routers: SOHO and Residential Wireless Gateways
  • Wireless Bridge
  • Power over Ethernet
  • Additional Considerations
  • Summary
  • Part III: WLAN, WWAN, WMAN, and WPAN
  • 6 WLAN
  • WLAN Components and Concepts
  • WLAN Standard (IEEE 802.11)
  • Summary
  • 7 WWANs, WMANs, and WPANs
  • Wireless Wide Area Networks
  • Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
  • Wireless Personal Area Networks
  • Summary
  • Part IV: Protocols, Services, and Security in Wireless Networks
  • 8 Wireless Network Services and Protocols: TCP/IP
  • TCP/IP and UDP
  • IP-Based Networks
  • IPv6
  • Summary
  • 9 Standard Wireless Network Infrastructure Services and Protocols: DNS, DHCP
  • Domain Name System
  • DHCP
  • Summary
  • 10 Optional Infrastructure Services and Protocols
  • RADIUS
  • Diameter
  • Proxy Server
  • Summary
  • 11 Securing Wireless Networks: Fundamentals
  • Security Background
  • Cryptographic Concepts and Terms
  • Cipher Implementations
  • EAP
  • IEEE 802.11i
  • Summary
  • Part V: Wireless Devices Configuration and Other Wireless Network Considerations
  • 12 Infrastructure Device Configuration
  • The Wireless Access Point
  • The WLAN Controller
  • Summary
  • 13 Microsoft Windows Clients
  • Windows Client Configuration
  • netsh Utility
  • Wireless Odds and Ends in Windows 7
  • Summary
  • 14 Apple OS X Clients
  • Macintosh System Design
  • Mac OS X Wireless Client Configuration
  • Wireless Odds and Ends in OS X
  • Summary
  • 15 Linux Clients
  • Wireless Hardware on Linux Platforms
  • Linux Wireless Drivers
  • Wireless Network Management Tools
  • Ubuntu Wireless Client Configuration: nm
  • Generic Linux Wireless Client Configuration: CLI
  • Wireless Odds and Ends in FOSS/Linux
  • Summary
  • 16 Plan, Design, Survey, and Deploy
  • Wireless Network Planning and Designing Considerations
  • Site Survey
  • Wireless Site Deployment Examples and Considerations
  • Summary
  • A: Troubleshooting Wireless Networks
  • Troubleshooting Regulatory and Technical Organization Issues
  • Troubleshooting Client-Side Hardware Issues
  • Troubleshooting Infrastructure-Side Hardware Issues
  • Troubleshooting Issues with the Wireless Building Blocks
  • Problems with Establishing Wireless Connections
  • Scanning
  • Selection
  • Authentication
  • Association
  • TCP/IP Configuration
  • Problems with Infrastructure Services and Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP Issues
  • Troubleshooting Networking Issues on Different OSs
  • Summary
  • Index