Wireless Networks For Dummies

Introduction

Part I: Planning and Acquiring Your Network

Chapter 1: Removing the Tethers: Entering the Wireless World

Chapter 2: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail

Chapter 3: Matching Wireless Technologies to Your Plan

Part II: Implementing Your Wireless Network

Chapter 4: Getting a Quick Start with Wireless Personal Area Networks

Chapter 5: Moving On to a Wireless LAN: Your Wireless Access Point

Chapter 6: Connecting Your Clients

Chapter 7: Building the Multi-Zone Network

Chapter 8: Using Wireless on the Road to Connect to the Office

Part III: Using Your Network Securely

Chapter 9: Considering a Deadbolt: Understanding the Risks of Wireless Networks

Chapter 10: Designing a Secure Network

Chapter 11: Maintaining Network Security

Chapter 12: Secure Wireless Access with Virtual Private Networking

Part IV: Keeping Your Network on the Air -- Administration and Troubleshooting

Chapter 13: Problems with Keeping on the Air

Chapter 14: Bridging Networks to Manage Coverage

Chapter 15: Dealing with Network Throughput Issues

Chapter 16: It's Ten O'Clock: Do You Know Where Your Access Points Are?

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 17: Ten Administrator Tools and What They Do

Chapter 18: Top Ten Ways to Secure Your Network

Chapter 19: Ten Ways Wireless Is Used in Business

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: Industry Trade Associations

Appendix B: Wireless Standards

Appendix C: The Fundamentals of Radio Frequency

Index