Wireless Network Administration A Beginner's Guide

by Wale Soyinka

Overview

Learn the essentials of wireless networking

Configure, 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071639224
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/05/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Wale Soyinka is an IT systems/network/security consultant with many years of experience in the field. He helps businesses secure and integrate wireless networks in the enterprise. Wale is the author of the Fourth and Fifth Editions of Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide and other books.

Table of Contents

Part I Overview
1 Regulatory and Technical Organizations
2 Wireless Communication Building Blocks
3 Wireless Standards
Part II Hardware
4 Wireless Hardware - Client Side
5 Wireless Hardware - Infrastructure Side
Part III WLAN, WWAN, WMAN, and WPAN
6 WLAN
7 WWANs, WMANs and WPANs
Part IV Protocols, Services, and Security in Wireless Networks
8 Wireless Network Services and Protocols - TCP/IP
9 Standard Wireless Network Infrastructure Services and Protocols - DNS, DHCP
10 Optional Infrastructure Services and Protocols
11 Securing Wireless Networks - Fundamentals
Part V Wireless Devices Configuration and Other Wireless Network Considerations
12 Infrastructure Device Configuration
13 Microsoft Windows Clients
14 Apple OS X Clients
15 Linux Clients
16 Plan, Design, Survey, and Deploy
Appendix Troubleshooting Wireless Networks