Index_E

C

Cable lengths, 130

Captive portals, 94-95

creating, 98-100

experiencing, 97-98

implementations, 97

IP impersonation, preventing, 95

managing, 95

on older PCs, disadvantages of, 100

original, 98-100

programs and project lists, 100

requirements of, 98-99

risks of, 96

security of, 95

sharing, 98

Sputnik, 95

Wi-Fi security and, 96-100

Cardbus cards, 145-146

compatibility issues of, 145-146

CAT5 cables, 11, 24-26

length of, 26

selecting, 202

twisted pair cable, 25.

Category 5. See CAT5 cables.

Ceiling blister omnidirectional antennas, 171-172

CF, 400-401

Poll Requests, 400

Pollable, 385

Pollable bits, 400

Channels, 17-18, 123

agility of, 399-400

avoiding conflicts, 78

bandwidth of, 17-18

bits of, 401-403

default, 209

fields, 381

overlapping, 78

spacing of, 17-18

values of, 401

view, 384

Chariot, 19

Chipsets, 112

ACX100, 141

differences of, 140-141

NetStumbler, 140

Circle field, 380

Cisco

Aironet 340

access points, 115, 133, 189, 194-196, 221, 228, 302, 335, 378, 378.

See also Aironet 340 access points.

Aironet 342 client adapters, 149

Aironet 342 PCMCIA cards, 146, 189

Aironet 350 access points, 146, 156, 169, 352

Aironet 350 client adapters, 149

AirPlus DWL-900AP+ access points, 116, 137

Class A IP addresses, 48

Class B IP addresses, 48-49

Class C IP addresses, 48-49

Client

profiles, 143

utilities, 201, 211-215

Client adapters, 5

802.11a, 120 802.11b, 120

ad-hoc mode, 142

ad-hoc mode, setting to, 88

Aironet 342, 149

Aironet 350, 149

antenna connectors, 141

BreezeNet PC-DS.11b, 149

channels, setting to, 88

choosing, 155-158

configuring, 87, 211-218, 228-231

Demarc Tech Reliawave, 149

disabling WEP, 88

diversity reception, 141

Ethernet, 139

guts of, 139-143

high power, 142

installing, 210-211

Orinoco gold, 149

Orinoco silver, 149

PCI cards, 139

PCMCIA (PC) cards, 139

peer-to-peer, 142

Signull, 149

SSID, setting to, 87

storing networking setups, 143

subsystems of, 140

Teletronics, 149

types of, 139, 144-155

USB, 139

wardriving using, 378

ZComax XI-300, 149

ZComax XI-325, 149

Client connections, types of, 67

Client utilities

installing, 201, 211-215

understanding, 211

using, 214-215

Clouds, 101

Coaxial cable, 23, 183-186

damaged, 186

disadvantages of, 184

pigtails, 183

purpose of, 183

signal loss, 184-185

signal loss of, calculating, 185

understanding, 183

Coaxial connectors defining, 187

losses of, 192-193

purpose of, 193

types of, 187-192

Commercial radiation pattern chart, 166

Community networks joining, 95

organizations, 95

safeguarding, 94-95

Computer systems, maintaining, 202-204

Computers Near Me folder, 89

Configuration system, accessing, 299-300

Connection sharing

ISP objections to, 91-92

Linksys BEFSR41, using, 91

Connections, unauthorized, 269-270

Controlled ports, 291

Coordination function.

See CF.

Cosco

Aironet PCM 340

cards, 246

CSS (Content Scrambling System), 261-262