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Building Wireless Community Networks, Second Edition
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By Rob Flickenger
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Publisher
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: O'Reilly
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Pub Date
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: June 2003
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ISBN
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: 0-596-00502-4
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Pages
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: 182
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Copyright
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Preface
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New in This Edition
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Audience
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Organization
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Typographical Conventions
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Comments and Questions
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Wireless Community Networks
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Section 1.1. Why Now?
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Section 1.2. The WISP Approach
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Section 1.3. The Cooperative Approach
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Section 1.4. About This Book
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Chapter 2. Defining Project Scope
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Section 2.1. The Standards
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Section 2.2. Hardware Requirements
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Section 2.3. Site Survey
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Section 2.4. 802.11b Channels and Interference
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Section 2.5. Topographical Mapping 101
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Chapter 3. Network Layout
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Section 3.1. Layer 1 (Physical) Connectivity
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Section 3.2. Wired Wireless
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Section 3.3. Vital Services
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Section 3.4. Security Considerations
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Section 3.5. Summary
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Chapter 4. Using Access Points
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Section 4.1. Access Point Caveats
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Section 4.2. The Apple AirPort Base Station
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Section 4.3. Access Point Management Software
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Section 4.4. Local LAN Access
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Section 4.5. Configuring Dialup
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Section 4.6. NAT and DHCP
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Section 4.7. Bridging
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Section 4.8. WEP, MAC Filtering,and Closed Networks
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Section 4.9. Roaming
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Section 4.10. Channel Spacing
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Chapter 5. Host-Based Networking
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Section 5.1. Anatomy of a Wireless Gateway
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Chapter 6. Long-Range Networking
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Section 6.1. Topo Maps 102: Geographical Diversity
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Section 6.2. Antenna Characteristicsand Placement
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Chapter 7. Other Applications
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Section 7.1. Software
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Section 7.2. Point-to-Point Links
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Section 7.3. Point-to-Multipoint Links
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Section 7.4. Home-Brew Antennas
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Section 7.5. Redundant Links
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Section 7.6. Repeaters
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Section 7.7. Security Concerns
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Section 7.8. NoCatAuth Captive Portal
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Section 7.9. Fun with IP
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Section 7.10. In Closing
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Chapter 8. Radio Free Planet
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Section 8.1. Seattle Wireless
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Section 8.2. Universal Wireless
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Section 8.3. The Future
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Chapter 9. Radio Free Sebastopol
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Section 9.1. OSCON 2000
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Section 9.2. The Campus
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Section 9.3. Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
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Section 9.4. Online From Home,No Strings Attached
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Section 9.5. Seattle Wireless
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Section 9.6. NoCat
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Section 9.7. The Community Takes Notice
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Section 9.8. The Portland Summit
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Section 9.9. And So On
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Appendix A. Regulations Affecting 802.11 Deployment
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Section A.1. Disclaimer
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Section A.2. Abstract and Objectives
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Section A.3. Introduction to the Technology
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Section A.4. Regulations and Laws Affecting802.11 Network Deployment
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Section A.5. Power Limits
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Section A.6. Equipment Limitationsand Certification
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Section A.7. Interference
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Section A.8. Broadband AUPs
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Section A.9. Human Exposure to RadioFrequency Radiation
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Section A.10. Laws ConcerningAntennas and Towers
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Section A.11. The Future: Good News and Bad News
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Section A.12. What Can You Do?
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Section A.13. Conclusions
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Appendix B. Path Loss Calculations
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Appendix C. Simple Scheme Management
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Colophon
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Index
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