Chapter 1: A Brief Overview of Wi-Fi


In This Chapter

  • Introduction to Wi-Fi

  • Examining Wi-Fi access points and adapters

  • Learning which equipment you should avoid

  • Wireless standards explained

  • Wireless organizations and certifications

There are many wireless technologies available — enough to baffle the most technically sophisticated of us. Many people who have installed wireless equipment in their homes have no understanding of how the technology actually works; some don’t even realize that wireless access points and adapters are radio transceivers. It’s hard, if not impossible, to secure and defend a technology that you don’t understand, this chapter introduces wireless networking, how it works, and in what ways it is different from Ethernet networking.




Caution. Wireless Networking. Preventing a Data Disaster
Caution! Wireless Networking: Preventing a Data Disaster
ISBN: 076457213X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 145

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