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.