Chapter 11: Deploying a Wireless LAN

Wireless connectivity offers users a high degree of mobility and provides another networking option when traditional wired networks are impractical. The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system provides the networking services needed to deploy a secure and manageable wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure within an enterprise environment. The deployment of WLANs — the primary wireless networking support for an enterprise environment provided by Windows Server 2003 and the Microsoft Windows XP operating system — is detailed in this chapter.

Related Information

• For more information about the Internet Authentication Service (IAS), see "Deploying IAS" in this book and the Networking Guide of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit (or see the Networking Guide on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit).

• For information about designing a certificate infrastructure, see "Designing a Public Key Infrastructure" in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services of this kit.

• For more information about implementing the Active Directory directory service, see "Designing and Deploying Directory Services" in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services.