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Linux Unwired

ISBN: 0596005830
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 100

Authors: Roger Weeks, Edd Dumbill, Brian Jepson

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• Linux Unwired
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• What This Book Covers
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Comments and Questions
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction to Wireless
• 1.1 Radio Waves
• 1.2 Connections Without Wires
• 1.3 Wireless Alphabet Soup
• 1.4 Bluetooth
• 1.5 Cellular Data
• 1.6 Infrared
• Chapter 2. Wi-Fi on Your Linux Box
• 2.1 Quick Start
• 2.2 Chipset Compatibility
• 2.3 Four Steps to Wi-Fi
• 2.4 Linux Wi-Fi Drivers in Depth
• Chapter 3. Getting On the Network
• 3.1 Hotspots
• 3.2 Wireless Network Discovery
• Chapter 4. Communicating Securely
• 4.1 The Pitfalls of WEP
• 4.2 The Future Is 802.11i
• 4.3 WPA: a Subset of 802.11i
• 4.4 WPA on Linux
• Chapter 5. Configuring Access Points with Linux
• 5.1 Linux-Friendly Wireless Vendors
• 5.2 Commercial Wireless Equipment Overview
• 5.3 Configuring Access Points
• 5.4 Flashing Your Access Point
• Chapter 6. Building Your Own Access Point
• 6.1 Hardware
• 6.2 Software
• 6.3 Linux-Powered Off-the-Shelf
• Chapter 7. Bluetooth
• 7.1 Quick Start
• 7.2 Bluetooth Basics
• 7.3 Bluetooth Hardware
• 7.4 Linux Bluetooth Support
• 7.5 Installing the BlueZ Utilities
• 7.6 Basic Configuration and Operation
• 7.7 Graphical Applications
• 7.8 Cool Bluetooth Tricks
• Chapter 8. Infrared
• 8.1 IrDA in the Kernel
• 8.2 PC Laptop with Built-In IrDA
• 8.3 Infrared Dongle
• 8.4 Sharing a Network Connection over IrDA
• 8.5 Connecting to the Internet with a Cell Phone
• 8.6 Transferring Files with OpenOBEX
• 8.7 Synchronizing with a Palm
• 8.8 Pocket PC
• Chapter 9. Cellular Networking
• 9.1 Cellular Data
• 9.2 Some Cellular Carriers
• 9.3 Phones and Cards
• 9.4 Sending a Fax
• 9.5 Text Messaging
• 9.6 Acceleration
• Chapter 10. GPS
• 10.1 Uses of GPS
• 10.2 A GPS Glossary
• 10.3 GPS Devices
• 10.4 Listening to a GPS
• 10.5 Mapping Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet
• 10.6 GpsDrive
• 10.7 Other Applications
• Colophon
• Index
• index_SYMBOL
• index_A
• index_B
• index_C
• index_D
• index_E
• index_F
• index_G
• index_H
• index_I
• index_J
• index_K
• index_L
• index_M
• index_N
• index_O
• index_P
• index_Q
• index_R
• index_S
• index_T
• index_U
• index_V
• index_W
• index_X