Wireless Hacks: Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network
ISBN: 0596101449
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 178
Pages: 178
Authors: Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks
Bluetooth, Mobile Phones, and GPS
- Hacks 122: Introduction
- Hack 1. Set Up Bluetooth on Linux
- Hack 2. Set Up Bluetooth on Windows XP
- Hack 3. Connect Mac OS X with a Bluetooth Phone
- Hack 4. Connect Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
- Hack 5. Connect Windows XP with a Bluetooth Phone
- Hack 6. Use Your Treo as a Modem
- Hack 7. Send SMS from a PowerBook
- Hack 8. Remote Control Mac OS X with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
- Hack 9. Remote Control Linux with a Bluetooth Phone
- Hack 10. Control XMMS with Bluetooth
- Hack 11. Liven Up Parties with a Participatory Slideshow
- Hack 12. Send SMS from Linux
- Hack 13. Remote Control Windows with Bluetooth Phones and PDAs
- Hack 14. Control Your Bluetooth Phone with FMA
- Hack 15. Control Your Computer from Your Palm
- Hack 16. Control Your Home Theater from Your Palm
- Hack 17. Choose a Cellular Data Plan
- Hack 18. Blog from Your Mobile Phone
- Hack 19. Get Google Maps on Your Mobile Phone
- Hack 20. Share Your GPS
- Hack 21. Broadcast Your GPS Position
- Hack 22. Map Wi-Fi Networks with Kismet and GPSd
Network Discovery and Monitoring
- Hacks 2339: Introduction
- Hack 23. Find All Available Wireless Networks
- Hack 24. Discover Networks with NetStumbler
- Hack 25. Detect Networks with Handheld PCs
- Hack 26. Find and Join Wireless Networks with AP Radar
- Hack 27. Detect Networks on Mac OS X
- Hack 28. Scan Passively with KisMAC
- Hack 29. Detect Networks with Kismet
- Hack 30. Monitor Wireless Links in Linux with Wavemon
- Hack 31. Analyze Traffic with Ethereal
- Hack 32. Track 802.11 Frames in Ethereal
- Hack 33. Watch Network Traffic
- Hack 34. grep Your Network
- Hack 35. Check Wi-Fi Network Performance with Qcheck
- Hack 36. Estimate Network Performance
- Hack 37. Get Real-Time Network Stats
- Hack 38. Graph Your Wireless Performance
- Hack 39. Find Radio Manufacturers by MAC
Wireless Security
- Hacks 4051: Introduction
- Hack 40. Stop Moochers from Stealing Your Wi-Fi Bandwidth
- Hack 41. Visualize a Network
- Hack 42. Secure Your Linux Network with WPA
- Hack 43. Control Wireless Access by MAC
- Hack 44. Authenticate Wireless Users
- Hack 45. Forward Ports over SSH
- Hack 46. Proxy Web Traffic over SSH
- Hack 47. Securely Connect Two Networks
- Hack 48. Generate a Tunnel Configuration Automatically
- Hack 49. Poll Wireless Clients
- Hack 50. Interrogate the Network
- Hack 51. Track Wireless Users
Hardware Hacks
- Hacks 5262: Introduction
- Hack 52. Add an External Antenna
- Hack 53. Do-It-Yourself Access Point Hardware
- Hack 54. Boot from a Compact Flash Hard Drive
- Hack 55. Increase the Range of a PowerBook
- Hack 56. Send Power over Your Ethernet
- Hack 57. The NoCat Night Light
- Hack 58. Upgrade the Linksys WET11
- Hack 59. Scan for Wireless Networks Automatically
- Hack 60. Backlight Your Zipit
- Hack 61. Unwire Your Pistol Mouse
- Hack 62. Mobilize Your WRT54G with the WiFiCar
Software Hacks
- Hacks 6382: Introduction
- Hack 63. Build Your Own Access Point with Linux
- Hack 64. Bridge Your Linux AP
- Hack 65. Protect Your Bridge with a Firewall
- Hack 66. Filter MAC with HostAP and Madwifi
- Hack 67. Upgrade Your Wireless Router
- Hack 68. Set Up an OLSR Mesh Network
- Hack 69. Extend Your Wireless Network with WDS
- Hack 70. Pebble
- Hack 71. Wall Off Your Wireless
- Hack 72. Run Your Mac as an Access Point
- Hack 73. Run Linux on the Zipit Wireless Messenger
- Hack 74. Capture Wireless Users with NoCatAuth
- Hack 75. Capture Wireless Users on a Small Scale
- Hack 76. Build an Online Community in Your Offline Neighborhood
- Hack 77. Manage Multiple AirPort Base Stations
- Hack 78. Advertise Bonjour Services in Linux
- Hack 79. Advertise Any Service with Bonjour in Mac OS X
- Hack 80. Redirect Brought to you by Bonjour Ads
- Hack 81. Use a Windows-Only Wireless Card in Linux
- Hack 82. Use Your Orinoco Card with Hermes AP
Do-It-Yourself Antennas
- Hacks 8393: Introduction
- Hack 83. Make a Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector
- Hack 84. Spider Omni Antenna
- Hack 85. Pringles Can Waveguide
- Hack 86. Pirouette Can Waveguide
- Hack 87. Primestar Dish with Waveguide Feed
- Hack 88. Primestar Dish with Biquad Feed
- Hack 89. Cut a Cable Omni Antenna
- Hack 90. Build a Slotted Waveguide Antenna
- Hack 91. The Passive Repeater
- Hack 92. Determine Your Antenna Gain
- Hack 93. Build Cheap, Effective Roof Mounts
Wireless Network Design
- Hacks 94100: Introduction
- Hack 94. Analyze Elevation Profiles for Better Long-Range Wireless Networking
- Hack 95. Build a Wireless Network for the Large House
- Hack 96. Establish Line of Sight
- Hack 97. Calculate the Link Budget
- Hack 98. Align Antennas at Long Distances
- Hack 99. Slow Down to Speed Up
- Hack 100. Take Advantage of Antenna Polarization
Appendix A. Wireless Standards
- Appendix A. Wireless Standards
- Section A.1. 802.11: The Mother of All IEEE Wireless Ethernet
- Section A.2. 802.11a: The Betamax of the 802.11 Family
- Section A.3. 802.11b: The De Facto Standard
- Section A.4. 802.11g: Like 802.11b, only Faster
- Section A.5. 802.16: WiMAX Long Distance Wireless Infrastructure
- Section A.6. Bluetooth: Cable Replacement for Devices
- Section A.7. 900 MHz: Low Speed, Better Coverage
- Section A.8. CDPD, 1xRTT, and GPRS: Cellular Data Networks
- Section A.9. FRS and GMRS: Super Walkie-Talkies
- Section A.10. 802.1x: Port Security for Network Communications
- Section A.11. WPA & 802.11i
- Section A.12. BSS Versus IBSS
Appendix B. Wireless Hardware Guide
Wireless Hacks: Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network
ISBN: 0596101449
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 178
Pages: 178
Authors: Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks