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Detailing the design and deployment of 802.11b networks in every flavor and size, this working handbook delivers the hands-on expertise you need—complete with illustrative case studies. From one-cell home systems to global provider networks, Wi-Fi Handbook provides the A-Z facts, details, tips, and strategies you need to handle the job.

Wi-Fi In The Real World: This comprehensive Wi-Fi Handbook covers all current technologies, not just a single solution. You’ll find it invaluable for:

• Scaling up W-Fi networks
• Solving vexing problems in regulatory, security, and economic areas
• Comparing case studies to find solutions for specific regulations

Problems Solved

This comprehensive Wi-Fi Handbook covers all current technologies, not just a single solution. You’ll find it invaluable for:

• Basic Wi-Fi architecture, from client cards and access points on up
• Technical issues, from RF to WEP
• Wi-Fi deployments in large buildings, campuses, and public spaces
• 802.11b networks in healthcare settings, industry, and military installations
• Upside and downside—both benefits and drawbacks
• Wi-Fi and 3G applications
• Fallacy of line-of-sight limitations
• Great QoS, bandwidth, and security
• Wi-Fi’s future

About the Authors

Frank Ohrtman has 20 years experience in professional networking, including high-security installations for industry and the military (US Navy). A former Account Manager at Lucent Technologies, Netrix and Vsys, he is most recently the author of Softswitch: Architecture for VoIP. He has a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Colorado University.

Konrad Roeder has over 20 years experience with various technologies such as Wi- Fi, GSM, Cellular, SMR, VoIP and ISDN. Konrad has a BS in Computer Science for University of New Mexico and MS in Computer Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. He has 3 patents issued and 3 patents pending. He currently works at T-Mobile on the 802.11 project deploying Wi-Fi in airports and Airline Clubs.