Index_W | Going Wi-Fi: A Practical Guide to Planning and Building an 802.11 Network

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Wardriving, 43, 356, 418.

Warehousing and distribution, 295–296, 329, 339–342, 474.

Warwalking, 43.

WDS. See Distribution System (Wireless).

Wearable badge/phone, 49–50.

WEP. See Wireless Equivalent Privacy.

Wi-Fi Alliance, 3–4, 10–12, 34, 77, 80–81, 130, 133, 150–151, 161, 239, 254, 259, 296, 310, 312, 326, 406, 413.

802.11g, 4, 10, 81, 133.

Dual-band, 11.

WPA, 427–29.

Wi-Fi Certified, 11–12, 34, 101, 122, 220, 269, 351, 429.

Wi-Fi ZONE, 11–12, 254.

WISPr, 259.

Wi-Fi Protected Access, 413, 426–429, 446.

Defined, 427–428.

Wi-Fi Smart Card Consortium, 34.

Wireless

Benefits, 14, 17–18, 24, 30, 64, 69, 75, 100, 115, 132, 151–152, 160, 171, 178, 182, 190, 193, 196, 204, 221, 235, 252, 264, 271, 274, 292, 297, 301, 309, 314, 316, 319–321, 323–325, 335, 344, 346, 366, 370, 372, 374, 401, 417–418, 442, 448–449, 465, 488.

History of, 102, 491.

Reliability, 14, 22, 36, 69, 182, 195, 200–201, 226, 244, 279, 337, 368–369, 411, 436, 469, 482, 486.

Wireless Broadband Alliance, 255, 260, 266.

Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP), 48, 121, 180, 182, 357, 413, 418–421, 423–427

Defined, 425, 434.

Transitional network, 107.

Weaknesses, 420, 435.

Wireless distribution system, 138.

Wireless mesh routing, 25–26

Wireless net, 1–2, 7, 25, 30, 260–261

Wireless network

Capacity, 40, 63–65, 73, 82, 91, 115, 123, 125–127, 131, 140, 148, 154, 160, 164–165, 171, 198, 207, 211–212, 247, 258–259, 263, 287–289, 292–293, 296, 299, 318, 368, 374, 389, 392, 394, 406, 438. Management tool, 149, 186, 188–189, 357.

Management system, 59, 183–184, 186, 234, 341–342, 361, 363, 369, 436, 448, 456.

Monitoring, 34, 169, 172, 182–186, 195, 224, 233, 245, 305, 320, 327, 331, 341–342, 346, 349, 357, 372, 416, 422, 426, 439, 487, 489–490.

Troubleshooting, 149, 168, 170, 182, 186–188, 225–226, 260–261, 303, 439, 446, 449, 455.

Vulnerability, 48, 177, 356, 418.

Wireless phone, 47, 241, 475.

Wireless wide area network (WWAN), 7.

WISP. See Wireless Internet Service Provider.

WNMS. See Wireless network (Management system).

WPA. See Wi-Fi Protected Access.

WWAN. See Wireless wide area network.

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