Building a Wireless Office
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Author(s): G. Held
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 084931271X
Format: softback
274pp
Price: £38.99, $59.95
Review Date: 30 October 2002
Review: The author of this book aims to provide the reader with sufficient knowledge to construct a wireless office cheaply and efficiently. The office may comprise only a couple of computers that share information over the air, or hundreds to thousands of wired or wireless LAN products. This book includes topics that are not usually found in wireless LAN manuals. These include site selection, equipment inoperability, equipment acquisition, and their installation and operation. Several areas of wireless security, such as security risks, WEP, authentication methods, and enhancing wireless security, are also covered. The setup, operation and utilization of four vendor products: Agere Systems, Cisco Systems, Netgear and SMC Networks are looked at in detail.