WIRELESS NETWORK HACKS & MODS FOR BEGINNERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS BOOK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: MAKING YOUR WORLD WIRELESS PART II: BOOSTING PERFORMANCE ON YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK PART III: WIRELESS ON THE GO PART IV: COOL WIRELESS TOYS PART V: THE PART OF TENS ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE WIRELESS NETWORKS ARE EVERYWHERE FEELING AT HOME WITH WIRELESS OFFICES HOT SPOTS AND BEYOND WIRELESS GEAR: THE NEW STANDARD IN COMPUTERS IN TVS IN A/V EQUIPMENT IN CELLPHONES IN CARS ON PLANES TO WIRELESS INFINITY AND BEYOND! INTRODUCING THE 80211S EASY AS A, B, G 80211B: THE OLD STANDBY 80211G: THE NEW CHAMP 80211A: STILL HANGING IN THERE A, B, AND G COMPARED OH MY, WI-FI GET AN “I” FOR SECURITY GIMME AN “E” FOR SERVICE QUALITY “N” FOR THE FUTURE WHAT’S IN YOUR NETWORK? JACKING INTO YOUR NETWORK I SEE YOUR (ACCESS) POINT NETWORK INTERFACE ADAPTERS FOR CLIENT STATIONS ROUTERS AND GATEWAYS NETWORK BRIDGES EXTENDING BROADBAND INTO THE HOME AVAILABILITY AFFORDABILITY WHO REALLY NEEDS BROADBAND ANYWAY? WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN BROADBAND SERVICE PICKING A TECHNOLOGY WITHER DSL WITH 80211? CABLE MOVES WITH WIRELESS GETTING THE DISH OUT ON SATELLITE AND WIRELESS TAPPING INTO METRO WIRELESS NETWORKS CONNECTING YOUR NETWORKS TOGETHER UNDERSTANDING IP NETWORKING PRIVATE SUBNETS UNDERSTANDING YOUR HOME ROUTER MANAGING YOUR IP ADDRESSES CASCADING APS FROM A CENTRAL ROUTER SEPARATING YOUR NETWORKS BRIDGING WIRELESS NETWORKS TOGETHER BRIDGING OTHER NETWORKS TO YOUR WIRELESS LAN UNDERSTANDING NETWORK MONITORING FIGURING OUT THE WIRELESS ROPES DECIPHERING THE METRICS DOING BASIC MONITORING USING WINDOWS XP USING MAC OS X USING WIRELESS CLIENT SOFTWARE USING FREE “STUMBLERS” NETWORK STUMBLER OTHER STUMBLERS AND SNIFFERS GETTING FANCY ANTENNAS FOR ALL UNDERSTANDING WI-FI ANTENNAS COUNTING YOUR ANTENNAS GOING EXTERNAL ANTENNA TYPES ADDING AMPLIFICATION GOING WITH MIMO BOOSTING CELL SIGNALS AT HOME UNDERSTANDING CELLULAR FREQUENCIES INSTALLING A REPEATER AVOIDING WEP UNDERSTANDING WPA SHARING YOUR KEYS WITH YOUR FRIENDS FIGURING OUT A NEW 802 — 1X SECURING YOUR OWN NETWORK CREATING YOUR OWN AUTHENTICATION SERVER USING AN 8021X SERVICE SETTING UP AN AP SETTING UP A CLIENT HOT SPOTS FOR EVERYONE FINDING HOT SPOTS FINDING THE FREEBIES PAYING FOR YOUR WI-FI PUTTING ON YOUR ROAMING SHOES OINGO BOINGO GOING WITH CORPORATE REMOTE ACCESS GETTING ONLINE AT A HOT SPOT USING WINDOWS XP WIRELESS ZERO CONFIG USING THE BOINGO CLIENT ON THE MAC HELP, I NEED WIRELESS ACCESS IN PARIS! USING A ROAMING CLIENT USING A WEB DATABASE SECURING HOT SPOTS USING WI-FI SECURITY WHEN YOU CAN CONNECTING TO A VPN USING SSL TO CONNECT TO WEB SITES TABLE OF CONTENTS MAKING A VPN CONNECTION SETTING UP AN IPSEC CONNECTION WITH WINDOWS XP USING OPENVPN CLIENT AND WITOPIA’S SSL VPN SERVICE INSTALLING THE WITOPIA PERSONALVPN CLIENT BLUETOOTH FOR IN-CAR COMMUNICATIONS BLUETOOTH IN ACTION BLUETOOTH AFTERMARKET OPTIONS SETTING UP A BLUETOOTH AFTERMARKET KIT WI-FI–ENABLING YOUR CAR GETTING YOUR CAR ON THE WIRELESS GRID COME ON, FEEL THE (WI-FI) NOISE SETTING UP YOUR ROCKFORD DMP1 KIT SETTING UP YOUR DMP1 WIRELESS CONNECTION INTRODUCING THE CARPUTER WATCHING SATELLITE TV ON THE GO FOLLOW THAT TAXI (WITH GPS)! THE BIG QUESTION: FREE OR PAY? SETTING UP A FREE HOT SPOT LETTING ONLY YOUR FRIENDS (OR CUSTOMERS) IN SHARING THE WEALTH SHOW ME THE MONEY: BUILDING YOUR OWN FOR-PAY HOT SPOT DEALING WITH YOUR ISP UNDERSTANDING TERMS OF SERVICE SOME ISP RECOMMENDATIONS GETTING YOUR HOT SPOT OUT OF THE BOX SECURING YOUR HOT SPOT PROMOTING YOUR HOT SPOT DIGITAL MUSIC UNDERSTANDING COMPRESSION BEING CONSTANT, BEING VARIABLE, BEING BITSY HOW TO GET THE MUSIC RIPPING YOUR OWN BUYING YOUR MUSIC ONLINE GETTING YOUR RADIO FROM THE INTERNET GETTING THE MUSIC AROUND YOUR NETWORK MOVING OFF THE PC WI-FI AND AUDIO: NETWORK IMPACTS GETTING INTO VIDEO INTRODUCING THE NETWORK CAMERA APPLICATIONS WITH YOUR NETWORK CAMERA EVALUATING NETWORK CAMERAS INSTALLING YOUR NETWORK CAMERA GETTING YOUR CAMERA ON THE WIRELESS LAN ACCESSING YOUR CAMERA FROM THE INTERNET SETTING UP DYNAMIC DNS WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR CAMERA? EVALUATING NON–WI-FI CAMERA KITS HOME MONITORING HOME SECURITY HOME AUTOMATION GRASPING THE VOIP BASICS TAKE A LONG SIP COMPRESSING YOUR VOICE PEER-TO-PEERING VERSUS CALLING REGULAR PHONES HARDWARE? SOFTWARE? BOTH? SKYPE-ING YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD CALLING PEER-TO-PEER REACHING OUT AND CALLING SOMEONE EVEN MORE PEER-TO-PEER USING A PHONE-TO-PHONE VOIP SERVICE LOOKING AT THE SERVICES TAKING YOUR VOIP SERVICE WIRELESS MAKING VOIP WORK ON YOUR NETWORK DEALING WITH QOS DEALING WITH XP ISSUES VOIPING ON THE ROAD USING SOFTPHONES BRINGING YOUR VOIP HANDSET ON THE ROAD DIGITAL CAMERAS WITH WI-FI EXTRA STORAGE ANYWHERE YOU WANT IT’S A PRINT (SERVER) TRAVEL ROUTERS WI-FI FINDERS JUMPING INTO RFID ADDING NEW FIRMWARE FOR YOUR AP MORE, MORE, AND MORE WIRELESS TABLE OF CONTENTS PART V: THE PART OF TENS WI-FI NET NEWS TOM’S NETWORKING JIWIRE FREENETWORKSORG ROBERT HOSKINS’ WIRELESS SUPER SITES WI-FI PLANET CHECKING IN ON CNET PRACTICALLY SPEAKING READ ABOUT THE GADGETS IF I’M USING WEP, I’M SAFE, RIGHT? CAN’T I JUST HIDE MY NETWORK? CAN I SECURE MY NETWORK BY FILTERING FOR FRIENDLY MAC ADDRESSES? WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERSONAL AND ENTERPRISE WPA? HOW CAN I USE 8021X WHEN I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WPA AND WPA2? HOW CAN I STAY SAFE WHEN I’M AWAY FROM MY HOME NETWORK? CAN I USE MY CREDIT CARD ONLINE WHEN I’M USING WI-FI? HOW CAN I LET MY FRIENDS USE MY NETWORK WITHOUT LOSING SECURITY? HOW DO I STAY SECURE IF NOT ALL OF MY EQUIPMENT IS WPA?