WIRELESS NETWORK INSTALLATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING
CONTENTS CHAPTER WIRELESS ESSENTIALS WIRELESS DEFINED WIRELESS EQUALS INFRARED WIRELESS EQUALS RADIO FREQUENCIES WIRELESS NETWORKING RADIO SPECTRUM SUMMARY CHAPTER WIRELESS NETWORK CRITERIA AND EXPECTATIONS PERFORMANCE—WHAT TO EXPECT DO YOU NEED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY? IS THE SITE WIRELESS-FRIENDLY? CAN YOU USE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY? WHO WILL DESIGN, INSTALL, AND MAINTAIN YOUR WIRELESS SYSTEM? THE COST OF WIRELESS WIRELESS NETWORK BASICS READY FOR WIRELESS? HOW DID WIRELESS SUDDENLY COME TO INVOLVE WIRES? VII CHAPTER ANTENNAS AND CABLES ANTENNAS OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS DIRECTIONAL YAGI ANTENNAS ANTENNA RADIATION POLARITY AND DIVERSITY WIRES CONNECTORS TYPE N TNC SMA MC AND MMCX REMOTE MOUNTED ACCESS POINTS AND AMPLIFIERS COMMON WIRELESS NETWORK COMPONENTS CLIENT-SIDE WIRELESS ADAPTERS PC CARD CF CARD ADAPTER PC CARD PCI BUS ADAPTER PCI BUS CARD ISA BUS INTERFACE USB INTERFACE NETWORK-SIDE WIRELESS EQUIPMENT ACCESS POINTS WIRELESS BRIDGES WIRELESS GATEWAYS AND ROUTERS WIRELESS SIGNAL POWER AMPLIFIERS POWER LIMITATIONS FOR 802 11B SYSTEMS POINT-TO-POINT CONFIGURATIONS 802 11A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT TYPICAL WIRELESS INSTALLATIONS WIRELESS AT HOME WIRELESS AT WORK WIRELESS ON CAMPUS WIRELESS IN THE COMMUNITY WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS HARDWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP SINGLE ACCESS POINT INSTALLATIONS WHAT THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL WILL TELL YOU HARDWARE CONFIGURATION CONCERNS CONNECTING AND CONFIGURING YOUR ACCESS POINT CONNECTING AND CONFIGURING YOUR CLIENT ADAPTERS CONFIGURING YOUR WIRELESS ADAPTER WINDOWS XP WINDOWS 98, 98SE, AND ME FIRST CONNECT PROBLEMS COMMON CONNECTION PROBLEMS EXTENDING AND MAINTAINING COVERAGE MULTIPATH SOLVING MULTIPATH PROBLEMS LINE-OF-SIGHT—PLACING AN ANTENNA SO IT CAN “SEE” CLIENTS ANTENNAS VERSUS ADDING A BRIDGE AND ACCESS POINT SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS RADIATING CABLE PASSIVE REPEATERS MULTIPLE ACCESS POINT NETWORKS AVOIDING CHANNEL OVERLAP AND OTHER NETWORKS WIRELESS NETWORK SECURITY THREATS THEFT OF SERVICE OR INFORMATION DENIAL OF SERVICE DETECTION IDENTIFYING INTERFERENCE IDENTIFYING INTERVENTION PREVENTIVE MEASURES ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND WEP ALTERNATIVES SOFTWARE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS UNIX/LINUX RESOURCES FOR LINUX AND OTHER FLAVORS OF UNIX APPLE MACINTOSH MICROSOFT WINDOWS GENERIC REFERENCES WIRELESS ACCESS AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS FUNK SOFTWARE: ODYSSEY INSTALLATION WINDOWS 2000 SERVER INSTALLATION ODYSSEY INSTALLATION ACCESS POINT RECONFIGURATION CLIENT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION WIMETRICS: WISENTRY INSTALLATION WINDOWS 2000 SERVER CONFIGURATION WISENTRY INSTALLATION AND USE ISS: WIRELESS SCANNER SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DATA LEGACY DEVICES LOGICAL DEVICES CHANGING YOUR CONFIGURATION I/O ADDRESSES INTERRUPTS PLUG-AND-PLAY CREATING A SOHO WIRELESS NETWORK DSL INSTALLATION ROUTER INSTALLATION ACCESS POINT INSTALLATION INSTALLING WIRELESS CLIENTS CONFIGURE DYNAMIC DNS UPDATES AND ALWAYS-ON KEEPALIVES LOCAL FIREWALL SECURITY AND VIRUS PROTECTION NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY WIRELESS NETWORKS SHARING YOUR SOHO WLAN OPEN COMMUNITY WIRELESS NETWORKS WIRELESS ISPS PORTAL SOFTWARE UPCOMING STANDARDS AND TRENDS USING RADIOS AND RESOURCES FOR NETWORKING GOING BEYOND CURRENT WIRELESS NETWORKING STANDARDS 802 11G—HIGHER SPEED AT 2 4 GHZ 802 11I—ENHANCED SECURITY 802 1X—A SECURITY STANDARD FOR ALL NETWORKS INSTALLING ANTENNAS BE SAFE! BOY SCOUTS AND MARINERS NEED NOT APPLY MAST AND ANTENNA INSTALLATION MATERIALS GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY AND LOCAL REGULATIONS A FEW FINAL HINTS