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By Rob Flickenger
June 2003
Pages: 182
ISBN 10: 0-596-00502-4 |
ISBN 13: 9780596005023
(Average of 3 Customer Reviews)
Building Wireless Community Networks is about getting people online using wireless network technology. The 802.11b standard (also known as WiFi) makes it possible to network towns, schools, neighborhoods, small business, and almost any kind of organization. All that's required is a willingness to cooperate and share resources. The first edition of this book helped thousands of people engage in community networking activities. This revised and expanded edition adds coverage on new network monitoring tools and techniques, regulations affecting wireless deployment, and IP network administration, including DNS and IP Tunneling.
Full Description
- Selecting the appropriate equipment
- Finding antenna sites, and building and installing antennas
- Protecting your network from inappropriate access
- New network monitoring tools and techniques (new)
- Regulations affecting wireless deployment (new)
- IP network administration, including DNS and IP Tunneling (new)
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Book details
Second Edition: June 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00502-4
Pages: 182
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 3 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition Review, February 10 2004
Awesome book! It is a great read, although it focuses mostly on Linux (which is fine since Linux IS cheaper), but I would have liked to see more coverage on a windows based network since more people use Windows. Of course, I already know a lot about it so figuring out how it all works isn't all that hard. This book is awesome!
Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition Review, July 15 2003
This book is great!
Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Edition Review, July 15 2003
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Media reviews
"This is one cool book...Pretty much everything you need to know about wireless networks is covered in this small book. One thing specifically which was added to this edition is the section in the appendix on regulations affecting 802.11b deployment. This may be particularly interesting for readers who want to configure wireless internet in their community or neighborhood. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about wireless networks or is planning on doing anything related to wireless technology."
--Salt Lake City ColdFusion User Group, November 2003
http://www.slcfug.org/index.cfm?pageID=57
"...In this book [Rob Flickenger] shows us all the aspects of putting together a community network...We are taken through various aspects of wireless community making - standards, hardware, layout, access points, long-range, security, making aerials. The whole thing is easy to read as well with diagrams and pictures where needed."
--mstation.org, November 2003
http://mstation.org/books_wifi.php
"If you only read one book about Wi-Fi technology and what you can do with it (and I've read several), 'Building Wireless Community Networks' would be a good choice. Along with his explanations of how to create a community network, Flickenger's book does a good job of describing how networks in general operate. You'll learn about DNS, DHCP, and other acronyms necessary to make any network function..You don't have to be bent on saving the world to find the book useful. If you only want to bring wireless Internet connectivity to anything larger than a home or small office, or if you need to wirelessly connect your network over a distance, this is the hands-on, how-to book you should buy."
--David Coursey, ZDNet, September 2003
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2914596,00.html
